The Weynand Blog http://www.theweynands.com The story of our family tree Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:29:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Halloween 2011 http://www.theweynands.com/2011/10/halloween-2011/ http://www.theweynands.com/2011/10/halloween-2011/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:11:07 +0000 Nicholas http://www.theweynands.com/?p=2325 We carved a pumpkin a couple days before Halloween. Eisley picked out what she wanted to carve and she wanted a girl monster. That night we went trick-or-treating. Both kids were dressed up as super heroes – Super Sister and Super Brother to be exact.

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Pictures

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Happy birthday Eisley. We love you!

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]]> http://www.theweynands.com/2011/06/a-walking-everett/feed/ 2 2011 Southwest Road Trip: Photos http://www.theweynands.com/2011/05/2011-southwest-road-trip-photos/ http://www.theweynands.com/2011/05/2011-southwest-road-trip-photos/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 18:01:27 +0000 Nicholas http://www.theweynands.com/?p=1744 Here are the photos from our 2011 Southwest road trip.

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We spent the last three days of our trip traveling back from Austin.

On day 12, we made it from our camp site in Pomona (east of LA) to Tucson, Arizona. The RV park we picked had a heated outdoor swimming pool that we got to enjoy before ending our day.

Pool

The swimming pool at Balmorhea State Park

On day 13 we drove from Tucson to Balmorhea State Park in west Texas. The state park, located near the town of Balmorhea, Texas has a giant swimming pool fed by natural springs. We got up the next morning and spent some time splashing around in the pool before heading toward home.

We arrived back in Austin at about 8:30pm Friday night and our vacation was over. We had to clean, fill up and return the RV the next day.

We had a great time on our trip despite some interesting weather. If we did it again, we probably wouldn’t have traveled as far (too much driving!). But despite the long distance and unlucky weather, we got to see some amazing landscapes and make some family memories that we’ll never forget.

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