Experienced Houston Visitor

Momma Brame came for a visit last weekend!

It's kind of becoming somewhat of a tradition for her to come visit in the Fall... three years in the making thus far.

With three visits behind her belt- I think she's seen everything "neat" there is to see in Houston. 

We had a hard time coming up with ideas!

BUT here's how the weekend unraveled...

Friday morning these guys had fun exploring Memorial Park,

And stopping by the infamous, Beer Can House.

Over 50,000 cans adorn this monument to recycling.

We all joined up for lunch downtown at the Hub Cap Grille

(said to be the best burgers in Houston)...

and they were pretty dang delicious.

We wandered downtown, and headed up the JP Morgan Chase Tower-

and got some pretty spectacular views from the 60th floor.

 It felt like we could see the whole world because Houston is so flat!

Friday night lights at a local high school game...

(and supporting a YW/seminary student)

Saturday morning we headed down to the Houston Ship Channel for a free boat tour!

It was so fun- and they even gave us a free soda- now that's what I call free+

Over in East Houston, we stopped by Battleship Texas...

and visited the San Jacinto Monument.

Funny story about this monument.

So Texas wanted to create a monument for the battle of San Jacinto (the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution).

So as Texas would have it- they wanted to build a BIG obelisk... TALLER than the Washington Monument.

OF course, DC told them heck no- your obelisk needs to be smaller.

So they made theirs smaller...

and smacked a HUGE 220-ton star on top,

you guessed it- making it taller.

Washington Monument 555 feet.

San Jacinto Monument 570 feet. 

Those darn Texans.

The view from the top was amazing!

 

There is even a large pool in front of the monument...

similar to the one at the National Mall.

 We checked out Old Town Spring...

Played some games...

Had frozen yogurt with cousins...

Saw "Wreck It Ralph"...

And just had a great time together.