Houston

We went down to Houston for Labor Day weekend to visit my brother Josh and his family. We had a great time. It's the first time we've seen each other in three years. So we met both of his kids for the first time and they met two of ours for the first time. We had a great time hanging out, then went and visited our friends Ryan and Jentry on our way home and had a BBQ. Somehow we didn't get any pictures of our visit there, but we had a great weekend.

We intended to go to an ice cream factory and have a tour, but it closed, so instead we all went to Marble Slab when we arrived in Houston. The kids were still happy with it!

My nephew Lincoln greeted us with a great big smile and two little golf clubs for his cousins. Lincoln's not quite 3 and he's a terrific golfer. Josh made him a little mini-golf thing in their play room and our boys couldn't get enough of it. They were so excited.

Too many nights staying up late talking. I think we wore them out. They didn't even know I took the picture!

Our little Buckeye Fan. Josh loves the Buckeye's and it was the first game of the season so he and N watched it together while Jacquelyn and I hung out with the kids.

Trey adored E. Here he is playing ball with her. I think he just bonked her head! He followed her to her nap, me when I was feeding her, and when his mom took him away from E he would cry "Baby! Baby!" I think he's going to be a good big brother here soon.

B's been dying to go miniture golfing ever since we left Williamsburg and with their new golf clubs and his cousins loving golf we decided to take them all. It was REALLY hot, but everyone had a good time. S liked dropping the ball down the hole and retrieving it and doing it over and over again. B just ran from one hole to the next. He didn't quite get the concept of starting here, then moving on to the next one. But it was a fun time.

We were able to swim at Josh's in-laws and cool off a bit. We had a lot of fun. S was scared of the slide but fearless of the diving board. They both loved it. E liked floating around with her Papa.

A fellow train-lover. B & Lincoln thought each other were hilarious and they'd sit and giggle and giggle together. S was pretty shy, but he loved the Light Sabors and stayed close to Lincoln even though he didn't talk much.