Top 10 of our Trip- #10

I didn't have a physical #10 to write about.  Being with family is always so great.  These Rowles are so fun to get together!  Miss everyone already!

A few hours before we all packed up and left.

Top 10 of our trip #1

So a little back story...
Back in January when I went to my dear grandfather's funeral, I was talking to my wonderful, eccentric uncle Dave.  He is the youngest brother of my mom, and of course was always the favorite uncle of ours.  A few years ago at Colleen's wedding he suggested the idea of house swapping and we talked about it again at the funeral.  We sort of came up with a plan for him to stay at my in-laws house in Napa while we all stayed at his house in Flagstaff!  So that will start off my list.

1. Uncle Dave's house.
Honestly, I think we got the better end of the deal.  He has a beautiful house with a porch that overlooks the mountains and 4 acres with a small zip-line, playground, sand box, and a small Frisbee golf course.  (not that my in-laws house isn't awesome, tho)

View from the porch

Backyard

Front of his house, with all of us crammed on the stairs!

Houston Family Vacation: Giant's Baseball

Saturday night the Giant's lost to the Astros. It was sort of disappointing. This game (and Sunday's) I found myself paying way more attention than usual. I think it has something to do with the fact that the stadium is air conditioned. The Rangers seriously need to look into putting in a roof and some air conditioning.

Sunday's game was way better, and the Giants won! Yay for Chris. We got there early for this game in hopes of getting an autograph or 2. No such luck.

Elia slept on my lap for a good 2 hours and then she hopped off and G took a 15 minute snoozer on my lap. I either had the touch, or they were pretty tired from not really napping well in the car or sleeping well on the hotel bed!

We got home around 10pm last night, all exhausted. We had such a fun time!!!

Houston Family Vacation: The Hotel

The Giant's played in Houston this weekend, so we decided to do a little family getaway there. We got a hotel room and it was a huge hit with the girls. The minute we got there they had to explore everything- open all the drawers and doors, play in the closet, use the phone, etc.

We went to the pool twice and I wish I had taken pictures of Gianna swimming. She can swim across the whole pool! She can do it at our public pool at home, but there the water level doesn't go over her head. Its quite impressive, actually!

Eating Cheetos in bed. Doesn't get more vacation-y than that!!!

Check out time. They thought it was so fun to ride on the luggage cart!!!