Texas

We spent March 26-April 3 on another trip! This time visiting Texas with our friends Paul and Anne. We flew into Houston and spent a few days touring around and visiting their families. Paul parents were ecstatic to have Katelynn in the house. Then we drove to Austin to visit our good friends the Lees. Sam, Paul, and Tucker spend a couple of days at a church conference, and Carol, Anne, and I got to spend the days shopping and hanging out with Jocie and Katelynn.

Back when the Lees lived in Seattle, the seven of us (minus Katelynn because she wasn't born yet) used to hang out and have dinner every Thursday. Here we all are again after a good tex-mex dinner.

Enjoying the tank tops and capris!

A little too much shopping and not enough napping for Jocie...

One day Carol and Anne graciously indulged my heart's desire to have lunch at Cracker Barrel. Here's Jocie and Kate rocking on the porch while we waited for Carol to get the car. Jocie loved hanging out with Katelynn, and got very good at participating in baby talk. When Katelynn would cry in the car, Jocie would look at her and go "sh, sh, sh... sh, sh, sh..." It was very cute.

And finally it was time to return to Seattle. Here's the travelers taking one last photo back at Paul's parents' house before we went to the airport. Notice that we are all sporting the traditional Seattle black attire, which was not planned at all! I think we were just all getting prepared to return to the land where the sun never shines.I'm glad to be back in my own bed, but it was sad to return the capris, tanktops, sunscreen, and baby sun dresses to the back of the closets to wait for the Seattle summer in August.

More Texas photos at: flickr.com/photos/ourfitzgeraldfamily