Trip to Houston

Last weekend we made a trip to Houston to see all the grandparents.  We stayed with Granny and Daddy Bob and were pleased to see that Dad is doing great!  Caleb was excited to play at their house, especially with the 'shake shake cars'.  He talks about them non-stop.  We joke that these toy cars are like crack for little boys because Caleb is definitely addicted!!  They are plastic cars that are the characters from the movie Cars, and when you shake them they rev their engines and say various phrases from the movie.  Caleb loves all of them and even knew which car was named Ramone ("mone" as he calls him)-- which was something none of us knew after seeing the movie!

We played on Saturday and enjoyed a fun dinner at Lupe Tortilla.  Dad brought along his trusty chest incision pillow which Mom has made several pillowcases for.  Most of them are understated to match his clothes, like black or gray.  She did make one with Caleb in mind, though! It is fabric with the Cars characters on it so Caleb was excited about Bob Bob's pillow.

On Sunday we went to church with Gran Jan and sat in the cry room, of course.  Caleb wasn't being naughty, he just talks all the time and doesn't understand that he has to be quiet in church!  He was talking about the lights, the Jesus cross, and would even announce "song off!" or "song on!" at the beginning and end of each song.  This was especially lovely during Communion when there are lots of short singing parts for the congregation :).  After church we went back to Gran Jan & Pop Pop's (with Pop Pop still gone on a business trip to Singapore) and had a yummy lunch and playtime with the family.

We watched the World Cup Finals and Caleb got to swim with "Uncah Keg" during halftime.  Sunday evening Bob Bob & Granny watched Caleb while Bryan and I went to dinner with my cousin Daniel and his wife Lindsey.  They got married last July in Colorado and we were unable to go to the wedding because of Bryan's work schedule, so it was our first time to meet Lindsey!  We had a great time catching up with Daniel and getting to know Lindsey, too.

On Monday we had more play time at Granny & Daddy Bob's before driving home to Temple.  It was a great visit but sadly I did not take many pictures!  We are thankful that Bryan's schedule as a second year resident gives him longer stretches of time off so we have more family time and opportunities to have weekends away to visit our families!

Caleb playing with the green shake shake car

Sending all the shake shake cars down the 'race cat' aka bookshelf

Gorgeous flower at my parents' house!