Texas Here We Come, Backwards!

Vacations always bring about feelings and emotions you wouldn't normally be able to experience; because you are away from the norm you can see things differently than you would if you were at home. For my girls, this week would have meant another week away from their Daddy who comes home tonight; however, because we were away from home and the day-to-day and constantly with their cousins it was absolute Joy!

The photo above was taken on Tuesday night at the Airport Marriott in Houston. Normally, I am at my whits end trying to get the girls to bed, but seriously, my non-sleeper on the right, fell asleep in two minutes - it was great. For this photo I label - exhaustion!

Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle. Look at these faces! Just full of happiness. Wednesday in Chicago waiting for our flight to take off. It was a smooth trip that started at 3:15 a.m., but I couldn't have asked for better girls on the plane and in the airport. We arrived in Montreal so early that they even got to see their friends at school for an hour.

#10 on my list of things I miss in the states, should have been corn tortillas. They simply do not sell them! It's shame, because I truly see corn tortillas as a necessity! This is Tuesday at El Gallo Mexican restaurant - Houston.


One last photo of all the kids before leaving for the hotel. Notice the matching teddy bears!

Comfort. This is what I felt when I took this picture. It's great to be away from home, but still feel at home.

Peace. This was the piano I learned to play on, cry on, pound on, perfect on. It was my life when I was a little girl. We weren't in a place, and still are not, to take this piano when my parents retired. It's nice to know it's in good hands.

Personality. What personality! I couldn't imagine my girls any other way. There little quirks can wear on me when we are at home sometimes. So it's nice when I can relax, and see their cute little things they do, as not annoying!

Sisters. "One of us is adopted!" my sister used to tout when someone would look at us strangely when they found out we were sisters. Even though I was an annoying sister, she never, never, made me feel any different than her in our family. This is us stopping in for smoothies and onion rings at Sonic - sans enfants!

Firsts. Abby got her ears pierced while we were visiting. It was a lot of fun to see her go through it. Although, I remember it hurting. Abby was very cool about the whole thing -no on wince.

Memories. This was Abby in a contest to see how long she could hula hoop. How long can you hula hoop now. I'm not sure my hips can handle that much movement.

Smiles. This was a really cute moment I was able capture between these cousins. Look at those smiles - when was the last time you smiled?

Innocence. We took Abby, Cici and Nina to build-a-bear. It was really cute my girls take the process so seriously. Cici and Abby got matching bears and Nina was so excited to get a dog which she dressed up in basketball attire with an army hat and tennis shoes.

Fun. Our first full day in Houston we went to Wil's field days. This is Jenn with two of her boys and will doing some sort of sponge race.



This was my favorite picture of them all. Watching my girls run around, laugh, and just have pure fun was the best part of the vacation. Granted mexican food, Wetzel's pretzels, paradise pie at Chili's, Hobby Lobby and all the other stuff was good and fun; but seeing my girls relax from all the stress they've been under with our move and everything being so new to them - was the best part of our entire trip.