Deep in the Heart of Texas

On Monday, we arrived back from London and we didn't stay on home base for long.  We were packed up again on Friday and on our way to Houston, Texas.  Our main event of our visit was to go see the Houston Astros play the Texas Rangers on Sunday. 

We arrived late Friday night and the kids were so excited to be staying in a hotel and I was excited because we were staying at the Four Seasons.  When we walked into the lobby and were heading to the elevator, it didn't quite click why I saw people autographing baseballs.  I didn't say anything until we were in the elevator.  Apparently, we literally walked right by some of the Texas Rangers.  Well, I never heard the end of it from Brian.  Thank goodness on Sunday the boys were all in the lobby when the players were getting ready to leave for the ballpark. 

On Saturday morning, we headed out to the Houston Aquarium which was beautiful.  We are living quite a luxurious lifestyle by utilizing the hotel's car service to help us get around town.  Our driver was so entertained by the kids that he was so excited when he saw them and was always there to help us.  We were very grateful.

There was a sting ray tank where the kids could actually touch the animals as they tried to climb up the walls.  Garrett was fascinated.

Connor loved all the exhibits...look at our scuba diver.

This was a crab tank which was more Connor's speed since they don't move quite as fast as the sting rays.

The white tigers on exhibit were gorgeous and we even saw them being fed.

This is a tornado simulator which felt like a high powered air conditioned booth which was perfect in the heat. 

When we returned to the hotel, it was straight to the pool.  Garrett being Garrett immediately made friends with a nice young couple who basically entertained him for a couple hours.  The poor young couple had their hands full with our kids constantly vying for their attention.  It was such a fun afternoon and we all loved enjoying the sun and pool. 

Emily was loving all the experiences at the hotel.  Here she was playing peek-a-boo with the bell hop.

Minute Maid ballpark.  What a fantastic experience!  We got a chance to see the train engine move when the Astros hit a home run.  Emily even made it onto the Jumbotron when she was dancing to the music...total fun!

The next day Brian took off to his conference in Austin and we enjoyed breakfast in the room.  We then headed off to the airport and returned home to the real world.  This was all Brian's idea and even though I gave him a very hard time about this trip, I have to take it all back because we had so much fun.