Dallas Vaca

August 4-6, 2017

We didn’t get all the way to the beach with a newborn this year, but wanted to do something fun with Mollie before school started…. so to Dallas we went.

It was a hectic time for Nate.  He went to help move Mamaw and Papaw into an assisted living home and came back all in one day, so the next day he could take his little family to Dallas for some fun.  I am so proud of him for always putting his family first.

This was Reed’s first vacation at 3 months old.

We got to break in our new car and enjoy all the extra room.  The first night we went to the Rainforest Cafe and Mollie picked out a new rainbow giraffe she promptly named, Twilight.  Reed slept through the whole dinner… even during the “rain storms” when all the animals came to life.

Of course, Mollie loved the hotel.  She loves when she gets her own bed to set up with her 20 stuffed animals she insists on bringing….and of course, she loves to swim.

The next day we went to Lego Land.  It was full of fun… and full of people.  I took a lot of pictures and everyone’s favorite thing was the 3D movie and R2D2.

More family fun in the hotel room:

The next day we went to the aquarium.  It was so fun!  They gave Mollie a little book to collect stamps at every new exhibit and she loved that!  We rolled right along and they even made me walk across a glass floor… with sharks underneath.  Yikes.

And after one more night, we loaded up and came home.  It was a fun time for sure!

Colorado Vacation 2016

August 1-6

We had planned on taking Mollie to the beach this year…. But as summer was coming to a close we were, as always, exhausted and tired of traveling.  The beach seemed too far away and too expensive.  We’ll go next summer.

So, for the last 11 years my dad has been asking Nate to go to the mountains with him, and my Papa, brothers and nephews.  This year, Nate decided to go for it and Mollie and I tagged along.  We camped with Dad a couple days and then stayed in Colorado for a couple days just us.

We decided to drive through the night and just get there.  It was so dark when we got there, we couldn’t find the camp site and there was no cell service to get help, so we slept in the jeep.  It was a memory-making start.  It wasn’t the best sleep, but it was fun…. and we enjoyed being cold!

Dad found us the next morning and our mountain adventures started.  We camped in Pitkin, CO and drove all around, every pass there was.  I couldn’t believe Mollie was ok with all the bumpiness, but she was just perfect…. hanging in there all day, riding in the ranger with Uncle Brian, Papa Bill, Landry and me.  Papa and Brendan were in the razer, and Nate and Tommy were on 4-wheelers.  It was quite the journey to two different continental divides and Mirror Lake, but I loved being with my girl and all my favorite guys.  Plus the mountains were beautiful… we weren’t used to seeing them with no snow.  It was a lot of fun!

After we left the fam… we ventured to Colorado Springs.  We spent a lot of time in the hotel pool.  That seemed to be all Mollie wanted to do, but that was ok.  Chill time was great!  We checked out the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.  It was our favorite zoo ever!  We fed the giraffes, walked with the kangaroos and found out I was terrified of ski lifts when there is a bear cage underneath you instead of nice fluffy snow.

We also went downtown for some ice cream and souvenir shopping.  It was awesome!  We definitely want to go back sometime and check out some other places.

Then we drove back home with our happy girl!  I am so blessed with my sweet little family.  Love spending this sweet time together!