Galviston Getaway

My husband had a business trip planned in Galviston last week and I had a DUP Convention to attend in Friendswood on Friday, so he invited my to tag along. Of course I was thrilled ...who would say no to a few days at the beach, fresh sea food dinners and a visit to Moody Gardens?!?  Not me.  Plus it was nice to be able to leave for my convention from Galviston since it made for a much shorter trip.

Our first night at a restaurant on the Sea Wall.  Yummmm! 

They are in the process of building an amusement park on this little jetty in the water.  When it is completed they will have a pretty wild roller coaster ride as part of it too.

 

It was a little windy on the balcony where we were sitting but the view of the ocean was spectacular!

Early the next morning my hard working husband was off to his meetings and I headed over to check out Moody Gardens which was near our hotel.  The first thing I saw was "Bodies, the Exhibition".  So far I've been able to avoid it.  Don't get me wrong ...I did take an anatomy class in college ...complete with human cadavers to enhance our learning experience, but I didn't really want to see them displayed as an "art" form.  Against my better judgement I made a quick run through and when I came to the comment book at the end I had to restrain myself from writing ..."Poor, tortured souls!"
Next up was the Aquarium, so beautiful with lots and lots of colorful fish and plant life.





They had a very cool shark encounter.  Multiple sharks swimming around amongst the other fish.  I'm not sure how they kept them from grazing on the rest of the critters in the exhibit.  It was a lot of fun to watch them interact with each other ..."Good gravy get out of my way, can't you see there are sharks in here!"

After a quick corn dog for lunch I headed over to take a ride on the "Colonel" River Paddle boat. "It's a triple deck stern wheeler. Her 750 passenger capacity makes her one of the largest paddle wheelers that has ever cruised the Houston / Galveston area."

It was a beautiful boat and I enjoyed a very pleasant hour relaxing on the water.

After visiting the Rain Forrest I drove back to the sea wall to walk around and enjoy the beach.

 

 

Awhhhh ...sigh!  I had a great time and can't wait until we go on our next little adventure!

Sarah's Wedding Reception

I admit it ...I pilfered some pictures from Miss Molly's blog!  I saw some cute pictures of my grandkids at their aunt Sarah's wedding luncheon and decided to swoop in and scoop a few up to post here.  I did a little creative editing to zoom in on (mostly) just my grand kids.  Thanks Molly ...hope you don't mind!

Sabrina and Grace with their Mom Jessica and little brother Harrison in the background.

    Sabrina is holding one of her cousins and he's not looking too happy about it!

My 3 beautiful grand daughters ...Sabrina, Grace and Jillian.  I'm not sure what happened to the Ben.  He's probably off exploring somewhere. 

It looks like a good time was had by all!

Another Burkinshaw Wedding!

Mike and Jessica drove 16 hours on Tuesday in order to be in Utah for her younger sister Sarah's wedding on Friday.  My sister Kris called me early Friday morning on her way to work to report that the temperature in Salt Lake was a chilling 32 degrees and it was snowing!  She said it looked like a blizzard and not a good day for a wedding.  Yikes, the worst nightmare for the mother of the bride!  Poor Stacy ...I would have been freaking out!!!  Luckily the wedding wasn't until later in the afternoon.  By then the snow had stopped and the temperature had warmed up. 

Kris works near the Salt Lake temple where the wedding took place so she made a quick dash over to say hi to her cute great-nieces and nephews a.k.a. my adorable grand children!  She sent me a text with the following pictures:

 "Look who I'm cuddling with!"

 
Kris said: "They were so cute and friendly. They crawled right up on my lap. They kept saying you don't look like our grandma but you sound just like her!"

Uncle Eric was in charge of all 5 of his nieces and nephews while Mike and Jessica attended the wedding.  Looks like he has his hands full ...but they couldn't be in better hands! 

Due to the colder weather and the many weddings going on, the waiting area was packed full of people.  Jillian didn't let the big crowds phase her. Eric said she was happily entertaining herself in a world of her own!  Harrison was there too but sleeping soundly in his stroller.

This is a picture Jess took of Harrison on Tuesday during their drive to Utah.  It was also his 2 month birthday!

I'm sad that I wasn't able to be there to see all of them but glad to have pictures of the special day.  Congratulations Sarah and Zach and all the Burkinshaw family!

I love being a grandma!