More fun, less sun

Hello again all of our adoring fans. This week has been a good one, with lots of fun and just slightly less sun than last week's adventures. On Friday night, our church had its first ever Adult Fun Night. We took Addilyn to someone's house to play with all the other kids while the adults got to play at Main Event (which is kind of like a Dave and Busters with bowling). We spent the first half of our evening bowling. I (Erin) actually managed to break 100 and have 2 strikes in a row (if you've ever seen me bowl, you will know that this was quite the feat). Tyler also did quite well, so well in fact that he snagged a trophy and a Chili's gift certificate for having the highest overall score. Way to go, Tyler!! After bowling, we ran amok in the arcade for an hour. We tried out "Dance, Dance Revolution" for the first time (which had to be pretty hilarious to watch because neither of us had any idea what we were doing) and played a whole lot of air hockey. Tyler even earned himself a nasty blister from all his air hockey playing. It was definitely a very fun night.

This week, in reading about the history of Houston, I heard tell of a historic section in downtown that was supposed to be pretty cool. With that as our goal we set out for Houston and another Saturday 'O Fun. We started out by heading to REI to see if we could find a water bottle holder for Tyler's bike and maybe another shirt or two for him (and to just explore because it's a pretty fun store!). After walking away from there emptyhanded but content nonetheless, we made the short trip to the Galleria to walk and escape the heat. While there we visited our favorite Borders and bought an exercise DVD (lets hope I use this one) and Boston's debut album. We also wandered aimlessly and "enjoyed" the crowds; it was so busy this weekend! As we meandered, Tyler tried to get Addilyn to throw a dime in the fountain from the second story. As you can tell, she didn't quite get it to the fountain but she seemed to enjoy the throw all the same.
When we were sufficiently cool, we set out for downtown and Old Market Square. During the car ride, Addilyn fell asleep and upon ariving, Tyler (the stud) was actually able to transfer her to her stroller without walking her. Here he smiles at the conquest.Houston has a light rail that runs through downtown. Here is a very fun fountain area that it runs directly through. Cool, huh?!
Tyler was checking out how the fountains worked.
As you can tell from my flushed face, it was still a bit warm at 6:00 in the evening, but we enjoyed our stroll through downtown anyway.
After our stroll we headed to dinner to take advantage of the gift certificate Tyler won on Friday. Tyler noticed his Chili's gift certificate was also good Macaroni Grill (which we adore). Good eye, Tyler, good eye!
These last four pictures are just fun pictures that were taken throughout the week. This first one displays "Addilyn, the Drooly." Addilyn is working on her third molar and has been drooling like crazy in the process.

This one is just cute!
Giant baby. Ahhh!!
This is "Addilyn, the Destroyinator." Here she is doing what she loves best and destroying something (namely ripping the paper covering off the powdered milk box).
Anyway, that's about it for our week. Join us next time as we review this coming weekend and Brian & Cheryl's visit (they get here on Thursday evening). It should be fun!