Texas Vacation - Houston

This year we decided to head to Texas for a family vacation. We have several family and friends in Texas and thought this would be a great opportunity to see them. This was Kyler's first vacation and the first vacation we have taken as a family by car. The kids did great with all the driving. The first day we traveled through Oklahoma stopping at various sites. We made it to Denton, Texas (just north of Dallas). The following day we ate lunch with Travis's cousin April who lives just south of Dallas.



We then traveled on to Houston. We stayed with our good friends Ryan and Aggie. We went to the NASA Space Center and actually had a backlot tour of the NASA airplanes! Another friend, Brad, knew a mechanic at NASA and he took us on a tour. Kyler loved getting to see the airplanes up close. The rest of us thought it was pretty cool as well.

The following day we headed to Galveston. Much of the tourist areas have recovered from the hurricane, but you can see there are areas that need lots of work still. We went to a great aquarium and then spent the afternoon at the beach. Madeline loved being at a "warm" beach. The only beach she had been to was in Ireland and it was so cold you didn't want to swim in it. Kyler was unsure at the beginning but once Travis got him out in the waves, he didn't want to leave. We had a fabulous time in Houston. We also got to see Travis's other cousin Andrew and spend time with Brad's family as well.