Day trip

Have I posted about day trips before? Omar and I started enjoying day trips when we lived in Sonoma and there was so many new places to see and explore. We would chose our destination and go. It's a little trickier now with kids and now that a little more planning is required, but it works out perfect to go somewhere for the day because we're usually back by the evening and the girls sleep at home in their beds.

I think we've ventured out recently for two reasons. One, because spring is here and unfortunately, the Texas heat will probably be here within a month and then you just want to stay inside with the A/C on. It's funny, I never noticed this about Texas until we lived in CA. Then when we moved back here, I thought we would never again enjoy the beautiful weather of CA again. But it's here too, just for a shorter amount of time, so we take advantage of the season. And the other reason for venturing out is that we still don't know if we will get to stay in Texas so we want to enjoy our home state just incase we have to move (don't worry no word on anything yet).

By our friend's suggestion we headed to the beach on what was supposed to be a warm day. It ended up a bit chilly to go in the water, but I discovered that Omar preferred the beach at this temperature. Normally, the beach is his least favorite day trip destination. He thinks it's too hot. I think, "When else do you go to the beach?" Of course every summer my family took a trip to the beach. With a family of 7 children it was one of the affordable options for a vacation. Well, even with the water being to cold to go in, the beach was just as enjoyable maybe even more so with Omar loving the weather. So, I think maybe our yearly trip to the beach will be done in April from now on. Thanks for helping me make that discovery Julia!

We also stopped by a fisheries laboratory to see some sea turtles. Unlike a museum or aquarium there weren't glass walls between us and the turtles. They were in tanks which made the experience more real. I think the scientist in Omar makes me envision our family making many of these types of visits in the future. I love that!
It was incredible how close we got to be with them.
Off they go while I stay with Marisa as she naps.
Omar chose this toy without me around--Was he meant to be a father of girls or what?

Looking for seashells
It's so hard getting pictures of my still sleepy newborn. She really did sleep through most of the trip.