Houston Trip

This Memorial Day weekend we traveled down to Houston, TX to visit my brother Andrew and his wife Rebekah. We managed to have almost perfect travel experiences both ways, which if you know my history with flights is a miracle in itself. We arrived in Houston Friday afternoon and headed to the apartment for lunch and pool time, which quickly became Abby and Megan's favorite place.

Saturday morning we headed to the Houston Zoo.

Checking out the sea lions to start with.



The zoo had a new baby elephant.

Staying hydrated in the warm Texas heat.



Uncle Andrew helping Abby see the jaguars.

Chilling in the shade with Rebekah.


The zoo has a bald eagle named Liberty, and next to it a nest for photos. Once Abby figured out the eggs weren't real she was okay with it. Megan as you see had no issues.

This is the Beer Can House. By the Papke's apartment. I had told Andrew to visit it when they moved there, so he showed us it as well.


The whole house is pretty much covered in beer something.



After the zoo Abby and I had some mother/daughter time and got a mani/pedi so we were more appropriate for flip flop season.

Having dinner with the guys. Nothing like corn on the cob!

No Megan you cannot have my drink!

Monday morning we went to Discovery Green Park, in downtown Houston. It's a great park with toys and fountains for the kids.

As you can see we cooled off in the fountains after playing on the toys.



Just having some fun.



There were different cycles of the fountains. Abby got slightly braver and was running through the big ones.

Megan thought it was a good idea too, she quickly changed her mind.

Here's most of the fountains in motion.

Here's the sailboat pond where you can bring your own boat or rent one.

We had a great time in Houston. The weather was hot and it's only the beginning of June! We were happy to get back to our mid-80s in Columbia, but sad that our weekend went by so quickly. We're pretty sure that Andrew and Rebekah were happy to get their apartment back and are probably still finding cheerios that Megan put somewhere.