One Trip, Many Celebrations

We visited Texas for 9 days in March and it was a whirlwind of a trip but it was all good stuff.  But first we had to get all of our stuff and our two kids there!  Wish we could have taken a picture in the airport of how ridiculous we looked, but we were too busy trying to get everyONE (two adults, a toddler, and an infant) and everyTHING (two suitcases, two carryons, and two strollers) through security and on the plane!  It could not have gone ANY smoother.  Thanks to planning ahead and being prepared (and prayer!), the kids were champs and we didn't lose anything!

We spent the first half of the week in San Angelo with Jace's parents and sister, getting some much needed visiting, and grandkid playing and snuggles.  Riley and Kiersten took to Texas pretty well :)

Mimi made sure the kids had more than enough fun toys to play with!

We celebrated Riley's second birthday at Mr. Gatti's, it's like the Texas version of John's Incredible Pizza.  Riley pretty much just ran back and forth, so excited to have a giant room with bright lights and noises where he was let loose to do as he wanted.  We ate (too much) pizza and had chocolate chip cookies, Riley's favorite.

Jace headed out to Fort Worth on Thursday, and I joined him on Friday, for our friends' Randall and Meghan's wedding.  Randall is a dear friend of Jace's and he had the honor of being a groomsman in the wedding.

In between the rehearsal and dinner on Friday night, and getting to the church early the next day for the wedding, we stayed at a historic hotel in downtown Fort Worth called The Ashton, to celebrate our 8-year anniversary.  It was a short celebration but our first night away since Kiersten was born, and it was a treat!

After the wedding we extended our Anniversary celebration when we stopped at The Cracker Barrel, something Jace had been anticipating for months.  Can't beat those rocking chairs and good old-fashioned country cooking!

While we were away the kids had a blast with their grandparents and Aunt Kelly.  Riley even got to go on the boat for the first time.

That's right, everyone wears a life vest, even the dog :)

We had such a good time and although it was definitely not relaxing, we returned to California refreshed and feeling very blessed.