Hello again! Ready for another exciting year in Grenada?
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| Are you ready for an adventure?! |
Before we get back to that, I have to tell you about our trip home. Part of the reason I started this blog was to keep a journal of our travels and adventures through medical school and beyond. I know we've been back for a month now, but I have to start over in June before I can move forward. Make sense?
In June we got to go home to Texas for 3 weeks. And boy was it an adventure! We drove up and down the entire state visiting family and friends. It was a quick trip but oh so worth it!
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| Our very own Aunt Susan cake...yum yum! |
Here is a run down of our whirl-wind tour of Texas:
First, we had to get there.
We had to take 3 planes: Grenada to Miami, Miami to Dallas, and Dallas to San Antonio.
It really wasn't bad going home. Flying was a relatively new thing because the girls were too small to remember flying to Grenada the first time. Everyone acted so nicely and was just happy to be on our way home.
On the first flight, the captain told everyone that kids were allowed to visit the cockpit when we landed. It was really a neat experience for the kids. Ethan and Analeigh got to see how to "drive" a plane. Then they played Plane for weeks to come after we got back home to Grenada.
We must have been a sight to see! We had 4 large suitcases, 5 carry-ons, and 4 back packs. It was not easy to maneuver the airport like that, but we managed. That is, until American Airlines broke the stroller.
No matter. I was so happy to be in the United States again, that we just went with it.
When we got to the Dallas airport we saw 2 cowboys, as in, full get-up: boots, Wranglers, cowboy hats.
That will make ya feel like home.
And then we ate some McDonald's. Happy happy happy!
Noelle slept like this the entire 2nd flight. Analeigh slept too. You can't ask for more than that when flying with kids.
Once we got to Texas, most of our time was spent like this:
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| In the car, again.... |
We first spent 2 days in San Antonio, then drove to Corpus Christi to see my parents. There we hit the beach, Mustang Island to be exact, and the Texas State Aquarium.
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| Her 1st time in the Gulf. |
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| This girl loves to skip! |
The kids had a blast!
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| Ethan was a natural in the ocean. |
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| Her favorite part of the ocean...not being in the ocean. |
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| We play "tourist" well I think. |
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| The Texas State Aquarium is great for kids. |
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| Analeigh is always doing her own thing. |
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| She's trying to call the fishy. |
We spent a week in Corpus and then back to San Antonio for a night and then up to Austin to see Josh's sister Lori, her husband Garrison, and their son Joseph. Joseph is only 10 weeks younger than Analeigh, so it's adorable to see them play together.
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| Is this not totally ADORABLE!! Analeigh enjoyed being driven around. |
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| These cars are Ethan's dream come true. |
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| ...and so did Noelle. |
We stayed overnight at Lori's and the kids had so much fun together. So did we! Josh's brother drove up and all us "kids" got to hang out together. So much fun!
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| Having fun at Aunt Lori's house. |
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| Aunt Lori has the best toys! |
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| Uncle Matthew shows Noelle the fishies in the pond. |
So we spent several days in Dallas. One day was just for errands, doctor's appointments and so on.
The next day we went out on the lake in Matthew's boat. That was a lot of fun and it was the perfect day for the lake. There were hardly any boaters out and the lake was nice and calm. Perfect for swimming and floating!
We also spent one day hanging out with my sister and her 3 kids, the littlest one having been born only a month or so before. It was really fun getting the cousins together.
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| Cousins. I love all the crying...ha ha. |
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| Cutie little baby Macey. |
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| I know this one is blurry, but Noelle and Grayson are 6 months apart and they are so cute together. |
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| Ethan was reading to Riley. |
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| And Noelle was poking poor Boomer. She loves dogs. |
A special treat for me was that I got to go visit with my 2 best friends. Josh dropped me off and I spent a couple nights catching up like old times.
First I got to spend time with Nikki and her newborn baby that is a cutie pie! We did some shopping during the day, but at night it was country line dancing time!! This is the night I most looked forward to on this trip.
Flashback time: every Thursday night when I was living in Fate, Nikki and I would meet up at Southern Junction and go line dancing...for free! There is no cover because it's a steak house too. There is a live band and a dance floor....what more do we need?! It worked out perfectly, especially since Josh is not a big dancer and I love to go. I'd wait to put the kids to bed and then head out. I had to be back before Josh had to leave for work. It was the perfect set up! I even went when I was 9 months pregnant with Noelle. I bet that was a funny sight since I was as big as a house!
Back to June: Nikki and I went with her mom and another friend, Jan, and we danced the night away. I loved every minute of it!
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| Me and Nikki at Junction. |
PS - this is when I fell in love with Instagram. Don't we look so young and adorable!
This is the Junction.
It's got good food and good music. The live band that night was really good.
God I miss Texas!
And No, I've never been on that bull.
Ok, I'm going to stop this one here. There is a lot to tell about our trip and I don't think one blog post will do it! Especially since we brought back a friend of mine, Lauren, with us to Grenada...which is a whole other adventure in itself!
Hope you enjoyed and I'll get to work on the next installment....I know you JUST CAN'T WAIT!!!
Toodles,
Tarryn
And No, I've never been on that bull. 
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