Thursday, September 20, 2012

Road Trips

Some people may think it's a little crazy, but Aaron and I love to go on road trips.  Don't get me wrong, sometimes a plane is the way to go, but there is just something about getting to see the country that makes 8 hour days in the car with 2 kids worth it.

Our first road trip this summer was to El Paso for Olivia's baptism.  We spent a couple of days in Dallas before heading across Texas to El Paso.  Not sure I need to drive across Texas again, but we had a lot of fun seeing the sights and hanging out with family.


The kid loves animal style

In N Out Burger
Maura's First French Fry






Fort Worth Stockyards

Ikea!!!!

My goddaughter Oliva

White Sands National Park
White Sands





























Our second road trip of the summer was to Destin, Florida.  We got the chance to spend a week at a beach house with our friends the LaBarges.  Surf, sand, good friends, a little thing called Hurricane Issac.  We can cross being in a hurricane off our bucket list, even though the worst we had was a power outage one night and closed beach for a couple of days.

Our first day at the beach, Maura loves the water.

Danny had a great time building sand castles,
then "smooshing" them



View from the balcony, Hurricane Issac rolling in

Beach next morning, water had gone right up to the houses


Back on the beach