What a weekend!!!!

We hope everyone had a great Easter with family and friends!  The four of us headed to Galveston, TX for the Easter weekend!  I realized lately, I have not blogged about a certain person in our family!  Andy!!  I have gotten a couple request for Andy to write in this blog as well!  His response was, "If they want to ask me a question, just tell them to email me."  Or the way I like to put it is, he's like a cat having to take a bath, they don't want to do it!  So Andy gave me permission to write about his Easter weekend experiences along with ours!

The Easter weekend started off a bit rough!  We usually will get a bite to eat before we hit the road.  Here in Nacogdoches, there are a number of burger places to choose from!  We decided to hit up AWESOME Burger!  Unfortunatly we did not get to confirm it's awesomeness.  The two ladies working in the restaurant/drive through could not provide us service, as we waited over 15 minutes to get a burger in the drive through!  So Burger King got our service instead. 

Finally on the road, everyone full, the girls snuggled in their car seats, we were on our way!  About an hour into the drive, we were startled by some colorful, flashing lights behind us!  No, it was not a carnival we were passing, but the TX State Patrol!  We thought to ourselves, are they coming for us?  YEP!  As we pulled over, I felt a rush of butterflies in my stomach, I can't imgaine what Andy was feeling since he was driving!  As Andy rolled down his window, an officer with a crisp uniform and cowboy hat greeted us!  In the background you can hear Laila saying, "Mom I want to watch Dora!"  I guess if you are not familiar with the TX highways and their speed changes throughout, they will let you know!  After learning why this MN SUV was in TX and a check on Andy's license (which was good to go!) we were given a Warning.  We were told to pay closer attention to the speed limit changes, as there were many!  I must say, the State Patrol officer was very nice!  I hope we don't have to meet another "Nice" officer in the future!  Friday night was pretty laid back!  Saturday was going to be a busy day!

 Once again on the road Saturday morning, we headed to the Moody Gardens in Galveston, TX!  There Laila got to experience her first 4D Dora movie!  I must say, it was quite an experience!  Such the experience she went two times!!  After going to the aquarium, we decided to head to the Schlitterbahn waterpark!  Anyone who knows Andy, knows he had to of been a fish in his previous life!  I also think our daughters, mainly Laila will follow along with that trait!  Yes, just like their dad!  Hitting up the water rides, 4 kid pools, we were on cloud 9!  Especially since it was in the high 90's and there were canopy's covering you from the sun!  Couldn't of asked for a better day!! 

The next morning (Easter!) the girls woke to the excitement of looking for their Easter baskets!  Luckily they found them before Andy got to them! :)  Laila's favorite: M&M's!  Lainie: chocolate eggs!  We then ventured to the beach for a fun, SANDY! Afternoon!  Now many of you may not know, I hate the cleaning up sand!  It's fun to squish your feet in, play in, but not to clean up!  Andy of course, was not being as careful as I would of liked him to have been when "cleaning" the sand off of our stuff and putting it all in our vehicle!  Lets just say we have enough sand in the back to build another sand castle!! :)  Oh well! 

      The girls and I loved the beach!!  Laila and Lainie both enjoyed being held, while walking through the waves!!   Andy also enjoyed the beach, as well as the view in more ways than one!! :)  I will just leave it at that!! :)  Later in the evening we joined my Uncle, Eleanore and Kurt at my Uncles house for Easter dinner!  Both girls were extremely tired by this point, so i was hopeful to get through the evening without any major breakdowns!  Thankfully Kirby (my Uncles lab) saved the day with Laila!  What a wonderful night of catching up!!  Monday we headed back to Nacogdoches, TX and back into our routine!  What a weekend!  But one we will remember!!!  Til the next post!  EN