Quick trip to the Lone State!

A couple weeks ago we had the opportunity to go to Texas and visit family. It was a fun road trip, the first day we drove from Phoenix to San Antonio (it was only 15 hours in the car). The girls did really well. We bought a portable DVD which was a life saver for Penelope. Then on Saturday we drove up to Austin to visit Travis and Ashley. Kairi and Penelope were so excited to see there cousins and to get out of the car. Travis bought us donuts from Round Rock Donuts, if you have ever seen "Man VS. Food," that is where he goes and so we HAD to try their donuts. They were really good!! Thanks Travis for getting the donuts! Then we headed to Houston and spent a couple days with Nick's parents. It was so good to see them and for them to the girls. The girls had so much fun and were excited to be there. We were able to go to Grandmother's and Papa's for the day and have some good old country cooking. We had chicken and dumplings!! SO GOOD!!! On are way back to Arizona we decided to stop by the Blue Bell Factory and had a tour. Can you say AWESOME!! It was interesting to learn all that goes in to making some of the best ice cream in the world. At the end of the tour they give you a cup of ice cream which is the best part of the tour. Then we spent the night at Travis's since all the hotels between San Antonio and El Paso were booked. We went to the Oasis on Lake Travis for dinner, the food was okay but the view is great.  It's ranked in the top ten places to have dinner at sunset, if only the sun didn't go down until 9:30. The girls loved sleeping over and were really sad when we left.  Hopefully we will be able to go down again soon!!

 Look at my donut!! It's bigger than my head.

The cousins