Fun in Texas

So we went to Texas the end of last year/beginning of this year and had a really good time, despite the cold weather. At least it wasn't as cold as Utah. Here are some pictures of what we did:

Did you say 24 hours in the car? Bring it on!

Houston Zoo:

Ema loved the aquarium. She would chase the fish along the glass when they swam by her. Aneti would scream and run away. Hee, hee.

Mom.... Mom.... MOM!!! She's falling...

I found 4 monkeys in a tree/Sydnie: "Ema, stop stealing my fuit snacks." Ema: "Hey, what's that over there?"

Um, is he looking for lunch?/Dad, can we bring this one home?

These one's escaped from their cages.

Emalia's favorite part of the zoo trip, chasing the birds/Analei, "Don't worry, I got the lunch."

Me and my girlies/Analei found her "Mix-up" (It's actually an Ochapi, but she calls it the mix-up)

Japanese Garden:

Grandpa and his girls/Grandma and Sarah attempting to stay dry.

Museum:

Look Dad, we found lunch/I managed to get one of them to look at the camera.

Dinosaur lunch!?!

NASA Space Center:

Sydnie really wanted a picture with the space shuttle/Ema, well, she apparently had some issues in her nose.

Future austronauts (Levi, don't look so excited)/What's for lunch?/Mom look, I see the North Star.

Yeah, buttons..... More buttons...... I love buttons!

Whitnie seemed to enjoy the spinny ride, she didn't throw up at least.

Galveston Island Beach:

It was cold, but I don't think the girls noticed.

Aneti, Maddie and Analei collected bags of seashells/Ema: "Faster Gama, faster!"/Emalia enjoyed digging sand and dumping it on her pants.

Did Kellie dig them out, or leave them to the ocean?

Happy New Year:

All the girls enjoyed watching fireworks from the window.... well, almost all the girls.

On the way home:

We have how many more hours of driving to go?

Autumn Leaves

The girls wanted to rake the leaves in the front yard. Of course, in the end they left a bigger mess than they started with. But they had fun, and I had fun watching them.

And yes, they are still in their pajamas. I was too!

We love Jamaica

Last month, Joe and I took a trip to Jamaica to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. We had such a good time that we may go back again sometime. Here are some of the photos we took:

Sunrise

Sunset

Relaxing in the Caribbean

Lounging on the beach

Ahh, a relaxing swim!

Beautiful view from the hotel

Yummy food

Great friends from England (We climbed up the Dunn's River Falls with them, tons of fun, had a blast)

And lots of fun. Here is Joe in front of a small shop on our way to the Spirit of Reggae tour, Joe in front of a Bob Marley Gold Album display, and Joe and I enjoying a soak in the Caribbean Sea.



Here we are by a gazebo at the Holiday Inn resort where we stayed, us on a ship in the harbor where Christopher Columbus landed, and Joe even managed to find some taro in Jamaica.

The Chicken Bandit

I caught this chicken bandit trying to break into our chicken pen the other day.