What a great weekend! Rain or shine, we had a lot of fun. My cousins Brandi and Kandi and their families joined us for a Dallas weekend. There were 10 of us all together so it was a house full! Lowery looked at me at one point and said, "There sure are a lot of people in our house - and I love it!" She always loves to have her "cousins" around - and with Jansen, Isbabel, Abbi & Tyler all here for the weekend she was in heaven.
The rain and storms ruined our original plan of Six Flags on Saturday, but we did what all girls do when it rains and headed to the mall. We had a good time at Stonebriar - complete with Build A Bear (a bunny, bear and puppy to be exact) - and a great dinner at Cheesecake Factory (our favorite). We were crazy and let the kids swim in the pool that night even though it was 60 degrees outside - and even with the water heated in the pool it was still cold. But they had a ball and threw fits when we made them get out. The rain on Saturday gave way to an absolutely beautiful day on Sunday - sunny and warm, in the mid-70's. It was gorgeous, a prime day to head to the park. No crowds and just enough sun to add a little heat made it near perfect.
My favorite highlights - us all screaming at each other on the Conquistador (the large pirate ship that swings back and forth), the never-ending search for the open log-flume line, the unexpected soak on AquaMan and the Rapids. My lowlight - the Texas Chute Out, where I hung by only a flimsy parachute that was full of holes 20 stories above the park. Kandi and I were about to have heart attacks, but Lowery and Abbi loved it.
Here are pics - granted our kids had NO idea who Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and friends were, but anywhere there's a character Lowery has a smile and a hug for them (even if it's not Disney). We hated to see the family go on Sunday - the evening without them was lonely. And, things got worse after they left with an unexpected "twist" - more like two fractures in both of the bones in Lowery's lower arm, but that is another post. More to come soon. . .