Well, here it is a month after our Spring break, and I finally set up some of our pictures. I wanted to attach a slideshow, but couldn't figure out how to connect flickr to blogger. Any suggestions would be great.
We had a fantastic time. We had been studying Space and wanted a "hands-on" activity. The Johnson Space Center was only 4 hours away from us (so said mapquest--I think I need to develop a site called "realquest" it took us 8 hours with potty stops, hunger stops and "I left my swimsuit" stop)
The kids spent most of their time at a slide that was about 3 stories high (wouldn't you?) and then tried an anti-gravity chair while working on the ISS. We went to a shuttle simulator, in which we attempted to land, but nose-dived every time. We also tried our hand at building a satellite and it actually worked!
Our time at the beach was soo relaxing (except for when we lost Elisabeth for about an hour--that choked us up a bit) Rachel and I had walked up and down the beach looking for her, Scot was watching all our other ones. We huddled together, said a prayer and then the thoughts of where to find help came. The beach was equipped with officers on ATV's and horseback. Once we contacted them, she was found in minutes. We all were sincerely grateful in our prayers that night.
The Houston Temple was absolutely gorgeous. As I walked around the grounds, I studied their layout and photocopied in my brain how I want to design our landscape once we're in a home to stay. The drive seemed better on the way back--not as many stops. Well, ok, we did get out to play some frisbee and volleyball.
So, some things I learned from our trip were:
1. There's not much difference between Scot and Simon in a KB Toy store.
2. There's alot of "Texas clay" in the waves, so, we'll be visiting the beach at another location
3. Every single child makes a huge difference in our family.
4. The Father doesn't want us to "afflict" ourselves--in our thoughts or words (that might seem to come out of nowhere, but I actually read it on the way down to Houston and it's in Isaiah!)
3.
