God Bless Texas - Millions Of Pictures

My parents drove to Shreveport, LA to pick us up at a Cracker Barrel! It was so nice to have both sets of grandparents together.

Yes, when we crossed the state line my dad played "God Bless Texas" from his IPOD. An hour later we stopped for a bathroom/nursing break at a gas station. I knew we were in Texas when we get out of the car at the gas station and I hear "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" playing over the speakers...
We really had a nice relaxing time in Fort Worth. Saturday night dad cooked my favorite Texas meal... Boiled shrimp appetizer with Central Market's amazing cocktail sauce, Filet Mignon, and spring salad with Central Market blue cheese (my FAVORITE!). It was WONDERFUL!
Sunday TJ and I got to go to our old church, Keystone, and see lots of friends. Eric and April were so sweet to make us a wonderful lunch and Karoline loved playing with Alli. Sam and Anderson basically slept the whole time. That night TJ and I went to my parents church, Fellowship Church, and out to dinner alone!
On Monday TJ conned my mom into buying new LCD flat panel TV's for their living room and smaller den. He was like a little boy on Christmas morning when we got home from Costco! He spent a lot of the day setting them up but the TV's looked great and added a lot of space to their rooms.
The rest of the week we just hung out at my parents house a lot... TJ and Dad got up before dark a few times in order to tee off the second the sun came up, Mom and I got away on a few shopping trips while the kids slept and the men stayed home, TJ and I got to have two dates (it was wonderful), and Karoline and Anderson were majorly spoiled! Oh, I forgot breakfast... every morning my dad made a "country morning breakfast"... yes I gained 4 lbs on this trip! OH MY!
Karoline's favorite moment was going to a cute boutique and buying her new Elephant... my dad named her Ellie. The moment we walked in the store she HAD TO HAVE IT. We tried taking it away and even giving her a smaller version of the same stuffed animal but NOPE, she wanted the HUGE elephant.
Anderson's memorable moment is that he got his two front teeth! He was a little fussy but it did not interrupt his sleep!
Anyway, it was a GREAT trip and I was really sad when we had to leave. It is HARD traveling with two small children but it is worth it. Karoline and Anderson did a wonderful job with the plane rides and car rides. I think my favorite thing about being home is that the kids are in their own rooms and my changing table! It is hard having the four of us sleeping in one room (which is why K & A took turns sleeping in Gammy and Gandaddy's room). Everything is getting back to normal...
My dad is so in love with this little man...

One of Anderson's favorite things to do was wrestle on the bed with my dad... and Gammy joined in on the fun too.

Getting to visit Eric, April, Alli and Sam... The girls were playing too hard for me to get a picture of them actually looking at me.


Getting a bottle from Gammy...


We swang on Mr. Ric's porch a lot.

Karoline had a blast in the little pool (Anderson was sleeping)...


Why is my father in a turtleneck outside, in a swimming pool, in the horrible Texas HEAT? That's a great question! I'll give you his phone number and you can ask him!



Look at those teeth (when they were just coming through)...


Enjoying the piano with Gammy...

Meet Ellie...

We got to see our great friends, Greg, Kristen, and Maddy! It was such a short amount of time... we need a week together! It was so fun though... we miss them so much! With three active children this was the best picture we could get! :)

This time Anderson got to join in on the pool fun...


Gammy and Gandaddy took Karoline to the park while TJ and I finished packing...




One last country morning breakfast...