ANNIVERSARY 2010

7 Years ago Nate and I were married in the Bountiful Temple after meeting eachother at Utah State University. Who knew that after all that we've been through together and all the years together that we'd be more in love that we ever have been before? We decided to get away this year, so we left the kids with our friends overnight and we went to Galveston to enjoy the beach!! We had such a great time taking long walks (and runs) on the beach, eating out and just enjoying each others company in the car.

We went to the local Wal Mart to pick us up some beach supplies. This Walmart was filled with all your beach necessities. We shopped for a boogie board for our plans of body surfing! The waves were great this weekend so it was perfect.

We ate at the Rainforest Cafe which I have never been to before, but it was one of my favorite parts of the whole weekend! It was such a cool experience just to eat there with all the fish tanks and the animals. The animals weren't real but every 10 minutes or so they would all come to life and make noises and swing from trees and shake branches. It was amazing!

They had great food too.

This is a bad picture but this is the inside of the restaurant. It was like eating in a rainforest! Well duh. Hence the name.

After lunch we treated ourselves to a few drinks at the bar and sat on these funny stools. Ok we didn't really have any drinks, we just sat on the funny stools cause we're cool like that ok?

Here is the boogie board I picked out. I was so excited because I don't usually get to play in the water since I'm usually on the beach with the kids. And it's not really as fun playing out there by yourself.

I can't wait for another million years with Nate!

SHAMU!!!!!!

Nate FINALLY had some time off so we took advantage of it and took a trip to Seaworld San Antonio!! Brystal was so excited to see the animals. We told her about the whales, and the dolphins, and the seals, and the sharks and the penguins. She couldn't wait!

First we stopped to see the penguins. They had a penguin out of the aquarium to show everyone. Brystal thought that was so cool, and as we left she turned and waved "goodbye penguin!!"

Boston and I waiting for SHAMU!! He was such a trooper and enjoyed the shows just as much as Brystal did.

And the moment we've all been waiting for. Brystal still talks about how the whales splashed everyone.

She liked pointing out all the whales as they would come out of the water.

Here is the Dolphin cove where we looked at the dolphins play with their toys.

The fish tank was nice and cool and a great break from the heat. We saw sharks and sting rays, and Brystal was looking everywhere for Dori. I don't think we found her.

Here is Brystal's signature wink!

Take 2

We ended the day at the splashpad. We forgot to bring swimsuits for the kids so me and Bos man watched while Brystal just went in with her clothes on. That's why we saved this for last.

She loved it and had the time of her life in there!

Up until she got shoved out of this tube to the left of the picture and landed on her face causing a major bump and skid mark on her forehead and under her nose and cut her lip open causing her to bleed profusely all over the place. And that was the end of Seaworld. She still talks to this day about how that girl pushed her at Seaworld and how that wasn't very nice. How traumatizing.

But we had a great time, and it wasn't traumatizing enough that Brystal didn't have a great time. She keeps reminding me that she had fun at Seaworld. We'll definitely be back later this year.

Instead of heading home, we went out to Austin to visit Nate's sister Karen and their family. We have lived in Austin for 3 summers before we had kids and we love it there. There is so much to do and so beautiful. We decided to take it easy and just go hang out by the lake. Boston took a little snooze under the tree with his bottle in his mouth.

The water definitely was too cold for swimming. This was as far as Brystal went in. But still a nice day to play in swimsuits.

I just love little bum cheeks.

Ohhhh baby!! That's my stud muffin husband! He's the one that keeps my heart beating fast.

Where have we seen this face before?

Daddy's got her starting young. She loves to do what daddy does. And he's hoping she'll really love sports. She was tossing the ball back and forth, and playing frisbee with everyone. She saw me taking her picture and wanted to take a picture herself...

Here is what she got.

At the end of the day, she passed out on Nate's lap. We had dinner with Karen's family and stayed the night, then headed home. We had a great trip. It was so good to get out together as a family.