Texas Part 1

As I stated early, we took a trip to Texas. We left the Thursday before Thanksgiving and came back Thanksgiving day. It was kind of sad that we were not able to do a real "First Thanksgiving" for Grayson but the money saved on plane tickets by flying home that day was well worth it. The purpose of this trip was to visit our friends- The Bolanders.
We arrived late Thursday night and Cory picked us up at the airport. We basically to to their house and went to bed. The next day, the kids still had school so we took that day to rest and to pick up some groceries.
On Saturday we spent the day playing with the kids. Then the girls went shopping at the mall by the riverwalk. The boys then met us at the church house for Nina's (Terrie's sister) ward Thanksgiving dinner.
Sunday we went to church and then Terrie's family had a get together that Mike, Grayson and I crashed. Here Grayson decided that he was going to be a walker when I was simply holding him in a standing position. He just took off when he saw his daddy.

Monday, we were blessed that the Bolanders had a friend who was able to get us in to the Tower of the Americas for free. It was a lot of fun to go to the top and look at the view of San Antonio. It was very windy up there!

 Cory was nice enough to take a few family pictures on the grounds there. The grounds were GORGEOUS!

Terrie took this picture while Mike was holding Grayson in the air with the Tower in the background. LOVE it!

I snapped this shot of Addison giving Grayson a kiss at the top of the tower. She has grown up so much and is such a beautiful daughter of God.

Tuesday we went to the Riverwalk and La Valitta. We went past the Alamo. We had gone in there before so we didn't really stop, but the grounds there are so beautiful and well maintained. here is a picture of us in front of the Alamo.

And while we were in La Valitta, Terrie snapped this picture of me nursing Grayson. I use a cover (because he is so easily distracted) and you can see where his hand is standing straight up under it. It was so hot and humid that day that I did end up lifting the cover up to let his head get some of the nice breeze on it.

Tuesday was also Mike's birthday so we enjoyed some pizza for dinner. It was a great day all in all. The mosquitoes were the only down side to the humidity that kicked in that day. We both had enough bites on our legs that it looked like we had chicken pox. That night we took in a dollar movie. Grayson did pretty good for his first trip to the movies but I had to take him out and play with him a bit towards the end.

Wednesday we went to the zoo. I love going to the zoo with children. It is so much fun to see their interest in the animals.

Sadly, Thursday- Thanksgiving- came all too soon and we had to pack up and go home. The flight back we were on a much smaller plane where they took our carry-ons that didn't fit under the seats and would gate check them. It was a lot bumpier ride then the bigger plane but it was nice that there were only 2 seats on each side of the aisle so we didn't have to worry about bothering someone else right next to us.

We enjoyed the trip so much and are SUPER excited that the Bolanders are moving closer and we can hopefully see them more often.

I will do a separate post with more pictures later. I have so many to go through it is CRAZY! But now, I am home, trying to get the house cleaned and decorated for Christmas. We have debated whether or not we would put up a tree due to space but I can not see NOT having a tree up for Grayson's first Christmas.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!