Texas, Our Texas!

We FINALLY got to come home to Texas this past week!

Our flights there were pretty decent, although we encountered some pretty serious turbulence on one ride. We told the kids it was just like the roller coasters at Disneyland and they stayed pretty calm. Victoria (of course) was the most nervous and spent much of the time clutching my arm. But we were blessed to land safely at DFW!

Victoria, who turned two during our stay, walked off the plane onto the " breezeway" (what do you call that?), looked at me with huge eyes and said, "HOT!" We told the kids to brace themselves, 'cause this was only the beginning!

We loved just about every minute of our trip, but here are some memories from the first day.



For our first day, we took my Mom out to lunch for a belated Mother's Day celebration... to Gloria's!



We decided to brave the Texas heat and sit outside so that the kids would be able to run around a little and be a little less conspicuous. It was hot, but we were so thrilled to be there, you couldn't get us down!


GiGi, Samantha and Shelli:

Isaac and Victoria, who were thoroughly enjoying the salsa!

Daphne and Jillian hit it off right away (as predicted by my sister and myself)! They couldn't stop giggling...

After an excellent lunch and an excellent nap, we went to Grandpa Sisco's for dinner! The girls had a lot of fun running through the house hiding from Grandpa Sisco:

Victoria tried to hide under the glass coffee table, but it proved to be a little too transparent for hiding.

So they tried behind beds and anywhere else they could find. As soon as my Dad walked in, they'd all run out screaming, "He's going to get us!!" Victoria didn't really have any idea what they were doing, but she joined right in, yelling, "Us!, Us!"

After a delicious dinner, we settled down for some Blue Bell and berries! Victoria was full of sass showing us all her feelings in the course of onw dessert:

More of those silly girls.... Some of my favorite memories from childhood involve running down my street with a glass jar in the twilight, chasing fireflies. There is just something magical about those little bugs. Our Utah climate isn't very hospitable to lightning bugs, so this was the first time my kiddos have seen them.
I found it incredibly surreal watching the experience... they chased and giggled and even caught a few.

Our camera wasn't really capturing them, Matt kept trying different settings, but this is the only shot where you can actually see the fireflies all lit up.

Isaac, of course, was the most adventurous of the bug-catchers. The girls mostly ran around and squealed while they crawled along his arm.

We had an amazing visit with family and friends, stay tuned for more pics from our trip!