Spring Family Pics 2009

On April 17th, we went to have our pictures taken. We went to Portrait Innovations in the Market Heights shopping center. We had a really great photographer and that made the process simpler. Luckily, Zachary cooperated and smiled easier than we thought. The goal was to take most of the pictures of him with his cowboy hat, which we did. I love the pictures of him in his hat. The rest of the pictures are pretty good too.

IKEA

Nick and I spent the day together and we went to the outlet mall in Round Rock. Close to the mall is Ikea. I really didn't like Ikea when I first went into it a while ago but today was different. If you've been in the store, you know you really can't get out without walking around the entire store. I didn't realize you could get a meal in the store either. I picked up a few things for really cheap. I didn't spend as much time in the store as I wanted to so I am hoping to be able to go back soon to take a better look. And this time I'll be using a buggy that I will, no doubt, be able to fill up for probably about $100. Nice.

Johnson Family Vacation

Our family went on vacation from April 3rd to April 9th. We went to Sea World in San Antonio, visited my parents, Nick's grandmother in Houston and his grandmother in east Texas. Sea World was fun, especially with Zachary. I thought he would only like to watch the shows but he wanted to ride the rides too. He was only tall enough for 2 of the rides, the Shamu Express and the Journey to Atlantis. The Journey to Atlanis was a water slide and Nick had to ride with Zachary. He rode it the first time and he got soaked...and loved it. He wanted to ride it again. We took a break to see Shamu and then we took him back and they rode it again. He had such a good time and got a pretty cool sword out of it too.

After Sea World we went to visit family. It was good for everyone to have some time with Nick before he deploys next week. And we had a good time too.