We started off with a trip to Tyler and Marshall two weekends ago. We were able to meet my step-sister Natasha, in town from Russia with her daughter Katya ("Kate") visiting her mother Nina. We also stayed the night with my mom and enjoyed a long walk around her neighborhood near the lake. It's always great seeing my mom. She cooked us a nice breakfast (and lunch!), and then we were on our way to Marshall, where we stayed the night with my sister's family. It had been a while since we'd been to Marshall (about three hours east of Dallas), so it was good to be there. Mostly, we played with the kids, which was a lot of fun! Sophie even brought us breakfast in bed (Owen supervised), which was fantastic. Quite the treat.
Here are some pics of our time in Marshall. We played.
Here is the youngest one, Hart. He's a cutie. The boy eats like I do, gets into everything, and just wants to have a good time. He's a cool little guy.
Here's Sophie and Steph playing on some...crazy swing thing.
And here is the little Owen-man ("Jo-wen," as my aunt calls him, since he looks so much like Joey). He has quite the grin. And he's definitely growing up - it was fun playing with him.
The beautiful ladies of our group. My sister Tish is on the left.
Me shocking the heck out of Sophie after she slid down the plastic slide on a static-y day.
And all of us riding the back of a giant giraffe. Just kidding. We're looking over the side of a bridge at sticks the kids had thrown from the other side.
Here is Steph and me enjoying a little play-time ourselves. You can't really see it, but I have quite the sheepish look on my face after almost catapulting my sweet wife over my head on that thing. I think there's just something about playgrounds that makes guys forget that women are a bit more delicate than when we were kids (when the girls developed faster than we did). Thankfully, she held on, and we managed to have fun.
The Austin trip is next.
Peace out,
Nathan
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