Visiting the Flachman's in Dickinson, TX, March 11-14

We left Ft. Hood about 5 pm and started our drive towards Houston.  We arrived in Dickinson fairly late on Sunday evening.  It was past their bedtime and Logan and Kayleigh were ready for bed.  After a good night's sleep, we all headed to Froberg's nursery and market to pick strawberries and get some of their delicious fried pies - YUM!  Karen and I show off our picking success.  The field was full of berries, and we picked our buckets full very quickly.  The field was a bit muddy after all the recent rain.  However, the mud made picking even more exciting--Logan lost his shoe to the mire.

After we finished picking berries and buying our peach cream pies, we headed out to their play ground.  Logan and Kayleigh enjoyed being a snow cone.  That evening Karen and Shane went out for dinner and some shopping while we stayed home with the kids.

 

On Tuesday morning we all headed for the Houston Zoo - one of our favorites.  Since it was Spring break, there were a lot of folks at the zoo.  Kayleigh enjoyed playing with the elephant.  Anything in his mouth?

The kids also enjoyed playing the drums in the African veldt section of the zoo.  Great job guys!

 

After watching the baboons for a while - especially the females in "heat" - we headed towards the carousel.  Logan made a quick stop by the rhinoceros.

Kayleigh really enjoyed the carousel.  We got to ride it twice.

Tuesday night we drove to Galveston to eat at the Mosquito Cafe.  It was really delicious with some interesting vegetarian options and chocolate chip cookies that the kids enjoyed.  

We had a great visit with the Flachmans.  On Wednesday morning we headed back to Ft. Hood.