Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Trip to Texas

We tried driving through the night on the way there, and it worked WONDERFULLY! I drove only about 2 1/2 hours, then went to sleep, and Chad drove another 7 hours while I fitfully slept. The boys slept till 6 am, and Fiona woke up only a couple of times and fussed minimally. It was GREAT. Now, it did take Chad the whole next to day to recover, but that's okay.

First stop: Friendswood, TX to see Granmama and Grandaddy. We went blueberry picking:
  


and Grandaddy took the boys fishing with a homemade fishing pole:  
  

Ethan caught his first fish!!! And then caught another 4 by himself and 6 more with help.


I was there for awhile, but I wasn't quite so sure about the heat and humidity. I'll take some air conditioning, please: 

Benji had some koolaid and some cheetos. Here's the incriminating evidence: 

                                               We went to the beach in Galveston:


  
                                            and built sandcastles:


Next stop: North Richland Hills to see Grammy and Gramps.
Fiona had her first ice cream cone: 



                            uh ... this is Uncle Bryan licking his imaginary ice cream cone:

Benji was given a birthday party: 



 And we tried out darndest to get a good picture of all the kids smiling with the grandparents. Fiona didn't make it easy on us.

                                                    This is the best we could do:


                                                       and one with Great Grandma:

It took me several days to unpack and get everything put away. Here's Fiona trying on sunglasses to look like a cool chick while I'm trying to unpack.


                                                Is her belly not the cutest little thing?