Texas Part 4

On our last full day in Texas we went to Monahans Sandhills State Park.

(But first, here's our Texas-shaped waffle that Emily and I shared at breakfast...compliments of the hotel's breakfast bar.)



Monahans Sandhills State Park is made up of huge sand dunes.  They rent out sleds/disks to slide down the hills on.  At first the kids were a little timid, but then they didn't want to leave.



My dad and Megan up at the top, Emily getting ready to slide down, Tyler retrieving the sled and Darrell on his way up the hill.



Emily



Megan



Tyler



Darrell



These oil wells were all over western Texas.  This one was at the Sandhills, but it wasn't working.



A look at some of the other hills, although it's hard to see the height of them from the top of the hill.

Emily, Darrell and my mom and dad



Having fun, once the "scariness" wore off.

Tyler playing in the sand.





The Easter baskets doubled as sand castle molds.  (It had rained at some earlier point so the sand was perfect for building.)

On our way to check out other sand dunes.



We walked over to another part of the sand dunes and found this steep "bowl."  It was a lot of fun.

Megan



Tyler



Tyler and Emily

Even my mom gave it a try!

Tyler giving Darrell a push.

We had so much fun!



We ate lunch at a place called Huddle House.  I had an omelet and grits (just to try something southern-ish).



Then we went to Malborhea to swim in their hot springs.  There are fish swimming inside the pool.



 I only had my phone camera, so these pictures aren't the best, but here are some of the fish.

It was a little cool and overcast, but it was still fun to swim with the fishies!

Megan and Emily



Tyler

The next day we flew home.  Eating lunch at the airport.



Tyler still had to do reading during spring break for his reading calendar so it was fun to read to Grandma and Daddy too.  Here he is reading about Biscuit the dog to Darrell while we waited to board.



We had a layover in Denver. After walking the length of the super long United terminal, the kids colored and played on the tablets.



We had such a great time in Texas.  It was great to see my parents and to see and do so many fun things.  The kids talk about Texas a lot and Emily even said to me, "If you don't take me back to Texas, I won't be your kid!"  (Silly girl.)