Memorial Day weekend was spent visiting family in Houston, TX. Yee-haw! Most time was spent eating because that's what I do best. Did I mention I spent half of my birthday on the flight? It also is quite the conicidence that The Bro-In-Law's wifey has the same birthday as I do. The "men" (husbands and nephew #1) left us on our birthdays to go pig hunting. So we gals, nephew #2 and The Kid went to The Chololate Bar to get us some birthday sweets.
Since it was just for the two of us, we opted for a slice of Uncle Darryl's Chocolate Cake and chocolate candles. $75 for a whole cake! Yikes! You would think that the cake would be extremely sweet but it was the frosting that made my teeth hurt. Uncle Darryl, you make a mean cake. It was delish. Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us....
Since the men were still out being manly, we drove to Moody Gardens on Galveston Island. We were looking for an affordable water park and somehow ended up at Schlitterbahn across the street. NOT within our budget at $50+ for adults and $40+ for children at the gate. We turned around and headed to Moody Gardens Palm Beach which was $23.95 for adults and $17.95 for children. Much more affordable.
The lazy river was awesome and The Kid did laps until he got water in his ear as you can see in the foreground. Nephew #2 couldn't get enough of the water guns. BTW, do not ever, ever, ever trust your child to put the sunscreen in the backpack. The bottle ends up rolling around in the back seat of the car and you don't realize it's not in the bag until you have already jumped in the pool. What happens soon after is that you go to the sundries store and buy a can of suncreen for a whopping $16! What a ripoff.
It was a fun-filled day at the water park but it was time to hit the road. Bye-bye Galveston.
The men were home from shooting piggies and had to process the piggy the next day after draining the blood and yucky stuff. Poor piggy. Thank you for the food.
If you haven't been, be sure to visit the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. They have several walking trails to choose from. We took a quick route and stopped to see the wildlife and plants.
If there is one thing that I would like to bring back to Las Vegas, it's H-E-B. The grocery store of all grocery stores. They even have Central Market which carries imported goods. It reminds me of Whole Foods but better.
Bro-In-Law took us to Crawfish and Noodle for a lunchtime seafood feast. Since I knew I could steal a taste of his crawfish, I ordered the Cajun blue crab. Yum!
Lunch was so good that we hit Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner. I am pretty sure I gained 10 pounds in 2 days. But before we knew it, we were on a flight back home to LV and the 100 degree weather. I think it's much better than the Houston humidity and non-stop traffic. Not to mention toll roads. What the heck is a toll road? :)
