The Rat Pack

Two weekends ago, Reagan and I took an early Anniversary trip to Moody Gardens in Galveston. Reagan has a lot of tests/finals coming up around our real Anniversary (March 21st), so we decided to do something early to avoid not doing much of anything like last year :) We decided on Moody Gardens because we WON a free 2 night stay with all day passes at a scholarship dinner Reagan had earlier this year. It worked out GREAT! We had such a great time!

First, Reagan made a picnic dinner for us Friday night to enjoy on the beach. It was a little chilly with the wind, but I didn't mind at all because it was such a sweet idea and I just loved relaxing on the beach knowing that we still had the whole weekend ahead of us. We enjoyed cheese and crackers with some red wine for appetizers and ceasar salads for dinner. He even brought brownie pudding packs for dessert! YUM! It was a great surprise, and I am sad that I left my camera in the car so I didn't get any pictures of our nice set-up.

We used our all day passes on Saturday to Moody Gardens and spent the whole day seeing everything there is to see! We went to the Discovery Pyramid for a bone's exhibit (which was a little kid's exhibit, so it wasn't anything too educational for us adults!) We did get to play a gigantic version of operation which was fun! We also went to a 3D movie, a RideFilm and the Aquarium Pyramid. The best thing about the day was that we did the Penguin Encounter at the Aquarium Pyramid. It was AWESOME. We got to see and pet (Reagan would argue that you "pat") a penguin. SO COOL! Besides the horrific smell coming from the penguin exhibit, it was perfect.

Here is Marley...the penguin we got to meet. She was soo cute and loved all the people. Sorry about the photography (I focused on the person's shoes behind Marley accidentally). Still getting used to my camera and it's not easy taking pictures of a hyper penguin!


Here's Marley making her painting. They put out a paint pad and she jumped across the canvases. We brought one home with us!


Marley admiring her painting


















Me petting Marley














Saturday night, Reagan and I ate at the restaurant on top of Moody Gardens. It was really fancy, and a tad expensive, but the food was GREAT! We knew we were at a fancy place when they served us orange sorbet in between our appetizer and entree to "cleanse our pallet"...never had that before!

Sunday we checked out and headed home. Reagan had been craving hamburgers the whole weekend, so we decided to make one more stop on our trip to STAR cinema. We watched "Just Go with It" and had yummy greasy theatre food! It was such a great weekend, and a much needed mini-vaca away from work, school, and everything there is to do around the house.

Thank you Reagan, for planning such a great weekend and for making my life so full of joy these past two years! I LOVE YOU forever & ever!