Texas Fun

Last night we returned from a very fun trip to Tyler and Dallas, TX. Most of the trip was full of cousin fun as you can see in the pictures below. We went to a great zoo (Caldwell Zoo), a very fun children's museum, 2 lakes where Mary-Michael experienced her first time tubing and Frazier experienced the "joys" of wearing a life vest, and the Alexander's very own salt water backyard pool. Jon and Melissa (Geoff's oldest sister) were great hosts and made sure we ate well, too. We had a lot of yummy food, which makes a trip go from good to great for me! At the end of the trip we stayed with our friends Jen and Books (Ron who will forever be known as Books from softball), who was in our wedding almost 7 years ago! We hadn't seen them since our wedding, so it was great to spend some time with them and see their home. I also finished a book while there, which meant I was able to relax a bit - I am so grateful!

This was our first plane ride with both kids, which had its ups (Frazier sleeping almost 2.5 hours on the longer ride home) and downs (pacis on the gross airplane floor that still had to be used to quiet a crying baby, Mary-Michael throwing fits and backtalking, literally running in the Newark airport when our 4 hour layover turned to 20 minutes and the flights were in 2 different terminals, and the list goes on). Ok, so there were more downs than ups, but we managed and could laugh through most of it. 

Hope your summer is off to a great start!

Rock climbing in the children's museum (Yes, Geoff has no issues playing the kid role!). 

 The cousins - M&M, Makenzie, Jace and Frazier.

The boys - Jace was a great helper with Frazier.

Petting the goats at the zoo. 

Family portrait with the giraffes.

Daddy and son - such a sweet picture. 

Had to a get a picture of my girl with the flamingos - my mom and her close girlfriends are kind of obsessed with this odd looking bird, so this is for you Desperates!

Feeding birds (see green thing in Geoff's hand). 

Pool time!

This girl LOVES the water. While she'll probably be wearing all these floats for a while, we are doing swimming lessons this summer...

Taking a dip in the lake with Uncle Jon. 

Geoff kneeboarding and attempting a backflip. Amazing!

Our sweet children. 

Another cousin shot (Frazier had kind of adjusted to the life vest at this point, or either I had just fed him, so he was momentarily content). 

Mary-Michael tubing! I love that she was willing to do this at 2 years old. 

My preferred water sport since I'm not coordinated enough for skiing, kneeboarding, wakeboarding, etc. 

Aunt Melissa and the girls at their pool. 

Frazier-man with a baby mohawk.