When your arm is broke, and you can't go camp. Who you gonna call?

Aidan, when you fractured your humerus and the doctor said we had to limit your movement and physical activity for like a million years, I knew that we couldn't go on the fall Hiking Laser Bears trip.

But, that didn't mean we couldn't go on a dudes trip!

So, when your arm is broke..and you can't go camp... Who you gonna call?

Pops and me!  That's right! We had a fun dudes trip to Fort Worth instead- and it was a blast!

We ate burritos. 

We went to a comic book store.

We took a great hike through a butterfly garden and to a waterfall...

...where shoes got wet, rocks got thrown, hills got climbed, stones got skipped, and a nice young girl asked you your name (and you later told us that made you blush).

We went back to the hotel where we swam and hot tubbed in their indoor pool, and made funny beards and wigs and faces in the (soap? (hopefully??)) foam that emerged from the hot tub's bubblers.

We dined on some delicious burgers.

We made our way to the concert hall, where we - all three of us together ... you in the middle- watched and laughed and got a little scared and proved that WE aren't afraid of no ghosts!

We kept you up WAY past your bedtime, but we had a blast doing it. You, me, and pops. Laughing and having fun way into the evening hours.

To top it all off we met with Uncle Dana, Aunt Mendi, and Grayson for breakfast the next morning, before we headed home and on to the next adventure.

Spring Break 2018

Ahh...... sweet, sweet spring break. 

The trees and flowers are blooming, the weather is warming, and the kids and mommies and the daddies are off work (or take off work, but what's the difference!)

We had a wonderful week of adventures...and grew together as a family even more:

We parked it up, donned our rain boots, and explored the creek and even passed through the tunnel to the other side. You guys were so intrepid and sloshy-footed as your boots filled with water. The hunt for treasures was very, very productive. 

We went to your friends' birthday party!

We saddled up in the Hyundai and drove off to Fort Worth where we explored the Botanical Gardens:

We stayed in the lap of luxury at a La Quinta Hotel (your second hotel ever; which was met with much amazement...WOW a Microwave in the bedroom! WOW AN INDOOR POOL! WOW A BOOK IN THE NIGHTSTAND!)

We explored Sundance Square...

...and even at at a Seafood restaurant where you two decided that you LOVE Mussels Marinara (and at the whole thing!)

At sunset we checked out the Fort Worth Water Gardens where you two scaled amazing heights in this concrete interactive art exhibit:

We checked out the world-famous Fort Worth Stockyards and were transported back in time to witness a real cattle drive and a real shoot out! And we bought REAL cow-boy hats!

...well a real-enough shoot-out. The cowboys said they were real guns, but fake bullets because they had to "use the same bad guys tomorrow."

And we dined in the world-famous Joe T. Garcia's Tex Mex pavillion extraordinaire: 

We returned from the Old West to modern times and did fun stuffs and things with family and friends and together...

...and before we knew it, the flowers had blossomed, the temperature had warmed, and it was time to return to our regularly scheduled lives...a little bit warmer, and a little bit more blossomed due to our fun adventures, road trip, and time together.