Sunday, October 14, 2012

Beach Days Summer 2012....

We only made it to the beach one time during our busy summer but we made the most of our time there!  We got up pretty early on a Saturday morning and went straight to the beach in Galveston!  We spent the majority of our day there and later went out for dinner and then back to the swimming pool!  We got up on Sunday morning, enjoyed breakfast at a local cafe and then headed back to the beach for the day!  After a few hours on the beach again, we headed back to our hotel room, cleaned up, took some pictures, and headed home!  Payton found us a room at a great hotel--Hotel Galvez, and we had such a wonderful stay in Galveston for the weekend!  Enjoy the pictures!

Wind was a little chilly at first...but it warmed up fast!
Heading in with Mommy!
Noodle fun with Daddy!
We walked over to the new Pleasure Pier later that night to check it out!
Maybe next year we can ride some rides!
Our little model!
Daddy taking her WAY out!  Okay, not really...
but farther than I like to go!
Sand time!!!
Now this is funny...
Before we left I put the pink tutu swimming suit on her and packed the stripped one in
the suitcase.  I came back a few minutes later and noticed a hole in the suitcase but
didn't really put it together what was missing...I just thought Payton had moved something
around to make room for his clothes...UNTIL....she was playing in the sand and I saw 
that she had TWO whole swimming suits on!
Snack at the pool!
Our hotel from the beach!  
Payton had a run-in with a jellyfish!  OUCH!
Snack and iPad after a bath!
We took some pictures around our hotel before we left for home!
And she was out before we made it even one block!

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Mommy And Daughter Aquarium Day....

I have wanted to visit the Houston Aquarium since we moved here, but we've just never made it there!  I decided one morning that I was going to take Lauren and we were going to enjoy the day at the aquarium   We got up and got there right went it opened and enjoyed ourselves at all the exhibits!  Lauren rode the carousel at least 10 times, the ferris wheel about 3 times, and we went through the actual aquarium twice!  We also ate lunch at the aquarium restaurant and had fun watching all the fish!  Here are some pictures from our day together!

Ready for our day together! 
Stopping to smell the flowers before we go in! 
Riding some of the rides outside before it got too hot! 
Love her! 
Not so sure about the ferris wheel at first... 
Then she got the hang of it! 
Waiting for the train ride through the shark tank to start! 
Made it out of the shark tank... 
Stopped for a picture together! 
Take two... 
She loved the fish!!! 
That stingray came right up to her!
Waving to the fish! 
Lauren reading about the fish and crabs...just like her Daddy!
Treasure chest fun! 
More reading... 
That tiger almost got us... 
Had to stop for lunch...we were hungry! 
The white tiger!!! 
Fun with my sweet girl! 
We went on the rides one more time before we left...
Lauren's favorite--the carousel!
Look how many different animals she goes on (and we rode the dolphin 3 separate times)... 
She was looking in "Snow White's Mirror"... 
And a quick game before we left!
She got to pick a "lucky duck" and won a penguin toy!