December 27, 2009 will go down in history as the day we began our first (and possibly last) Tour de Texas/Family Holiday Road Trip. We left Jeff's parent's house near Huntsville and our first stop was the one that is quite traditional for our little family, Buccees! We had GIANT wraps that the kids struggled to hold onto and eat in the car, but conquered quite well!
We ended up in Arlington just in time to share a few hours of fun at holiday in the park at Six Flags! The boys love going to visit the super heroes and thought it was even cooler that our hotel was super close to "their house" AKA Six Flags. The boys tried new rides they weren't tall enough to ride last time and we saw the Texas Giant being torn down. It was kind of bitter sweet because my mom had just shown them a picture a couple of days earlier of me riding this roller coaster as a little girl!
These were 2 of the boys favorite sites to find from all parts of the amusement park: Super Man's Tower and the star!
After a good night's sleep, we headed over to my sister's house to spend the day with them. The boys LOVED Clayton's new play set Santa brought him. Maybe we will ask Santa to bring one to our house next year! There was still some snow on the ground from their white Christmas so the boys enjoyed playing with that too!
On 12/29/09 we got up early to make the 6 hour drive to Pampa, Texas where Jeff's grandma lives. The kids slept most of the way and we saw what were the beginnings of a pretty good amount of snow fall. We spent the day with Jeff's grandma and she instantly fell for the boys. She said they made her lonely house so happy! We spent that night in Amarillo and went to visit Granny and Granddad Albus the next day! I can't tell you how much it warmed our hearts for the boys to meet all their great grandparents! Granddad Albus proudly rolled them down each hall of the assisted living facility on his walker seat! The fellow residents would say, "who ya got there?" and he would say "some of our great grans!" with such a giant smile! He even shared cookie and milk hour with them. What a great Great Granddad he is! I have really grown to love and respect him since meeting him a few years ago and am so glad our boys know him know too!
The next morning it was snowing hard when we woke up! Here is the view from our hotel balcony. SO pretty!
We let the boys help us get the snow off the car before heading back toward Arlington to ring in the new year. Check out all that pretty snow!
I cannot take credit for this awesome picture of the "Blue Moon" because the magic was all my hubby's doing! We spent New Year's Eve (also Blue Moon) back at Holiday in the Park. We tried to warn the kids we'd be up all night and to nap in the car, but they were too excited to sleep! What ensued was perhaps a combination of fun family memories and a total mess! "J" had his worst melt down to date at about 11 PM and spent the next hour or so in complete delirium and hysterics! We tried to get him to rest on our shoulders and on benches until midnight and he barely made it, but it wasn't pretty! We did however get a good self portrait of me and my hubs despite all the excitement.
I don't think that is the "blue" moon with these fireworks, but I can pretend!
New Year's day we meet my first friend, Katie whom I've been friends with since I was 3, her family, and our sweet friends Derek and Lauren for some very important introductions! The boys were introduced to everyone for the first time and our family of 4 got to meet baby Reagan. He is a cutie and has a great little grin! We are anxious to meet Lauren's little bundle of joy, Dean in just a few short months! The 3 of us girls will really be outnumbered then, the score is boys: 8, girls: 3. Two of those precious boys even infiltrated the girls' picture. Oh the joys of boys!
We let the boys help us get the snow off the car before heading back toward Arlington to ring in the new year. Check out all that pretty snow!
I cannot take credit for this awesome picture of the "Blue Moon" because the magic was all my hubby's doing! We spent New Year's Eve (also Blue Moon) back at Holiday in the Park. We tried to warn the kids we'd be up all night and to nap in the car, but they were too excited to sleep! What ensued was perhaps a combination of fun family memories and a total mess! "J" had his worst melt down to date at about 11 PM and spent the next hour or so in complete delirium and hysterics! We tried to get him to rest on our shoulders and on benches until midnight and he barely made it, but it wasn't pretty! We did however get a good self portrait of me and my hubs despite all the excitement.
I don't think that is the "blue" moon with these fireworks, but I can pretend!
New Year's day we meet my first friend, Katie whom I've been friends with since I was 3, her family, and our sweet friends Derek and Lauren for some very important introductions! The boys were introduced to everyone for the first time and our family of 4 got to meet baby Reagan. He is a cutie and has a great little grin! We are anxious to meet Lauren's little bundle of joy, Dean in just a few short months! The 3 of us girls will really be outnumbered then, the score is boys: 8, girls: 3. Two of those precious boys even infiltrated the girls' picture. Oh the joys of boys!
The boys also got some great basketball shirts they don't want to take off and their very own official basketball. Thanks Herwecks for your generosity! It was a great time and wonderful ending to our trip! After 7 days away from home, it was time for our little family of 4 to get back to a little sense of normalcy, but boy did we enjoy our Tour de Texas!
2 comments:
It looks like y'all had fun on your Tour de Texas! Road trips with kids can be a little hectic, but it seems that you all faired pretty well. ;)
I didn't know that Lauren is pregnant! Congrats to her!!!
Another boy, too... wow! You girls definitely are outnumbered! Ha! But, that many sweet boys is sure a good problem to have. :)
wow- what an undertaking. sounds like it was an amazing journey for the boys. isn't it just precious to have them meet so many important people. i can remember seeing my grandma holding adrian and sariyah for the first time when we made the trek to MN and just how the joy and tears welled up inside of me. it's amazing to have family that is so supportive and thinks this as so normal... this is family.
i now understand why it's taken you so long to update... what a whirlwind adventure you guys had... hope you are wound down and getting back in the routine of things.
and thanks so much for the book recommendation. :)
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