Since Chris has been traveling for work a lot lately, in just three weeks he has been to Orange County, Las Vegas and Charlotte, NC we decided we needed to get away to enjoy some quality time as a family. Given I am nearly 6 and a half months pregnant we stayed semi close to home and made a point to do things we've talked about but never fit into weekends.
Chris' had a long day Friday dealing with delayed flights trying to get home from Charlotte and finally arrived home around 6 pm. The car was washed, fueled up and loaded down ready to depart from Casa de la Henderson, we pulled out of the drive around 7, given him a full hour to "rest" :) We stayed with Chris' cousin Nicole and her family and had made plans to take the kids to ride the Austin Steam Engine Saturday morning. It's an old restored train that takes you on a three hour ride from Cedar Park to Bertram and back to Cedar Park. Chris and I had taken the train for a Valentine's Day dinner when we were pregnant and living in Austin, I can say it's so much more fun seeing it through the eyes of your child. Our little guy loved the train ride and did really well considering it was 3 hours of mostly sitting. We went back for a much needed nap, went to dinner and stopped by a park for the kids (and dads) to play. Later that evening we went down the street to enjoy an out door concert one of Nicole and Alden's neighbors was having in thier backyard. It was a great way to wind down after a great day. The kids had fun getting in and out of thier mini lawn chairs and dancing around.
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| Choo! Choo! |
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| Daddy and Chase checking out the view from the train |
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| Chase and Liam |
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| Daddy look! |
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| Our train loving family |
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| Offering a ta-da at the end of the slide |
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| Chloe, Liam and Chase chillin' |
Sunday after church we headed to spend time with Matt and Danne' at a friends house. Chase had a blast swimming and jumping off the edge of the pool to daddy. As soon as we got back to Matt's house Chase was asking to play the drums, this is a trademark of Matt's house. I know he loves the drums but I can't say that I'll ever be excited to have a set in our house!
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| Jumping in with daddy's help |
Monday we left beautiful Austin and drove to San Marcos to show Chase what Aquarena Springs is all about, it's an old use to be amusement park from the 1930's that Texas State University purchased in 1994 and has tried to somewhat preserve. Next to trains fish are one of Chase's favorite things to see and talk about and the glass bottom boat tour was a hit. we couldn't leave San Marcos without eating lunch at one of their many restaurants that offer great scenic views.
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| Family photo on the glass bottom boat |
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| He didn't want to miss a thing! |
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| A rare picture of Mommy and Chase |
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| The view from our table. Oh how we wished we were out there floating. |
Our last stop was San Antonio! Chase found his favorite spot within minutes after arriving at our hotel, his idea of a window seat. Tuesday we did the touristy thing walking down the river walk, riding the river boats, eating Mexican food next to the river and shopping in the market. Later that evening we drove out to have dinner with some old friends, Paul, April and their new baby girl Madison, sadly I was slacking on my picture taking and didn't take a single picture. It's always great catching up with great friends we don't get to see often enough. I think we were already to get back home Wednesday despite all the fun we had. It was so nice just taking it easy and lounging by the hotel pool with the two guys that make my world go 'round.
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| Love, Love, Love my little family |
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| Playing the "guntar" daddy picked out for him at the San Antonio market. |
