Trip to H-Town

Another benefit of living so close to Houston is that we got to go there.  It was a fast trip, just got there Friday night and came back Sunday night, but it was really fun.  The timing was also good because our family needed a bit of a morale boost after losing the baby the prior weekend.  It was nice to be surrounded by so many people who love us in a sad time.  

The Mosses were nice enough to let us stay at their house- take it over really since they were in Michigan at the time.  On Saturday we started off early by heading to the Houston Zoo with the Tesones and the Dykes.  We had a great time checking out the animals, but mostly just running around with buddies.  Leona was obsessed with the elephants because I told her that one was her twin because it was born on the same day as her.  For a month she would obsessively say, "Baby elephant. Mommy Elephant. Daddy elephant." on a loop after this visit.

After the zoo we went out to lunch with the Martin family.  Then after a short nap we went over to visit Miss Margie.  She was so happy to see us.  Miss Margie couldn't get over how big the girls have gotten, especially Leona, since she left a baby and is now a kid. Just like old times the girls chased kitties while the grown ups chatted.  It was fun to see our old house, which the girls already only barely remembered- CRAZY!! It looks pretty much exactly the same on the outside although we are told that they are remodeling something on the interior.

After visiting Miss Margie we headed over to the Dykes's house to play on their slip'n'slide and eat dinner.  The girls had a blast running in the sprinklers, something we haven't done all summer long since we're in an apartment.  Everybody had a great time and it was hard to say goodbye when we had to leave.  

As much as Saturday was so much fun my favorite part of the trip was going to church in our old ward on Sunday.  It was wonderful to be back around so many good friends!  Eliza remembered and was happy to see some old friends, but Clara and Leona don't remember their own cohorts so Clara ended up in Eliza's class and I ended up in the nursery for a long time.  It felt like being home to be there.  I don't think that we'll ever be in such a wonderful ward again, although the ward in Austin is also incredible.  

Overall, such a fabulous weekend and so nice to be home.