Ba-Pop AKA Grandpa Snyder came to town! We were lucky to have him for almost a week. With in hours he became Julian's best friend. Julian loved "Ba-Pop" so much that I could walk right past them sitting together on the couch and Julian wouldn't even flinch! Currently Julian is in this phase where if he even hears my voice in the other room he freaks out that I'm not holding him. This friendship between the two of them meant a great mini-vacation for me as well.
Ashton of course loved all the extra attention that came a long with Grandpa being in town as well. The boys wrestled, they played games, they snuggled, they both loved all the great one on one time they received from Grandpa.
(One of my all time favorite pics! You can just feel the JOY on these boys faces.)
He took us all out to Chick-fil-a, we had the missionaries over for dinner, we went to The BRIT, Grandpa helped out our crazy, somewhat dysfunctional, primary at church, and did I mention they wrestled? One of the highlights was our BYU party. It was the first game of the season so we got out all of our recently acquired BYU swag and had tons of treats and snacks to go a long with it. BYU won so that made for a great ending to our little party.
After the game, my dad graciously took the boys the rest of the night so Jason and I could take some time alone. We walked around Sundance Square downtown and enjoyed some Jamba Juice, which was one of our go-to places while we were dating. It was so nice to walk around and enjoy the night just the two of us.
My Dad was here for a business trip in Houston, so Monday the boys and I headed down to Houston to tag-along with him. We spent Monday night visiting with my Dad's old mission companion. The boys loved it because they had tons and tons of toys and lots of food. The boys also love hotels, and so do I really, we could probably never leave the hotel and still have a successful vacation. Especially when they have a good swimming pool and free breakfast. The boys and I went swimming in the morning while Ba-Pop was at his meetings and then we all headed out to the Houston Children's Museum. The Museum was incredible! It is safe to say that we all loved it.
(I just love this little artist.)
The best friend relationship between Ba-Pop and Julian was nice, because I also got to spend some good time playing with just Ashton. He never held still long enough to get any good pictures, too much to see and do. He absolutely loves exploring and figuring out how things work. I love watching his little mind put things together and seeing the excitement that comes a long with that.
We finished the trip off with Ba-Pop spoiling the boys with Happy Meals on the drive back home.
We were so sad to say goodbye to him the next day.
Julian walked around the house looking for him the rest of the week. We sure are lucky to have such a great Grandpa that has to take business trips to Texas!
