Xander and I were lucky enough to be able to visit Texas this summer. Unfortunately, Arthur had to stay in Norway and work and we REALLY missed his company (and help!) but we still had some fun adventures back home with family! We were there such a short time that we definitely did not get to see everyone that we had hoped to. But we'll be back soon!
I took a ton of pictures to be prepared :)
Xander loves to look out the window of the airplane. We went from cool, cloudy, green Norway to sunny, hot, but surprisingly green Texas! Yay for lots of rain!
Exploring the toy store in Cracker Barrel...I mean, how American is that!?
Enjoying the same rocker that I sat in at a kid at Nana and Papa's house
We spent a lot of time outside in the warm sunshine (well, as much as the horrible mosquitos would allow) Xander loved the kid-sized lounge chair at the pool!
One of the highlights of the trip was watching Xander "sing" with my mom. I come from a very musical family and it's fun to have Xander exposed to that. He sang (screamed) along the whole time my mom played and I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt!
Xander spending quality time with Oma.
Xander and I spending quality time at HEB...because we woke up at 4am and had nothing to do but get showered and dressed and head off to buy a bunch of yummy American processed food! Obviously we had the store to ourselves at 6am!
My mom and I at the JW Marriott Spa for a day of pampering!
Gorgeous day to lay by the pool with a sangria!
Xander giving his Grandpa Terry some highly coveted snuggles. Little did I know that he was in the early stages of getting very sick :(
Xander and I both spent the next 3 days recovering from a nasty virus. He didn't want anyone but me and he was super clingy and cuddly. I caught it too...so that was fun :(
Xander and his namesake, Papa Kent by the bottle wall at Whisky Cake.
I'm not much of a red meat person so my parents were surprised to hear that I wanted to go out for one amazing burger while in Texas. I chose the OMG burger at Whisky Cake and it was SOOOO OMG good!
Xander's personal favorite Texan delicacy was fresh flour tortillas. Put a stack of those on the table and he would devour them all. Kid after my own heart.
Stay tuned for Texas Part II...
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