Houston!

John and I went down to Houston last Thursday and stayed through the weekend. We had so much fun. We stayed with Julie and Robert and got to spend a lot of time with baby Silas. He is such a happy baby and very sweet! On Friday night, John's dad got us special access to the astronaut flight simulator. This is not something you get to do on the regular NASA tour. John's dad knows the man who runs the simulator for the astronauts so he was able to get us in. It was a blast (excuse the pun) I even got to sit in the pilot seat and land the shuttle. It was neat to hear about some of the same people who had flown the simulator, Bill Clinton, Aerosmith, Tom Hanks, John Glenn and many more I can't remember. John got to land the simulator about 3 times and he did much better then me! On Saturday, Julie, Amanda, Silas and I went to the Houston Galleria and shopped all afternoon. That night we met up with the guys and went to a restaurant called Outriggers under the Kemah Bridge. We ate on the water and had oysters, shrimp and margaritas! Oh, why can't it be summer year round?? We headed back to Dallas on Sunday afternoon. It went by so fast! Now John and I are gettting ready to head out again on Friday for our San Francisco trip. I am so excited about all we have planned for there!
The pictures from NASA are a little blurry because we could not use the flash inside.Me and John at KemahJohn's brother Phil and Amanda. You can't really tell here, but Amanda is 9 months pregnant!Oysters, I can usually only handle about 1 of these.Here is my one oyster! I hate to not try something!John, on the other hand, ate enough oysters for the two of us!
Here we are holding Silas. I love him!