Texas Trip.

The thing about going to Texas is that I get so wrapped up in visiting that I always forget to take pictures. I'm so mad because I didn't get any pictures of my sister Aly who is pregnant and due in August. I also didn't get any pictures of Sarah, Karl, Michael, Mickey, Carissa or Caroline....grrr. But the first morning I was there I did get to go to my sisters Dr's apt and see the baby in a sonogram. My fiction workshop class started online the first full day we were there and I had to spend a lot of time alone in the Hastings coffee shop trying to get some of that done so I didn't get very many pictures of the awesome things my dad did with Bridget. She got completely spoiled. He bought her almost every American Girl item in the book store, we went to see the movie "Up" it was so cute and of course we hit our favorite eating hotspots. It was a really good trip and I was bummed that I didn't get as many photos as I wanted.

In the front of my dad's house is where he plants his beautiful elephant ears. By the end of the summer the leaves themselves are almost as tall as I am. Bridget loves it because it looks like a jungle in there. On the first morning Bridget found an old friend.

It was a little turtle that we've been keeping tabs on for a while. We originally painted some nail polish on his back but it came off so my dad spray painted him so that we would know it was him.

Bridget was very excited to see him again...

But then she found some rolly pollies and started playing with them instead.

We went to the water park with Sarah and Michael on Tuesday and then we ran into Robbie (Amy's Mom), Amy and her two kids Aubry and Carter. Aubry was so sweet she would follow Bridget anywhere.

Bridget ran all over the place with her Papa. They were partners in crime for the entire week.

They had a blast together.

Throughout the whole trip I had to nurse Scout and his poor injuries. He managed rip his original cone in half and ate his bandage three times. I was getting pretty ticked off by the end of the trip. Plus I was nervous because I was running out of sedatives for him.

Here he is walking around with his cone of shame.

By the end of the trip he was getting pretty ticked off too.

But he felt better after he got to sit next to his cute sister for the 12 hour ride home. I can't say the feeling was mutual.