Texas Trip!

Just like last year, the kiddos and I took off in July to spend some time in Texas with the Kerr family.  (With so much going on at work, James was not able to join us. Huge bummer but we appreciate him working so hard so we can have some fun.)  

I remember our last July trip we kept talking about the mild temps. Well, this year we went in the WORST HEAT WAVE and had to deal with 107 degrees, each and every day.  Whew, so stinking hot.  Our Georgia kids were not ready (this Texas gal is better conditioned). 

We did the normal stuff:  Mayborn museum, parks (in the morning it hit 100), swam with Aunt Shawntel and Uncle Kelly, fed the donkeys, loved on family, and played with my parents' new puppy, Zoee.  

Gotta brag on the kiddos, who did GREAT on the flight and made life pretty easy.  Maryn got her first (of a few, because, Texas) Dr. Pepper's on the flight. 

Gran Gran takes Zoee to the park each day to walk the track and get her used to the leash (she's still working on that one...) The kids went every day and got in some running and playing under the shade.  At 9AM it was about 90 degrees, which felt downright cool!

We always enjoy the Mayborn museum on Baylor campus, and their traveling exhibits are especially fun. This time they had DC Superheroes and a lot of interactive stations to enjoy.  Of course, we had to go pay tribute to the mammoths and watch the (very sad) video recreation of them dying in the mudslides, and then play upstairs in all the activity rooms. They had a new room filled with "trash" and papers, ribbons, tapes, and other things that could be used to craft - Maryn was in heaven!

The heat sent us running for the pool every day, and Shawntel and Kelly added some other fun activities to keep the kiddos all entertained.  Zoee joined us in the pool several days, that crazy dog. She loves to swim!

We worried the donkeys had forgotten about us when they didn't come around the first couple of days, but finally they realized we were at the fence (with 15lbs of carrots) and ran over...with their longhorn friends!

 

The kids quickly spotted the Urban Air in town (which has been there for several years but they didn't know what it was).  We made a trip one afternoon, and the kiddos had a BLAST.  Maryn found her courage to try the zipline and ropes course!

The Kerrs always make sure that we have lots of good food, each and every meal.  Gulf coast shrimp, fajitas, Poppa Rollos...and crickets?  (Uncle Marcus convinced the boys to try crickets, which JB did successfully but Wesley couldn't stomach it.)

Always a great trip to Texas, making wonderful memories with our wonderful family.  We were lucky enough to bring Grammy and Tori back to Georgia with us to stretch out the fun even longer.