Saturday, September 25, 2010

Texas or Bust!

The Lone Star State beckoned us a few weeks ago!!!
I've never had a reason to visit this state, until Lee and Sarah moved there, and believe it or not.. I'd go back!!!

It was SUPER HOT when we landed in San Antonio. We didn't last long, and there weren't many people out because they all were smarter than us! It was not a day to be outside!

Hello Alamo!!



We traveled quickly away from land, and went straight for the beaches!!! This is pretty much where we stayed too. The boys were so happy building sand castles and surfing.



With all the heat, humidity, water and castles...
we would crash at night telling stories on the couch.

we got goofy too...

then went back to the beach...


We visited a real air craft carrier.. and the boys now will not stop obsessing over jet planes!


The Texas State Aquarium put ours to shame!! We played with crab, anemones, turtles, watched a dolphin show, and even pet sting rays.




But we didn't last long in the heat, so back to the beach .. to surf!

We mini-golfed...


surfed...

Visited museums...


surfed...


built more castles..

and even played instruments.

Big thanks to Lee and Sarah for bringing us down! We cannot wait to do it again! We miss you already.

5 comments:

Jen said...

It looks like a blast. I think you must have stocked up on heat in order to make it through our winter, right? I LOVE the pics on the beach and especially the one of the boys in the aquarium where they are just little shadows! What a blast!

Alisha B. Whitman said...

Seriously adorable pictures. I've never seen Texas look so fun :)

Anonymous said...

love it!! the next time you come out we'll have to meet up!! we're in dallas!! :) and the humidity out here is crazy :)

j and k said...

What a fun trip! I have a friend who just moved to Texas-it looks like a blast. I'm glad you had fun. And, lucky girl-now you have a good tan-as opposed to the Portlanders you're around! :-)

Bobbidee said...

Awesome pics! That one of Simon on the Surf board is Adorable! I so wish we could have seen you--too bad TX is SO HUGE!