Houston Trip - IAH-SLC

Day 6 - Houston to SLC - January 16, 2017

Time to head home.

One last goodbye with our favorite animal friends.

This was a nice gesture.  We don't usually get too angry about babies on our flights.  We've been there.  Except Alison.  She gets mad at noisy babies.

Ice cream on our layover in Denver. 

Now onto blogging about our next trip.

Houston Trip - Day 5

Day 6 - George H. W. Bush Library at Texas A&M - January 16, 2017

Another low-key day.

Starting the morning with some game time on their kindles.

Lunch at Star Pizza, a halfway decent pizza buffet.  Ada loaded up on the salad.

All of us (except Ada) made our way to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station.  Alison and I have been to a few other Presidential Museums and we really enjoy them (Truman, JFK & LBJ).

Selfie with old 41 himself.

That night Hyrum had to fly out on some international adventure and we all went to eat dinner at my favorite Tex-Mex place in Houston, El Tiempo Cantina.  I think it's about time I made my way back...

Houston Trip - Day 4

Day 4 - Sunday in Houston - January 15, 2017

Today was a relaxing Sunday.  We went to church.  Poor Hyrum is the bishop, so he was stuck at church far longer than the rest of us.

We went for a walk through the Houston Heights.  We love looking at the beautiful homes in this area.

And, Sunday dinner.

Lovely.

Houston Trip - New Orleans

Day 3 - New Orleans and the Swamp - January 14, 2017

Yep, I'm a bit behind. But yet I continue.

Once we were ready we checked out of our hotel and made our way back downtown.  We swung through the 9th ward that had been damaged from Hurricane Katrina way back in 2005.  There were still a lot of vacant lots and areas where nothing had been rebuilt.

We visited Lafayette Cemetery.  It was beautiful with the magnolia trees and above ground graves and crypts.

A few mug shots.

Next stop on our journey back to Houston was a swamp tour at Lake Martin.

It was really cool.  We jumped on a boat with about 15 of our new closest friends and motored around the lake.  We saw lots of crocodiles, turtles, birds and spooky swampy areas.

We stopped for dinner in Lafayette at a creperie.  No complaints from the girls on this meal.

No drive in Texas would be complete without a stop at Buc-ee's.  This place was huge.  More than 100 fuel pumps.

We finally arrived back in Houston after 11.  Sleepyheads.

Houston Trip - New Orleans and the Gulf Coast

Day 2 - New Orleans and the Gulf Coast - January 13, 2017

We started the day by hitting the French Quarter.

First stop was at the Cafe Du Monde for some beignets.

With lots of powdered sugar.

Next, we just strolled through the French Quarter.

We ate lunch at Cafe Carmo and the highlight were the pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread).  I've had these at Rodizio or other places and they've always been ok, but they were amazing.  I'm craving them just thinking about it.

It wouldn't be a true adventure if we didn't take a long drive just to check a few more states off the list for these girls.  We stopped at the beach in Biloxi, Mississippi on our way to Alabama.

Lyla didn't want to be in any pictures, so of course it was my personal challenge to catch her in a photo or two.

Caught her.

Crack kills.

Ada and Isaac.

We continued on our journey, but because it was going to be late before we would get to our dinner destination in Mobile, Alabama we stopped at The Shed for some BBQ snacks.  This was the type of legitimate southern BBQ place that you should probably avoid if you don't want to get sick.

We ate dinner at Zea Rotisserie and Grill.  It was good.

Poor Lyla, our picky eater.  She couldn't find anything that she would eat, and was having a bit of a freakout so she had to go in parking lot timeout.  This girl won't eat chicken nuggets, hamburgers, french fries, mac & cheese (unless it's cancerous Kraft), hot dogs (until tonight 7/24), corn dogs, etc.  She's a tough one sometimes.

Tomorrow: More New Orleans!