The Beach and Dallas

Our last few days of vacation! Caution lots of pictures :)

The last day of training Dan only had to work a half day! I decided that we would pick him up from his training and drive down to the beach at Galveston! Since we don't get to see the ocean that much I thought it would be worth the couple hour drive down there.

We honestly only had an ok time there. I think the family member who enjoyed it the most was Crash! LOL. I wasn't feeling very good so that put me in a not super playful mood, Saffryn was afraid of the waves and I think Dan was itching to get on the road and make our 4-5 hour drive to Dallas. There were also a lot of jellyfish on the beach which made us have to watch all of our steps. I am glad we went, but I can honestly say it wasn't my favorite part of the trip. Here are a few pictures of our afternoon.

Cheese!

Saffryn and Daddy at the beach!



Saffryn saying, "whoa" to the waves! LOL P.S we get so spoiled by the beach in South Carolina that this one with all that crap all over it didn't seem nearly as fun...yup I am now a beach snob! LOL!!!!!




Momma and baby at the beach!




She was afraid of the waves but liked the sand. In fact she covered herself in it! haha




Crash loves the beach! He is so brave and will even go into the waves!



Playing together!

After a couple of hours we loaded back into the car and drove to Dallas to spend the weekend with Dan's brother and sister-in-law! SO SO SO glad we did! We had a blast with them!!! We arrived late Friday night and just spent a little time catching up and letting Saffryn unwind! Saturday we woke up had breakfast (cinnamon rolls...yummy) and got ready for the day. Then Mike and Meredith spoiled us and took us to the Dallas Aquarium. That place was SO COOL! Here are some pictures of that:

Watching the penguins :)



So you start at the top of the jungle and see the canopy...birds, monkeys waterfalls, etc... Then you slowly walk down and see different animals until you get to the bottom and then its like you are at the rivers and see water life...even a shark tank! So cool!




Saffryn loved looking at all the sights!!! So much to see and do!



Saffryn looking at all the animals!



Huge turtle!



Looking at the exhibits with Auntie Meredith!!!

Looking at the fish with Daddy

This place was a blast! So much to see and do! Saffryn also learned a new word there...whoagi (pronounced whoa gee). We could not figure out what she wanted! She kept walking around saying a "whoagi a whoagi" We tried taking her to all the animals to figure out what it was...it turns out it was water! She liked the waterfall best of all! LOL.

After the aquarium Meredith took us to this awesome little hideaway for a picnic lunch!!! It was a courtyard between a ton of buildings! It even came with classical music playing in the background. Meredith made us this amazing picnic lunch and we just relaxed and let Saffryn run wild! It was awesome!



It looked like something straight out of a Jane Austin novel...LOVED IT!



You can see it is hidden between some buildings. Beautiful!

After lunch we went back and Saffryn and I took a much needed nap. Meredith took Crash on a much needed walk (such a sweet Dog Auntie) and Dan and Mike went on a much needed guys outing (looking at gun stuff). After that we ordered pizza and went out for ice cream!!! They totally spoiled us!!! Sunday morning we went to breakfast and met some good friends who now live in Dallas. It was great catching up with them!!! Then after that we made the 5-6 hour drive home. And arrived to it S-N-O-W-I-N-G.... yuck!!!! LOL.

We had such a great family vacation! It was so special getting to spend so much quality time with my princess before Jr arrives. We had so many adventures and saw so many people we care about. I think we will remember this trip for a long time! I know I will. :)