We headed out to the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, and got as far the Woodlands before deciding to stop. We were hungry! Almost two hours and twenty bucks a piece (yikes!) we FINALLY headed out.. until we decided we needed ice cream. Emergency Dairy Queen Stop!!! Then we were getting sleepy so we managed to find a cute little coffee shop in Corsicana (who knew?) called Two Doors Down. They actually made Bets a vanilla frap and me a decaf tea (Current obsession) AND they took our picture.
So since it took us about six hours to get to Dallas (oh well) we were obviosuly VERY hungry! We decided to make it a night at the hotel and check out the Mexican restauraunt. Michelle broke Rule #1 (DO not look directly at the mariachis) and guess who hightailed it over to our table.
After dinner Michelle made a quick exit and Betsy and I checked out some of the shops. We headed back up to the room only to find a "girls trip Sprinkle" for me! 
Of course, the sprinkle was complete with homemade goodies AND cupcakes brought all the way from Houston. These girls are such amazing friends! I (and Beckett) am spoiled rotten.
The next day, and really the whole trip, we dedicated to things you can't do with a two year old. We slept late, put on our suits, ate a lesiurly breakfast and headed out to the pool. We read, took cat naps, and sipped on Nada Coladas. Later we headed over to the lazy river, which turned out to be not so lazy and full of things that dump water on your head and squirt you in the face. No thanks.
The next day we headed out to downtown Grapevine for some "cute little store" shopping.
Shopping in the 105 degree heat is only fun for so long, so we headed in to Dallas for some shopping, Mi Cocina, and to finally see Bridesmaids. After the movie we realized that it had been about an entire day since we ate ice cream so we stopped at a place called Brams. GOOOD choice! Betsy opted for the double dip scoop dipped in chocolate, I got the single dip and Michelle got a cup (lame!) Everyone who worked at Brams just really enjoyed being there (heavy sarcasm here) but the good news is that meant they just dumped the chocolate all over the dip cones!
I left girl's trip 2011 pretty freaking relaxed, a little (or a lot) fatter, and seriously happy that these ladies are still in my life =) We're already planning the next one!
We started out making celebratory cupcakes. Some have snowflakes and holly berries on them, but so what. Cupcakes are cupcakes. 
Then we took a litle dip in the pool. 
To many cupcakes +Ice Cream+steak+ a bunch of other food equals NAPTIME!!!! After a short break, we headed over to Katy Mills to our first Katy firework celebration with the cousins. There were a ton of kids and their reaction to the fireworks was great! They said "Whoa! Whoa! WHoa! "after every single firework.
At the end Emmy Said "That was really cool." She liked the pink and the purple ones the best. Figures! 
Emmy decided she was going to jump in for the first time. this super cool floaty thing means she can pretty much swim around by herself. 
For Vacek Father's Day, we packed everyone in the car and headed down to Moody Gardens in Galveston. This is the hottest June EVER in Houston and it is pretty miserable. We figured the kids for make it an hour but they were having TOO Much fun to slow down. Here's all the Dad's and their kiddos.
We left Moody Gardens to grab a bite before the guys headed off to watch the Aggie game and all four kids were dead to the world asleep before we even got to the car. We finished off our Galveston trip with a stop at Rita's Sam approved =)
We started out in the aquarium/water pyramid. Pretty cool! They have a giant sea lion, pengiuns, a pretty awesome octopus, and Emmy's favorite, stamps. Yep, forget the penguins... the best thing about the whole thing was stamping her shark "passport."
Emmy's favorite part is the Dora 4D movie. She's seen it about seven times now. Thank goodness for the all season pass mom bought. At almost 20 bucks a pop for 12 minutes, I DON'T think that we'd be doing it more than once.
Then we went to the rainforest. And, that's enough description.
We headed back to the cabin for ice cream and naps ( yea naps!)
The next day we finished at the spash pad. Emmy LOVED the lazy river and wave pool, she just won't keep her mouth shut!!! She also led everyone to a round of "I'm drinking booty water!!!" at the top of her lungs." (FYI- Booty water is what we call her bath water because we try and discourage her from drinking it. ) Since the lazy river water was apparently the same, she decided it was booty water too. She also treated everyone to a newly learned "pee stance" (See Jackson's birthday post) at the splash pad. It went a little something like this... "I need to pee pee mommy." "Ok! Let's go!" "I do it right here" Assume stance. People start quickly walking away. 
And then did some party cruisin on Lannie and Boppa's boat. Sippy cups for everyone.
This is how she looked when we got her back...
She pulled through for a pool party with Gigi and Pops the next day. This year she is pretty much scared of NOTHING. She did the water slide by herself about 425 times and wanted to "let me do it myself" in her floaty. She tired in jump in and do the gigantic water slide. Mom had to take her to meet the lifeguard so that she would understand WHY she had to get out of the pool when they blow the whistle. She wasn't buying the Gigi explanation.
After a waterfight with Pops,
She climbed in a lawnchair, snapped her fingers for a juicebox and sighed "I need my bit bit."
The Memorial Day Princess was officially pooped! 
It was all a little too much for Sam. She got a full belly and took a little snooze.
The most interesting thing that happened is that Abby taught Emmy how to "properly" pee in a swimsuit (according to Abby.) Lovely. I almost got a picture of it, but figured that might be a little too graphic. Forget the casual, low key approach, we now have a stance that leaves little to the imagination! Should make for an interesting summer at the pool!
Evidence of a REALLY fun party- mouth WIDE open. 
Happy Birthday Jackson!
