Texas Vacation, Part 2: Happy New Year!

Our vacation continues!

We left Mom & Dad's after 3 days to go back to Karen & Johnny's for New Years and a trip to see Brett's brother Brian. (More driving for us, but the kids spent the day with Nana, Karen & the boys.) We greeted the New Year with board games and watching the ball drop. (We couldn't actually use the noisemakers because Leah & Andrew were asleep, but they look cool!)

After only a day or two there, we went back down to south Texas again and spent more time with Mom & Dad. We relaxed some, we took a trip to the mall & to visit a college friend of Brett's, went out to eat for dinner almost every night, took a shopping trip, and spent time playing outside. It was great for Leah & Andrew to have a chance to bond with their grandparents. (We didn't get a lot of pictures, though!)

We drove back to Waco Thursday in order to catch our plane home on Friday. The weather was so pretty the whole time we were there, so we spent a lot of time playing outside. Leah loved Karen & Johnny's "playground" and the huge pile of leaves they raked up. Andrew spent most of the time outside "mowing" the yard. He loved that mower. And he mastered going up & down the little slide by himself.








Just before we headed to the airport, we took some more photos with Seth & Luke ("Sep" and "Yuke" as Andrew called them, or "Uncle Seth & Uncle Luke" as Leah called them-- she called everyone "Uncle," including Karen. We kept trying to remind her she was "Aunt Karen" but she kept saying "Uncle Karen" the whole time!)

And our trip ends with a sweet shot of Leah & Andrew with Daddy waiting to board the plane home. That flight was so much better than the one there, although it was of course sad to have to go. Leah slept probably 2 1/2 hours and Andrew slept the first hour and the last, without a fight. He talked the rest of the time.

It was a great trip. We got to spend great quality time with family we rarely see and the kids got to know some of their relatives. We ate lots of great food, got some rest (although there were lots of late nights), and just had a great chance to visit! It feels good to be home now and we're getting back into a routine. Thankfully Leah & Andrew have been sleeping in so we can eventually catch up on our rest.