Texas Trip: Houston

We took an extended Spring Break trip to Texas this year, spending time in three different cities, seeing so much of the Kerr family, and experiencing lots of new things!  

First stop: Houston, Texas.  We flew in Tuesday afternoon on a direct from Savannah, grabbed some delicious BBQ and settled in for a couple of days.  

The next morning we took off for Kingwood to visit Uncle Bob and Aunt Judy, spending a very special time with them and enjoying their home, their stories, and their sweet (and lively) company. Too much time had passed!

By the time we got back to Houston, Grammy and Gran Gran had arrived! Yea!  We walked around, found a park to play in, and then got ready for Gran Gran and JB's Christmas present: an Astros game!

This kid was SO EXCITED about this.  I mean...so excited.  And I think Gran Gran was pretty excited, too :)

Me: I was just there for the cold beer (and to watch two of the favorite guys in my life have such a great time!)

They talked stats and players and all sorts of stuff I could not follow along with...

And the game... WOW.  Not only did the Astros win, but they scored FOUR HOME RUNS!! It was so exciting!

Safe to say that we had a fantastic time. Not sure how we could top this game.  But pretty sure that JB will want to come back and try :)

The next day was a transitioned from Houston to Galveston with a little (well, BIG) sidetrack on the way: Houston Space Center!  JB and I had watched Apollo 13 this year - one of my favorite movies of all time - and so the two of us had a list of things to see. The others enjoyed it too, of course, so much history in the NASA building!

(Poor Sis was not herself, and now I feel bad we kept getting on to her for whining and dragging because we later found out she had an ear infection!)

NASA had several talks throughout the day on the upcoming TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE!!  We made sure to sit through them because - spoiler alert - we experienced it ourselves less than a week later :)

I cannot believe I have never been here in all my life, living in Texas and traveling to Houston and Galveston. What a cool experience! 

And from there...on to Galveston!

Easter Blessings

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday (and weekend), celebrating our risen Lord and joyfully enjoying our friends, family and neighbors.

Our community had events all weekend long for the Easter holiday, including a HUGE carnival on Saturday where the kids played games, jumped, ate, and had a great time.

The kids dyed eggs with some of our neighbor friends and - despite the foam and food coloring - we didn't make nearly the mess I was afraid we would make!

That night, the kids left out the dyed eggs, some jumbo carrots from our farm bag that week, and Wesley wrote a sweet little note.  I think the Bunny liked the carrots because he chewed one up quite a bit!

The next morning the kiddos took off to find their baskets (full of goodies) and hunt for the dyed eggs.  We didn't find the 18 that we dyed, but we did find evidence that raccoons enjoy boiled eggs...

We headed to an early church service (arriving 30 minutes early - a NEW RECORD for the Sasser famiy), and worshipped with our church community.  We put flowers on the cross for all the see as they drove by.

(Worth mentioning:  during the Doxology, JB managed to finally pull out an incisor that had been hanging by a teeny tiny root for days.  Why he choose that moment....??? But, made for a funny laugh in the pew.)

Some friends hosted an egg hunt in the afternoon and the kids (big and small) took off in the oak alley and fruit orchards to find eggs filled with candy and money.  They had a blast!

What a beautiful Easter season and a beautiful Easter weekend!  I'm so grateful for all our many blessings, our hope and joy in Christ, and the love we feel here each and every day.