Sabbath Family

After church we made everybody stay in their Sabbath clothes long enough for a bunch of family photos. A couple turned out pretty well. Lots of smiling faces helps for great photos anyway.


We tried to duplicate an old photo of the cousins to include Christopher in a circle.



Then Ben & Christopher posed with their nearly matching bears.

NASA - Phase 3

Our time at NASA came to an end so quickly. We would probably have tried to stay longer if they would have just stayed open for us. The kids ended the day at the Kids Space Place. Let's just say it was a BLAST! Ha Ha!

Everyone said it was great and we'd go back again in a heartbeat. I was wishing Heidi could have been with us, but I suppose someone has to be responsible and get some work done.

We decided to go touch the Gulf of Mexico, or at least some water that sort of touched the Gulf of Mexico, since we were so close. James was the first one out of the car and hurried to touch the water, and convinced a fairly reluctant Ben to touch it too. After this adventure, we capped off the day with a trip to IHOP and then a long drive home in the dark.

NASA - Phase 1

We made it to Houston without any problems! This was a big day, so we'll split it up. We were so happy to get out of the car and head inside. The kids tried on all sorts of helmets and listened to all sorts of programs.

We went into a replica Space Shuttle. There was a warning to watch your head. James was confused about this warning and kept losing his head. Very funny fellow...

More Birthdays

We also tossed in the grown-up birthdays tonight. We had counted our trip to Six Flags as the birthday celebration for the grown-ups, but we didn't get to sing and share gifts.

The kids really worked to keep their gifts a secret. Wish we could share our birthdays every year!

After our homemade pizza supper and Christopher's pie, we took the dogs out for a walk. Summer evenings in Texas are certainly lovely for a walk.

Geocaching Cousins

Took the cousins (& uncle) for their first geocache. Our first try was too brushy/hot so we abandoned it, but our second try was full of fun treasures for the kids.

Six Flags Over Texas

We had a blast at Six Flags today!

Sabbath Stuff

We connected with our family in Austin, and the kids enjoyed joining in their church VBS being held today. This was our first time to their church, and we enjoyed meeting their church family. Their guest pastor was a pastor we have heard before in Washington! The world felt small today.

Ronda was kind enough to snap a photo of our family group at James' home. We wished Clint could have been with us. Then we all worked on lunch. We had a selection of a sandwiches, including wonderful Ruebens. It was very hot outside and felt nice inside. It was really not a bad day in Texas for mid-July.

Park Picnic

James and kids took us to a nearby park for our picnic. We gobbled our sandwiches and hurried out to play.

There was a fun playground with swings, and Christopher had fun swinging. Steffanie took Ben to find a toad and they enjoyed showing it to us. Sarah & Elizabeth stayed by the lake and watched the turtles popping their heads above the water.

We had to hurry to pick up Heidi at her work, but we hope to come back to this park again before we go home.