Rea Vacation

In May we went on the "Rea Family Vacation" with Shawn's Dad, Steve, Shawn's Sister, Stephanie and a friend of hers.  We stayed in the Dallas, Texas area.  We had a lot of fun.  We went to the Dallas World Aquarium on Thurs. and saw all kinds of fish, ducks, turtles, monkeys, a sloth, cute penguins and a huge alligator!  For dinner we got to experience "Five guys burgers".  Glad I got the small hamburger!  The others had TWO patties on their hamburgers!  It was yummy!  Then for dessert, we found a frozen yogurt place- the boys fav.!  Stephanie had never been to a place like that and now she is hooked!  : )  We are spoiled since we have several frozen yogurt places in the city.  Friday we went to Gainseville for their Main Street Days.  The boys had their picture taken on an old fire truck, got a horsey ride and did a little shopping.  After that we made our way to the kid's carnival area and the boys got to ride a carousel, go down a big slide and ride the truck ride.  All of which took maybe 15 min., which was fine since it was way past nap time for the boys and Mommy, Aunt Stephanie and her friend were sun burnt, we were ready to head back to the hotel for some rest.  K passed out, but P woke up when we got to the room and didn't go back to sleep, so Mommy came up with the "great" idea to take P swimming while everyone else was sleeping/resting.  Well... did I mention that it was only like 75-80 degrees that day?  The pool was outside, so the water was EXTREMELY cold!!  : )  We got in though.  It took 10 min. just to get in all the way, but we did it!!  P had a blast jumping into my arms in the water and going in circles, but about 10 min. into it, he was shivering like crazy, so I decided we better get out and dry off.  Once we did that we were fine, sitting in the sun...  Luckily a guy came out to the tennis/basketball court, so that entertained P quite well for a while.  For dinner we decided to go to Rainforest Cafe in Grapevine.  I was a little nervous about how the boys would take to the moving and loud monkeys, elephants, lightning etc., but they loved it!!  Dinner was tasty, but we had enough left over to feed an army practically.  They could have easily divided the meal in half and charged half as much and would be enough to eat.  After dinner we did a little more shopping and Grandpa found Dallas Cowboys football uniforms, with the helmet and all, for the boys for their Birthday.  They love them!!  Saturday was a free day to sleep in and relax.  We got up and had breakfast with the fam., then played outside and in the room, then nap after a little lunch.  After nap, we ventured out again to the Indoor Safari Playhouse.  The boys had so much fun there!  I totally recommend taking your kids etc. there if you are ever in the area.  There was putt-putt, a slide with a ball pit, mini trampoline, mini train ride, battery operated animal ride and toys to play with!!  Endless fun!!!  And it was reasonably priced too!!  SOOO glad I was able to find info on this place online beforehand!!  We would go there again for sure!!  After there, we went to dinner and had hibachi.  YUMMY!!!  I just wished it didn't make Shawn's asthma flare up!  Sunday was the boys actual 3rd Birthday.  Since we all had a 3+ hour drive home we had to leave Sunday AM to head home.  Stephanie's drive was 6-7 hours. and she and Shawn had to go to work the following morning.  I took Monday off to get caught up on laundry and do a little cleaning, run errands etc.  On our way home we stopped in Denton and got to see Shawn's Aunt Deena, cousin Jimmy and his family for a couple of hours.  All in all, we had a great time.  Now if the boys can get back to their old routine and schedule, we would be great!