SeaLife Aquarium

While in Texas, we took the kids to the Aquarium!! I think it's safe to say they had fun!! The Aquarium was located in the BIGGEST mall I have ever been too......I mean, seriously, if we had actually 'shopped' through the entire thing it would have taken hours!! We shopped about half of it and it killed a good two hours! Yikes!! And the reason we 'killed' the time was because our Aquarium visit was in the morning and then we had LegoLand in the afternoon (you had to buy tickets with specific times). So LegoLand will be the following post!!

This circle room was the first you walked into.....and it was really neat!! All the fish were just traveling around in circles!! It was almost as if the room was spinning.......I found it very entertaining!! Once in a while you would catch a rogue fish swimming against the current, but they didn't do that too long!

Can you find Corbin.......?
Blood Shrimp!! Pretty cool. :}
There is a huge Turtle on the right side......he was cool!
I LOVE the tunnels they put in Aquariums......just sooo cool to have the sea life swimming all around you! It sort of freaked out some of the kids (and Shana too!! haha).
Wendy and Shana 'swimming'!! haha......you can see the floor is glass too.....this is where Shana and Evan were a little wherry about walking through!!
The kids 'swimming'!!
The Shark Walk!
Kids posing behind a fish wall.....

Ella getting kissed by a fish!! This picture makes her very mad.......'I was not kissing that fish,' she will yell at me when I tease her about getting a fish kiss!! Love her.....she makes me laugh!

Ella was the only brave soul that wanted to touch the starfish (not surprising).......the boys wanted nothing to do with this!! That-A-Girl
I FINALLY got my kids to put their heads in these bubbles......
I'm pretty sure at first they thought they were going to be in the water with the fish if they got into these bubbles!! haha
Yes, they are very sheltered!! lol

FOOD!!

I love traveling.....not only is it fun to experience new places, but I totally love trying new foods too!! I didn't get a picture of all the places we went, but here are a few that we really enjoyed!!

Evan wants to eat here Everyday!! It's the Whataburger!! Catchy name.....just a simple burger joint, and the fries were great!! But Evan loved the chicken strips!! They were pretty good too.

We didn't actually eat at Fuzzy's......but it made for a good laugh while we were eating across the street at the Whataburger!! haha
This next place was AMAZING!! There was no such thing as mild salsa......and unfortunately Ella was the first one to dive into the salsa bowl!! Lots of water was consumed! Their queso dip was to.die.for! And since it wasn't spicy, the kids devoured that!!

Then there was this......
While I wasn't too excited about their 'normal' margarita.........the one Frank ordered was incredible!! Check this thing out!!Looks a little scary.......but was SO good!!
had I have not already had two of my own before Frank ordered this one, I would have gotten one for myself!! Guess we'll just have to come back someday!!

We Made It!!

We finally arrived to our destination of Grapevine Texas!! And it was amazing!! I think Joe and I will retire here one day!! ;}

This was snapped from the hotel room (everyone but us stayed in the hotel.....we camped!!)

The Great State of Texas!
Our camp site......
Kids scopping out the area........I think they were looking for the playground!! haha
Here are the ducks.......which we found out were really friendly when fed!!
Cute baby.......
Happy girl that found that playground!!

Making Our Way

Here are a few shots of our trip down to Texas......we're all making the best of it!!

Autumn chillin before take off!! (no worries people....she was buckled before take off)

Ella riding shotgun!
Nap time.......
BIG Bunny
He protected us during this adventure........a few times!!
Not really sure......but Evan seems to be enjoying himself ;}
This water tower looked like a golf ball sitting on a tee......my picture doesn't do it justice! Evan Loved it!
So much cool scenery to take in.
These overpasses were CrAZy......I've never seen overpasses painted up as much as in Texas!

Texas Vacation

I'm still a little overwhelmed about where to even begin......Our Texas trip was so wonderful!! We packed as much as we could into the few short days we were actually in Texas that the kids were glad to be home!!

We traveled down in an RV with Wendy, Autumn, Shana, Corbin, our kids and of course Joe and I......it was interesting!! Joe was a champ and drove the entire way (both ways) with a short overnight break to allow everyone to get a little rest. The kids really enjoyed traveling this way.....there was a bathroom (so no stops along the way aside from fuel), fully stocked kitchen, a TV in the bedroom that we hooked Corbin's xbox up to......along with dvd's, everyone's handheld games and our cell phones......there was plenty of entertainment for the kiddos!!

I was able to catch every state we traveled through, except for Arkansas! After my Missouri attempt, I figured it was useless since we hit the state line at night...

Boy was I glad to see this sign!! :}
Ironic that this is how sleepy I felt when taking this picture.......
Worse roads by far!!!
Casino's anyone!! Funny too that we passed a restaurant in Pryor, OK that was called Bill & Ruth's!! (that's my parents for those of you who don't know!) I was too slow with my camera, and we didn't turn around......should have though!! :{
This is the snow we were passing on our way home.......
Was just as happy to see this sign too..........
.......just not this temp!!
I'm hoping to get some follow-up posts up within the next few days! Lots of pictures to share!!