Houston Trip

The winter's here are long and cold and I complain about them all the time. My sister, Sallie, called me up about a month ago and said that airline tickets were on sale from Salt Lake City to Houston and we should go together to visit our Houston sisters and take a reprieve from the long winter.

I loved the idea of a getting a break from winter and a short vacation from being a mom. Rob was super supportive and re-arranged his work schedule and with a little help from neighbors and grandma I was off to Houston!!

Sallie and I flew in on Friday afternoon and Jenni picked us up from the airport. We grabbed a bite to eat and then we were off to have a two hour horseback ride at Cypress Trails. Sorry, couldn't take pictures of that activity....hard to hold a camera and the reins:) We were very sore afterwards and spent the rest of the evening in the hot tub trying to recuperate (could have posted pictures of that, but pictures of us in swimming suits don't go public)

Saturday we spent almost the ENTIRE day at the temple. Long story there....but we got all dressed up and headed up to the Houston Temple.

First we had to stop to get lunch. It was such a yummy italian restaurant (sorry, can't remember the name)but we had the best waiter ever! Shout out to Vinny from New York!!

Here we are in front of the Houston Temple. Now there are a few silly pictures below, and that's just what happens after spending more than SIX hours in the temple with your sisters:)

Can you tell who is the oldest?? Clue, she is the one on the end who is acting the most behaved

Gorgeous flowers. The temple grounds were amazing! It was so wonderful to see all the flowers and spring growth (everything is still frozen here in Idaho)

Whoa!! Watch out for Bonnie's hair flipping thingy she would do before pictures!

Okay. Everybody's hair is fine now.

The whole crew for Sunday Dinner.

All the girls!

Monday before we flew out we took a trip to Galveston Island. So many of the houses are built like this one because of all the hurricanes and ocean storms. I only posted one of the houses, but seriously there were tons of houses built like this.

Sisters at the Gulf Coast

The Idaho sisters LOVING the feel of the beach and warm breezes!!

We decided to splurge and go on a guided segway tour of Galveston Island. It was so fun!!! Sallie and I had never been on one before. It was pretty dang fun, and at times, hilarious....here we are racing on the bay side of the island.

Elizabeth, Jenni, Sallie, and Bonnie

Learned lots of Galveston history while on our tour. Learned a lot about Hurricane Ike's damage and about famous people who visited the island. Alfred Hitchcock stayed in the house behind us and used a photo of it in the beginning of "The Birds" movie.

Here we are riding on the Gulf side.

Posing at the end of the pier. I could have cropped the guy on the right out, but it was too funny to just keep him in it. I don't think he was too impressed with us crazy tourists.

Even though it was a short trip of only two full days, and two travel days, it was so worth it. I think it safe to say we all had a wonderful time. We missed having Julie with us, but hope to have her join us next time.