So, apparently there is a "Fall" busy season that exists in the tax world. Because of this, we did not celebrate the Labor Day holiday when every one else in the US did. Ryan had to work on Labor Day, but was able to postpone his paid-time-off. So this weekend we had a very special visitor and our first Texas vacation!
Quinn (Ryan's youngest brother) came down to visit us. It was the last time we will see him before he leaves on his mission to Brazil the week after Thanksgiving. It was so great having him here. We were NOT ready for him to leave! We got to do some fun things while he was here, so that was good. We stayed and played in Port Aransas, TX for two days. Then we went to Six Flags. I know...it was as awesome as it sounds! Here are some pictures from our trip in a very random order. (Thanks, Blogger.)
Morgan, in a nutshell. (P.S. you probably shouldn't mention the word "nutshell" to her...she'll probably try to make a 'knock-knock' joke out of it.)
All of us in front of the ocean.
Ryan, Connor, Morgan, and Quinn at Six Flags.
Connor loves slides.
Morgan surprised us at the amusement park. She went on a few rides, I thought she would be scared of. This one (the "Buckaroo") takes them up then slowly bounces them down.
Ben and Jerry's ice cream...Quinn wanted to see if he could use Connor to get a free ice cream cone...it worked...but then he bought one anyway AND tried to give the girl a tip.
Hanging out on the hammock.
The kid's favorite pass-time was sitting in holes and playing in the "mud".
The great thing about going to the coast in the middle of October is that for most all Texans, it's too cold...so we were one of the few on the beach. It was great.
Morgan voluntarily chest-deep in water...something I haven't seen for a LONG time.
Morgan loves Quinn.
Morgan boogie-boarding. Quinn bought a boogie board and we bought a skim board...and I'm so sad I didn't get any video of Ryan and/or Quinn learning how to skim board. They crashed A LOT...and it was funny. (Skim boarding is like skate boarding on the very shallow water.)
4 comments:
Jack was looking at this with me and said, "Look Morgan! Here comes the waves!"
Oh my gosh Connor looks so big! It looks like you're enjoying the lovely weather though. :) it's 100% fall around here. We miss you guys like crazy, by the way.
So fun! Morgan is looking so old in her pictures! You need tell her to stop growing up :)
Looks like a fun time. Crazy how a few short months pass and the kids look SO much older. Miss you guys.
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