What do we do without football?

It's been a few weeks since Chance's last game and we've been having some good, family fun! We really do love football season, but I have to say that it's been great having Chance home.

A few weekends ago, we went to the Museum of the American GI with Nana and Papa. For a pre-Veteran's Day event, the museum hosted re-enactment groups, tanks, and a large collection of artillery. We were all pretty interested and thought Cade would like it too. Not surprisingly, he had other ideas! We had to ride a bus to get to the museum, and Cade was completely fascinated with it. As in, so fascinated that he did not care at all about the parade of tanks or any of the other cool military stuff. He just kept asking when we could get back on the bus. Here are a few things the rest of us found interesting:





This was actually called a "high speed tractor"



A slight smile from Daddy's tickles



Finally, headed back to the bus!



Happiness



Last weekend, we met the Johnson family at the Houston Zoo. We had a great time seeing our friends and visiting a zoo when it was actually not hot outside!

Kelsey did a quick photo shoot with us for our Christmas card picture before we saw the animals. The kids were really patient with us, but were really happy to play together when we were finished!



By the way, the pictures turned out great, and you'll see a few in your mailbox in a few weeks :)

Cade was definitely promised a sucker for good picture behavior, and he and Natalie both settled happily into the wagon with their treats.



Once they sat down, they didn't want to get up for awhile and just peered at the animals from their seats. It was pretty funny!



They did extract themselves from the wagon for some drumming.



The rhinos were a favorite on this visit. We actually saw them get into a fight with their horns!



After a little snack...



We headed off to the carousel. Natalie was very excited about this, and Cade was too, initially.



But, that didn't last too long! The carousel ended up being kind of traumatic!



Somewhat enjoying the ride?



Next up - the jungle play area. The kids did the slide over and over and over!



Such joy!



Ready to run to their next adventure!



We had a great time with Kelsey, DeAndre, Natalie, and Henry!