the week before christmas we took a road trip from dallas to houston to join my parents in celebrating my dad's birthday. the weather was beautiful in houston, and we arrived just in time for lunch. then we headed to church, my parent's ward is filled with young families and the 835 or so (slight exaggeration) chattering little toddlers made sacrament a little nosier than me and kyle are used to:) but it was a great meeting nonetheless, and on our way home from church we picked up chelsea, and after 5+ years of being best friends i finally saw her house and met the rest of her family! then we had a delicious birthday dinner, opened presents, and played a couple games.
the next day we rode bikes, and looked at more model homes--so fun! soaked in the hot tub, played lots of ping pong, and spent some quality time in the media room. but i think the highlight of the trip came the next day when we visited NASA. me and kyle had both been as little children but couldn't remember much other than that it was a lot fun. and years later we weren't disappointed! we watched a couple short movies on space and astronauts and toured the dark museum, then we watched the living in space presentation, and then it was time for puzzles!! they have all kinds of games and puzzles and brain teasers and we all had a blast trying to figure them out, even though we ha 4 grown, college--educated adults working on them, there were some we could just NOT figure out!
we sure had a blast at NASA, and on the way home we stopped at oh la la bakery and picked up some scrumptious treats. thanks again mom and dad for such a fun visit!
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| in front of the command center |
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| rocket ship! |
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| my wonderful parents--unfortunately the flash didn't work |
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| astronaut liz |
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| touching the moon stone and then fixing the satellite |
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| four people use four ropes and work together to land the hot air balloon in different locations, this game was seriously so fun! and the bottom picture is me working on another puzzle |
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| our treats from oh la la! they included carrot cake, an italian cream cupcake, candy bar cheescake, a cannoli, and a s'more cupcake! mmm... |
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