Saturday, July 18, 2009

Family vacation

Last week we went on a family vacation to Houston and Galveston.  We left on Monday and came back late Friday night and had a terrific time!  We started our trip by staying a couple of days with my cousin, Logan, and her new hubby, Adam.  We went swimming, played in the sprinklers, ate chilled watermelon and cherries, and enjoyed some great company:

Next, we drove to Galveston.  We went to Moody Gardens and enjoyed the Aquarium and Rainforest, along with the Bones and Dinosaur exhibits at the museum:


Of course, we went to the beach and had a great time swimming, hunting for shells, and building sand castles.  Heidi even got in on the action and loved playing in the water.  She would start kicking her feet every time the waves washed over her legs.

And after the beach fun, here's what we were left with:

We rounded out our vacation with a trip across the bay on the Boliver Ferry and a visit with Matt's grandparents in Port Arthur:

We had a great time and made lots of memories.  I'll write a post soon about some hilarious lines straight from Tobin's mouth.  We had tons of laughs and enjoyed having so much time as a family!

3 comments:

mohundro mom said...

Oh Emily... so sweet! What a fun post! And you're lookin great Mama! ;) If your looking for a second mini vacation ya'll are welcome to come here and go to Sea World and the River Walk and all! ;)

The Rozell Family said...

hey Smiths!
we miss seeing ya'll. Ya'll want to play this week or coem over for dinner? we are free tonight and tomorrow night or Thurs night. I wonder if Dustin and Courtney would like to come too!???

Lesley said...

Yay! A new post! I've been meaning to call you to give you all the details about Ezra's birth. The pictures are adorable...hope to see you guys sometime soon. We still haven't gotten to meet Heidi!