Deep in the Heart of Texas

Boy do I love summer! A break from school, time with friends and family, and fun vacations. One place I never thought I would be visiting on a vacation was...Texas! That's my little reality now that I live up north (still sounds so funny!) and I was super excited about heading down at the beginning of the month.

Mark and I drove down to Great Falls, Montana to attend his cousins wedding, and afterwards we caught a flight to Dallas. It was soooo nice to have him along with me this time. Especially since I am a tiny bit of a nervous flyer:) Anyways, we got in pretty late that night and were excited to see my mom and uncle at the airport to pick us up.

During our first week, we enjoyed relaxing with my family and doing a few little day trips here and there. One of my favorite things to do while visiting family is just to relax and enjoy each other. I don't have to go lots of place or see lots of things, just simple family time is perfect for me!

We saw the cutest movie, The Secret Life of Pets, with mom and Maleah and really enjoyed it. Our favorite part was the cute little dachshund who looks just like Bella! Maleah bought me a sweet beanie baby toy of that character and Bella is dying to get her paws on it:) We also cooked out one evening with family and enjoyed that good ol' Texas heat!

Mark had bought Maleah one of those really neat water balloon kits that blows up a ton at once, so they both really enjoyed throwing those at each other. I took lots of pictures and somehow managed to get this hilarious video of Maleah hitting Mark with one. We have laughed at it many times!



Mark went home on Friday afternoon/evening since he had to go back the next week. We planned to watch his plane take off from the observatory area right outside the airport (if you have never been before, it's a MUST! check it out here) but due to overbooking he decided to take a voucher and take a later flight that evening. So...we just ran right back over to the terminal and picked him back up:) We decided that Grapevine Mills would be a fun place to visit so we headed there. Back to the airport we went just a few hours later. Unplanned fun for sure!

I stayed the following week and had lots more fun with my family and friends. One of the highlights was our day trip down to Waco to visit Magnolia Market! We had such a fun (and hot) time looking at all kinds of pretties there. I think I'll save more about that for another post!

I had such a great time at home visiting friends and family. Many memories that are super special. Can't wait to go back again!

Have a great weekend everyone!!