Sunday, January 8, 2017

Christmas and New Years - Houston


12/16 – 12/31

I’m going to combine these weeks as we were mostly on vacation so it’s easier. We flew to Houston on 12/23 in the morning. We went through Tulsa, OK. We just stayed on the plane which was nice! Blake and Kylie did really well. Kylie slept for a little while on both flights but not the whole time. The last flight Blake was getting antsy but he wasn’t too bad.





When we arrived at Houston we headed to a Mac and Cheese place which was really good and then went to a nice neighborhood to look at lights! We stayed at Rebecca’s that night.




Christmas Eve we headed to Joshes house and the kids played for a little bit and then we headed to a Christmas town to see Santa. Blake did really well this time. We walked around the town for a little bit and then headed to the mall and the kids went on the carousel. We went to Josh’s and had Chinese and then the kids opened Christmas Jammies. Blake and Kylie had matching Jammies! The kids also decorated Sugar cookies for Santa! Everyone went to bed and Santa came!










Christmas morning the kids didn’t wake up too early. We ended up waking Blake up which we shouldn’t have. The opened their presents which after a while Blake was grumpy and wasn’t interested. Again, we shouldn’t have woken him up. After presents we got ready for church and went to church. We relaxed at Joshs outside after and then the kids took naps. We went to Tina and Rogers for dinner! We had so much fun! We had dinner and then ice cream and pie followed by swimming! Blake and Kylie loved it! Blake for sure had a blast!













The next day we went to Galveston! We had fun but pushed the kids to do a little more than they could handle. We went to the Sam Houston monument on our way and then stopped for lunch then walked the Boardwalk Pier. Blake threw food to the fish which was fun! We went to Galveston next and went on the Ferry at Galveston. Blake thought it was cool but it was super cold! We went to Moodie Gardens next and went to the Rainforest Exhibit and the Christmas Lights. There were so many Christmas Lights! At this point, Kylie was exhausted and wouldn’t stop crying so I ready to go home! I felt horrible for pushing her so much during the day. We stopped at Fuddruckers on our way home for dinner which was a disaster because Blake fell asleep before we got there and you don’t wake Blake up because he’s a monster. On top of all of this I had a super high fever the whole day and felt terrible. That night Jeremy started getting sick and my fever got higher. It was a long night for the two of us.




















The next day we went to Josh’s house and hung out for most of the day. Jeremy and I ran some errands. We went to Chuy’s for dinner that night. It was relaxing day.



Our last day in Houston we went to the Houston Zoo and then to the Aquarium for lunch. The zoo was fun! Blake enjoyed spending time with Olivia! They were best buds the whole time! He was always asking where Oliva and Josh were. The aquarium was fun too. We sat right next to the glass so the kids were able to go and look at the fish. We hung out at Josh’s for the rest of the day so the kids could play.

















The next morning we headed to San Antonio for Six Flags. It was hot the whole time until the day we wanted it to be warm. It was super cold and windy so we were freezing at the park. We didn’t get to start riding rides until almost 2 and then we left around 6. We went on tea cups, school bus, swings, Ferris wheels, Scooby doo haunted house, train, spinning rides, drop ride, Dumbo, strawberry ride, kids roller coaster and cars. There was a lot more but it was just too cold and was getting late. We went to Cici’s for dinner that night and then went to bed. It was Jeremy and I’s 7th Anniversary but we decided to not celebrate this year.











The next day we went to the Alamo and River Walk. It was still cold so we didn’t spend too long. We all said bye and went our separate ways. We planned on going to Six Flags again but it was too cold. We just drove to Ozona. It was the smallest town! There was our hotel, sonic and dairy Queen and a gas station. We ate at Sonic so Blake could play in the play house and then went to the hotel. It felt late but it was super early. We watched TV and Jeremy got us ice cream and then we went to bed early.





We headed to El Paso the next day. We planned to go to the zoo but when we got there they said it was cold so very few animals were out so we decided to not go. We went swimming at the hotel and then had dinner at the hotel. We went to bed early and literally did nothing to celebrate New Year’s! Lame!




Blake put fruit loops in his ears as ear plugs



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