Sunday, October 07, 2012

DFW Weekend


We flew up to the Dallas-Fort Worth area for a long weekend (long for Sean and me, Barbara has to work in Ft. Worth on Monday.)  Sunday morning we went to the Sea Life Center in Grapevine.  For an aquarium in an outlet mall it is pretty well done. (it is part of a chain of aquariums owned by Merlin Entertainment - the second largest amusement group next to Disney - they also own Legoland and Madame Toussauds.)  Sean spent Saturday night researching the guide to the aquarium and deciding where we should go.  Once there, they had "Fin Facts" about the exhibits that you cold collect for a prize at the end - Sean loved that.

Sunday afternoon we met Uncle Tadd at the Texas State Fair.  We sampled the midway and Barbara and Sean road a couple of roller coasters.  Sean throught they were all "awesome."


Sean studying the map in the 360 degree sea tunnel









Saturday, July 28, 2012

Isle, MN Part I

See link to pictures from our trip to Appledorn's Resort in Isle, MN - below.

Ted and Kathleen (known to most of us as Nana and Grandpa) decided to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary and Teds 74th birthday in style on the shores of the 2nd biggest lake in MN.  We stayed at Lake Mille Lacs in Isle, MN.  Nick and Heather were not able to come so Barbara, Sean, and I absconded with their oldest child and flew up to meet the rest of the family here.

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Father's Day

Nana and Grandpa came in to visit the Cypress Boyce's this weekend.  They all came down to Friendswood with the idea of spending the day in Galveston.  Some tropical weather put an end to that idea, so we had lunch at Chuy's, went to the Main Event for games, and then swimming at our house.

Happy Father's day to Dan, Ted, Nick and all the other fathers out there!



All three cousins on a simulation ride


Sean helping hold Dylan on board



Since it was Father's Day I let my dad use my iPad for a little while....

Sean after swimming on Sunday: Cheese slices and Calvin and Hobbes rotting his brain!

Monday, June 11, 2012

Space Shuttle? No, not really.


On Friday Sean and Aunt Joanne went to Space Center Houston and visited its new exhibit, the mock space shuttle.  It was delivered to Houston from Florida last weekend via barge with great fanfare.

For those of you that don't live in Houston, the area was pretty chapped that Los Angeles and NYC, both not notable for their contributions to the space program, received "real" shuttles.

Saturday morning Barbara, Sean, and Aunt Jo ran a race in Texas City.  Saturday evening Barbara, Sean, and I went to Brazos Bend State Park to see (and look through) the observatory telescopes.  We were able to see really cool images of Saturn and its rings.

Sunday evening we spent a casual evening at the Boyce's in Cyprus with Carol, Clinton, and Ike.









Tuesday, May 29, 2012

2012 Memorial Day

Memorial Day!  With special thanks to Sean's Grandpa (Army) and my Dziadziu (Coast Guard) for their service.

We spent Saturday at Moody Garden's Palm Beach with Grandma and Aunt Jo.  After they put in a lazy river last year season tickets this year were a no brainer.

Sunday we went to the Carter's house for a Memorial Day party.

My big project for the weekend was cleaning out the garage.  I have "before" pictures but I am to embarrassed to show them before I have "after" pictures.  It was very sad giving away Sean's strollers, and the trash men were probably not all that happy when they stopped at our house today, either.

On the Lazy River overlooking Offatts Bayou

Attack Tube!

How did a picture of me get in here?


Carter No. 3 at the Carter's house


Johnson No. 3 pushing Sean around the pool
Attack!

Johnson No. 4 getting ready to dive
Where are the boys?




Saturday, April 07, 2012

Easter Kerrville 2012

The extended Boyce family was in Kerrville to celebrate Easter.  So far Sean has accomplished most of the items he put on his list this week for this visit: dye eggs, go to hot tub, play with Elissa, go to Nana's park, and make waffles and pigs in a blanket for breakfast.

Rest Stop for Bluebonnets
Kidding around at Nana's Park


Did I drop my contacts here?

Bubble blowing (Sean has on the proper Personal Protective Equipment  to protect his hands from toxic bubble juice

"Doggy Bone!"

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Camping in the closet with flashlights


Cheese and crackers at the winery



Waiting for bats - that never emerged

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Rodeo Houston 2012

We finally made it to Rodeo Houston today, on the last day of the event.  Through the miracles of social networking we saw that the Boyce's would be there at the same time and hooked up.  Sean and Elissa got along famously, however they mostly ignored poor Dylan - it is a good thing he had four adults to entertain him!


Sean at the Market, his favorite part of the show every year

This year Sean stopped to read all the educational signs

Sean and Dylan look at Sean and Dylan?  They are really looking at rabbits

The kids showing off their sand art - getting this picture was like herding cats

Busy kids makes hungry kids

I am not sure what the game is here, but Sean says he was being an allosaurus

Don't tell anyone, but they were holding hands waiting for a ride and it was cute!

Catching fish

Keep your hands and feet inside of the ride at all times!