Texas part 1

We had such a fantastic time in Texas! We were lucky enough to have 2 whole weeks with family on this trip and it honestly flew by! We hit a few museums, saw the historic stock yards, but other than that just hung out with David's parents, siblings and grandma. It was wonderful to have time to talk and catch up. David's parents were so awesome! I will always remember the perfect time that we had with them in their home. David's mom is a wealth of knowledge! A few of the things she taught us about: how to can meat (it is seriously yummy, but looks a bit strange), make green smoothies, make cheese from yogurt and milk (we learned this together at an enrichment activity) and she even watched the girls for us so we could go to the temple and out on a date. She is such a great woman. David's dad took great care of us. He fixed the things I broke (too embarrassing to blog about but ask me sometime if you want to hear a good story), took the girls out, cleaned our car and went with us to the temple just to name a few. David's sister Elle had us down for a weekend(more about that in the next post). Here are some random pictures from our trip:

We went to the Fort Worth children's museum and the Dallas Children's museum- most of these pictures are from the museum:

Gigi and I had fun riding these trikes around until we got in trouble. Yea I guess I'm not the best example for my girls.

I suppose it's rather obvious why Gigi is the way that she is.

Thank you Don for capturing this moment :)

Beautiful Madeline

Good going Gigi!

I have to share this classic story: One night we went to visit David's brother Michael at his home. Don wanted to come. When we got there Don said hello and then disappeared. A few hours later while we were taking a tour of his amazing home we found him in this chair enjoying a foot and back rub and watching a home improvement show on a giant flat screen. Love it!!

Stick 'em up! Gigi got a pop gun and ever since has wanted to be a cowgirl! It is going on 4 months now. I think that is the longest she has stuck with wanting to be something.

Gigi and Madeline had so much rocking out on this chair at their Great Grandma Leithead's home. It was great to spend some time with her before she passed.

Don got this awesome action shot of David. I know it's mean, but it's just so funny. I'm sure David will repay me shortly!

I love this video. It catches how peaceful and wonderful our time was in Texas. We were all sitting around eating popcorn on a Sunday night. David's family has a tradition of having a big lunch on Sunday and then having popcorn and root beer floats for dessert. Sounds good to me :)