Travels to Texas

Taylor had an agricultural training conference in Austin for a week so Peyton and I decided, since we don't like being alone and didn't want to miss out on an opportunity for fun and visiting family we would tag along. We spent a few nights at a beautiful hotel in Austin with Taylor and then Peyton and I went to Dallas to visit my brother and his family. Taylor joined us there a few days later when his conference was over. The trip was so fun. I am so grateful we got to see Kevin (my brother) and Halli (my sister-in-law) and their darling children. They hadn't met Peyton yet, so it was a definite treat.

The kids enjoyed playing together in the play room. Peyton was in heaven, between having tons of new toys to play with and her cousins giving her lots of loves and attention.

Bath time with cousins, Saylor and Gracie! Check out those cute girls!
Kevin and Halli showed us a good "Texas" time in down town Fort Worth, which is where you can't find too many people not dressed in their cowboy hats and boots. We had some good steak at a fun restaurant in the stock yards and got to see where the big rodeos take place.

Kevin and Halli have an awesome connection to an indoor water park at a Hotel right near their house. It was a blast. Big slides, a wave pool, a lazy river, a kiddie area with more water slides, hot tubs ... very cool place!

As most trips have a few bumps to throw in with all the fun, one of our bumps happened to be Peyton getting pink eye. Although she looked like a little pirate or that she had gotten punched in the eye, she still was a smiley baby! Easton and Saylor were a little confused by her puffy eye. Saylor was determined that Peyton had tape on her eye. Apparently goopy eyelashes look like tape. Fortunately after a few doses of medicine, Peyton's eye cleared up.

On Sunday, we went for a walk to the lake that is only a few minutes from my brother's house. I couldn't get over the fact that I was in short sleeves and feeling great in January. It was heavenly having temperatures above 60!

Daddy's with their little girls. Can't get a much better picture.

I realize I am a little prideful, but I continue to come to the conclusion that I have darling nieces and nephews and I love spending time with them!

Thanks Kev and Halli for such a great week. It was so fun shopping and getting amazing deals, spending time with the kids, going to neat places, playing the Wii with Easton and you until all hours in the night, catching up, and being together!

The first night we were in Texas, Peyton said good-bye to her army crawl/scoot and graduated to the real deal!