Another trip to Houston

Sadly, I forgot my camera on our last trip to Houston.  I took some pictures with my phone and thanks to my friend Jennifer, have some from our trip down to Galveston but the trip mostly went without pictoral documentation.  :/

We stayed at Embassy Suites in Dallas on the way down and there was a big Mary Kay conference going on.  Ezra and Judith couldn't resist this throne under the arch of pink balloons.

The Houston Zoo gives a great military discount so we took our niece Armani to see the dinosaur exhibit.  It was miserably hot, but the dinosaurs WERE pretty cool.

This picture turned out even more awesome than I had hoped!  Watch out, Armani!  Hee, hee. 

We hit the mall one day...

and Mike and always try to take advantage of the free child care.  This night we attempted to ignore the Olympics while indulging in creamy goodness at The Cheesecake Factory.

Of course, now that we live so far from the ocean, we HAVE to go to the beach when we're visiting Houston-- even if it is Galveston with less-than-pristine water.  

Our friends the Bass family joined us for a romp in the waves.  Lily's first time at the beach was a huge success!

Ezra had a blast too!



Me and my water babies.

After, a very enjoyable day at the beach we had DELICIOUS dinner at Casey's.

On the way home we stopped in Capulin at the Volcano National Monument.  These were actually taken on our walk inside the crater.

Ezra at the top of the volcano.

We also enjoyed seeing a lot of Mike's cousins at a reunion (no pics--boo).  A long drive, but we had a pretty relaxing vacation.  It's always good to be back in Texas!