The main purpose in going to Texas was for the Coffey family reunion. To be perfectly honest, when I found out the reunion would be in Texas I almost stayed home and just sent Joseph. The thought of hot, humid, miserable Texas weather in the summertime was not enticing at all. But...the words of my Grandpa spoke to my heart...."isn't the fellowship worth it". So we went so our kids could know their cousins. So even though the weather was hot and miserable the trip was a success because our kids know their cousins a little better. Thanks, Grandpa for your words of wisdom from years ago.
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| Coffey family minus Aaron. |
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| Coffey Grandkids wearing numbered shirts with their birth order. |
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| Impromptu talent show. |
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| Annika and Lincoln creating their own kind of fun at the vacation house. |
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Kimball and Rebecah cooling off in the pool. I think
they went to the pool everyday but one. |
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| So many stairs! |
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| Rebecah and Aubrey |
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| Love my babies. I carry them around like this rather frequently! |
Morning view of Lake Travis from the vacation house.
One day Nathan and Valerie rented an inflatable water slide and had it set up in their back yard. The kids played on it for hours!
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The water slide took up the entire width of the yard.
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| Rebecah coming down! |
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| Kimball and Aubrey |
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| Wheee! |
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The family also enjoyed a water balloon fight. The babies and
I missed it since they were napping at the vacation house. |
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| Ready for action. |
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| Filling the balloons, I think. |
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| Kimball getting ready to launch a balloon. |
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| Balloons exploding all around Kimball! |
Some of the younger kids enjoyed coloring on large pieces of paper in the afternoon.
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| We had to watch Annika and Lincoln closely so they wouldn't color on the walls! |
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| Rebecah working on her creation |
My favorite activity that we did at the reunion was visiting the Austin Aquarium. It may have had something to do with being indoors with air conditioning, but I honestly enjoyed the animals and sea creatures.
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| Some interesting lizards. |
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| The kids feeding the sharks. |
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| Rebecah and Spencer pose for a picture. |
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| Rebecah posing with the mermaid. How would you like to have that as your job? |
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There were large bird cages that people could enter and feed the birds.
Rebecah loved it. Lincoln loved being up close to the birds as well, but Joseph
couldn't capture a picture of his excitement. I stayed out because I didn't want to get pooped on! |
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| Petting another lizard. |
I love the differences between Lincoln and Annika. Lincoln loves animals and doesn't mind getting up close to them. Annika likes them from a distance, but gets terrified if she gets too close. Lincoln was eager to get out of the stroller to get closer, but for once, Annika preferred to just sit in the stroller.
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| Lincoln with the tortoise. |
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| A crab of some sort. |
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| Some pretty cool jelly fish. |
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| Octopus Rebecah! |
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| Kimball and Grandma posing with a pirate. |
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| You can see Lincoln's happy expression through the aquarium next to Grandpa. |
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| Lincoln kept closing his eyes for the flash so this was the best we could do. |
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| A pretty "Nemo" clown fish. |
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| Feeding and petting the sting rays. |
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Kimball and Rebecah relaxing in the hotel on our last night.
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The kids enjoyed their Texas adventure, but we were all glad to get home to our normal routine and beds. The day we arrived home it was a high of 75 with a slight breeze. It felt like Heaven.
