2009 Vacation

WHAT A FANTASTIC VACATION!!!

7/15/2009
We left Iowa around 6am... all 3 of us were very excited. We got to Oklahoma City around 4ish and had lunch with Kyle White and his family. We had a very nice lunch and then went to a fab little yogurt shop. We visited with them for awhile and then headed off to Texas. We got to TX around 8ish, and Mary Frances greeted us at the door holding the twins. They are gorgeous!! Handsome, little men. Avery and Owen clicked right away and were performing for us in no time. They did their Michael Jackson and Elvis routines for us.... absolutely hilarious!!

7/16/2009
We went to Dallas to the Aquarium today, it was awesome! They had live animals, lots of sea creatures, but our favorite was the shark tank you walked through. Very cool!! We then went to Incredible Pizza, that was lots of fun!! This place had a huge pizza buffet, games, go karts, bowling, and much more!! Too much fun!! The kids had a blast. We then went back to the Nelsons, played some games and just relaxed.

7/17/2009
Tracy and Philip went to tour the Dallas Cowboys new stadium. They were most impressed with the 7-story plasmas... Tracy loved the stadium. Guess we will have to go to a game their sometime (sounds fun to me!!). We stayed at the house and took the kids swimming. Avery got a TX thorn in her foot and that was very traumatic. I was telling MF how little girls are a bit different than boys when they get hurt. While we were over there consoling Avery, Owen was pulling TX thorns out of his feet as if it were nothing (too funny!). We then went to the Stockyards and MF bought Avery a cowgirl hat. She looked so cute! Then we went back to the Nelsons and had spaghetti. We visited and relaxed, it was so hot down there.... 104 that day!

7/18/2009
We left Texas around 6ish and headed to Springfield MO. We got there around 2ish and visited with Linda and Ron for awhile. They have a very nice home. After that we went to Cami and Erics, they also have a very nice home. Little Erica is adorable, and Cameron is a ham! Linda and Ron took us out with Cami and Eric to a Japanese steak house... YUM!!! Then we went back to Cami and Erics and let the kids play.

7/19/2009
We went to their church, and it was so nice. We loved the children's time with Holly the puppet. We had a little subway for lunch and then off to Amy and RonEarls for a swim. They have a nice home with a community pool. Ron was teaching Avery how to kick off the wall and swim on her back, she really enjoyed that. We had a great time, and then we had a BBQ at RonEarl and Amy's.

7/20/2009
Linda made us breakfast before we left and we headed to St Joseph MO. We got to Todd and Angies around 3ish and hung out with the girls until Todd got home. We then went to Whisky Creek for dinner. We had a very nice visit with them, and then we were homeward bound. We got home around 12:30am. We had such an awesome vacation!! So much FUN!!!

We then relaxed on Tuesday and on Wednesday we went to Tracy's Dr. He had his procedure, and has been relaxing. During the weekend we went over to Humeston where Ken and Ronna were camping. We had a nice visit with everyone there. Sunday, we did not do anything. Just stayed home and relaxed. Monday it is back to work. A 3 day weeek, then off to the float trip!