Austin, Texas!

For more pictures, go to my brother (Scot's) blog! He posted in real time while we were there. But here is a recap!

Our trip to Texas was a blast! We had so much fun hanging out with Scot, Becca and Riley! We had just the right amount of activity with relaxation-it was a really great vacation. Riley was so funny! Camden just loved playing with her and making her laugh. Since Riley is so small, Camden loved picking her up and carrying her around. It was pretty funny to watch! She seemed to enjoy him a well.


We got in really late on Wednesday evening. The flight wasn't too bad, although the kids were pretty wasted tired.

On Thursday, we went to San Antonio. We ate a picnic lunch on the temple grounds, and then headed to downtown. We saw the Alamo and then did the river walk boat ride. Camden thought that the Alamo was awesome because it was a fort and there were lots of guns, swords and coins ;) He also liked the movie about the battle. The ride on the river was also fun for everyone. Thank you to my brother for being our personal trip photographer He takes really good pictures!



Friday we headed to the state capitol building, which we learned is slightly taller then the US Capitol building, on purpose :) We then headed to Flip Happy, a restaurant that we learned about on the Food Network when my bro was staying wtih us for the summer. We had AMAZING crepes-savory and sweet :) We were going to head to Zilker park, but it was chilly, so we checked out the Whole Foods headquarters, which was very cool. There were tons of samples and it was just a fun store!


Saturday was game day for the boys! Paul and Scot went to ESPN game day in the morning and then went to the Texas-Missouri game in the evening. Becca and I took the kids to the children's museum in the morning, which was fun. For lunch, we headed to Lockhart for some REAL Texas BBQ. We are talking about a restaurant with fire in the floor, and smoke everywhere. It was very good. It was quite the big Texas experience for Paul!


Sunday we went to church and then headed to the Texas botanical gardens. They were beautiful! It was a lovely afternoon.

The NC Zoo

Camden and I made our first trip to the North Carolina zoo last week. My friend, Rachel, called me and asked if I'd like to go to the zoo for free, we were like, "Sure!" Camden has been tracked out and she has the membership. It is about an our and a half away, but the drive is always more fun when you are driving with another adult :) It is a beautiful zoo! Large habitats, shady walkways...very nice. It was also great weather, but there is a lot of walking, so I could see why people complain in the hot summer months :) We had a really fun time, although we had to leave to get home in time for Parker and her oldest son coming home on the school bus! We made sure to stop at Sonic during happy hour for our half price limeades! Thanks, Rachel for a fun day!
My little zoo animal :)
Getting ready to fly his helicopter over the rhinocerous herd-that was his favorite animal of the day.
Hatching out of an egg-there were lots of fun kid things to do! We will definitely have to make a trip back.
The alligators-always a crowd fav.
The big turtle. My friend's son, Aaron, had on bright orange crocs and the turtle kept following him-so we got up close and personal with the turtle!

I'm back.....

The month of September just got away from me! I've been having too much fun playing with both kids in school :) Everyone wants to see pics of Parker horseback riding, so here they are:





Is he not just the cutest thing you have ever seen in that riding helmet? Parker really enjoys riding and we were excited to get a regular slot. It is costly, but it is something fun for Parker to do to make Camden just a bit jealous :) He also gets a lot of therapeutic benefit out of it!

I will post more soon!