Weekend Getaway...

Feeling the end of summer closing in on us, we decided to get out of town for a couple of days last weekend (8/7-8/9) and take a mini-vacation to Houston. We drove down Friday night and stopped at one of our favorite places for wings (Wild Wing Cafe, which we had in SC, but not in our part of TX). Jacob has a "rule" that when we are on vacation, we can't eat in places that we have locally.

Saturday morning after a breakfast of Kolaches and Jamba Juice, we headed to Space Center Houston. This truly was a day for "the boys". I mean really, could there be a nerdier place than NASA?

I'm not sure who knew more about the things we were looking at, but I think Jim may have had a slight edge.

Of course, what could be better than the whole family touching a piece of the moon?

After leaving the Space Center, we headed to Kemah Boardwalk on Galveston Bay. It was a busy and steamy Saturday night at the boardwalk, but we had a great time riding the rides and had an awesome dinner at Landry's Seafood.

Before dinner, we talked Jacob into getting on the Boardwalk Bullet and he over came his fear and then rode a second time!! It was fun and fast for a wooden coaster! By the end of the day we were all exhausted.

yes, the boys are somewhere on there!

We all slept in on Sunday and woke up to rain; however, it played right into our plans of visiting the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

What a great place!! We even purchased a family membership, so we can visit again and again. While there we had the pleasure of seeing a special exhibit of the Terracotta Warriors from China. It was amazing. Learning the history of why they were built, how they were found and seeing the detail of the pieces...it was just incredible!

We couldn't take pictures of the real exhibit, so this is a replica.

We fit in so much fun, in such a short period of time that it felt like we were gone much longer. Texas is proving to be a great state for weekend getaways!