The H's and I drove to Houston in late July to see Papa and Rhonda. It was a nice trip and they were so good on that long (sometimes boring) drive there and back.

Rhonda always has stuff that the kids are interested in looking at or doing. This time it was Papa's large beads and a whole mess of keys that Hunter was so happy to get to take home!

They were thrilled to be able to get to go to their community pool in their neighborhood a few days in a row. They didn't get their fill of summer pool play yet so it was really nice. We had the pool to ourselves for long periods of time too! I also drove them to go get snow cones one day. Something they have only had few few times so that was a big hit!

Hunter found our old Speak and Spell in the cabinet and enjoyed playing with it. Hailey discovered Black Beauty and got sucked into the story. It is a really long book and wound up finishing it on the car trip back home. It was nice to see my dad and Rhonda for a few days. The kids enjoyed hanging out and chatting with them as well. Sometimes I wished we all lived much, much closer.

We made a pit stop to eat and relax for a bit at Cracker Barrel on our journey home. Hunter likes the mac and cheese there. I enjoyed my peach pancakes too :)