Spofford Family Vacation 2014 -- Jefferson, TX

Per tradition, it was time for the biannual Spofford Family Vacation this year, and the location was Jefferson, TX. (We've done Austin, San Antonio, Hot Springs, and Jefferson.) This time it was Spencer and Cheryl's turn to plan and the location is really a minor point in the vacation. We look for a place relatively close to Dallas so the travel time isn't too much and where there's a house big enough to hold all 11 of us! It was a great trip, a good house, and a fun getaway with family. Thanks Spencer and Cheryl!!

Starting out the vacation right!

The first morning in the house, we celebrated cousins birthdays. Kim is the only one dressed for the day.

One of our adventures was lunch at Big Pines Lodge followed by a boat tour on the Graceful Ghost.

They say it's the only remaining wood burning paddle boat in the United States.

Ireland took this picture!

We did Spofford Vacation Olympics again!

The sandy dirt meant dirty feet constantly.

We went to dinner on the river and ate alligator!

Love Cinnamon rolls!

One day, we went to town!

Railway museum:

The detail was a-mazing.

re-created, not original

A little arts and crafts project:

We taught DTI how to play Uno Moo and the big cousins also played a lot of CandyLand.

On the last day, I took pictures of the area near the house we stayed in.

SO cool!

Spofford Family 2014

On the way home, we stopped for lunch together.

Graham loved the free ice cream!

Momma's Vacation

My friend Jessica was getting married near Atlanta, so I used the opportunity to turn it into a long weekend Momma Vacation. It was SO nice to get out of the heat of Dallas, the construction going on inside my house and generally just be commitment-free. Here are a few pictures from my trip.

I'm always correcting the use of "10 items or less" and loved this at Publix.

Matching Mommy/Daughter sunglasses.

whoo-whoo-whoo-ing with Daddy

THE WEDDING:

Typos on things like this kill me.

Seth was excited to know they served Yuengling!

Doing the Aggie War Hymn cheering thing..

They've known each other since they were 12. And once had a marriage contract!

Silly wedding guests taking selfies for 20 minutes...

A BIT OF MADISON, GA:

where we stayed...

Some GORGEOUS architecture:

YES, Please.

That porch makes me drool!

A LITTLE OF THE REST OF THE TRIP...

Little Azios... YUM.

Sprite in a bottle (though not Sprite Zero) always reminds me of AM, and I got some on the plane ride home. 

Below, got the boys some shirts for football season!

Kids Cuts are Coming Again!

We're doing it again! Let me know if you want a spot!!

JULY: FieldTrip Fridays

We only made it to one FieldTrip this month and I wasn't impressed with it. The Legoland place was good at first and then got way too packed. It was so packed you could barely walk around, let alone keep an eye on your kid(s). We had a tour, raced cars, played on the inside jungle gym, and then went to lunch at the Rainforest Cafe with friends. Overall, it was a good day, but I'm not looking to go back anytime soon.