Alamo

The Alamo was cooler then I thought. I heard there wasn't much there, but there was quite a bit. A lot of artifacts, and reading (which the kids didn't tolerate very well after the 2 1/2 hour drive to San Antonio with no AC in 80ish degree weather with humidity. But we are SOOOO grateful to Cameron letting us use his car!!!)

NASA

NASA was our first trip in Texas. It was very cool! It was neat to go into the inner workings of the facility, and see alot of actual things that have gone up into space.

Air plane to Texas

The kids where so excited to fly on the plane. Garrick flew when he was 6 months old, and Aleksia flew while I was pregnant with her, so this is their first "real" trip. I awoke at 3am to shower, and we woke them up at 4am to head to the airport. Brother-in-law Courtney was a lifesaver and dropped us off so we didn't have to park our car for and arm and a leg. The kids traveled well, except Trestin, who didn't like just sitting, but we made it!

Happy 29th to me!

On my 29th birthday we went to Columbia park, ate at Red Robin (one of my favorites), and played at Chucky Cheese. It was a great day, 'cause I spent it with my family!

Cattle

Our third event was a trip to Hermiston Oregon to my Uncle Rulon's. They have some cattle, and yearly they have to brand the new ones, tag, vaccinate, and casterate the male calfs. It is quite an ordeal! And to my male cousins, seemed to be a "Right of Passage" to be able to wrestle a calf down the the ground and hold it down while everything is done to it. I personally, being the city girl that I am, was perfectly fine watching from the other side of the fence. Then afterwards was a big bbq. It was fun to see cousins, aunts, and uncles I hadn't seen in a while.

Welcome Home Elder Fisher

Our first event on our 2 week vacation was my brother's homecoming. Elder Brenton Fisher, came home from his mission to Hungry on May 1st. His plane was to get in at 8ish pm, but due to complications, he didn't arrive till 11:45pm. Regardless, we where there. Trestin hadn't met him yet, and after a bit, snuggled right in to him. It was cute. Some of my cousins and an Aunt came up to see him off the plane, and more showed up in the following days.