spring break roadtrip

I had an amazing spring break with some of my closest friends. We drove all around Texas and took lots and lots of pictures. Here are a few of my favorites!







Houston! :)
We went to the butterfly museum and saw some beautiful butterflies! My favorite one was this blue butterfly. I didn't get a good picture of it though. :(

The Woodlands has a scenic water way that runs through part of the town. We took the water taxi and saw the this cool fountain! It changes colors with the music!
We also went to the aquarium in Galveston. Our favorites were the penguins, seals, and this cool aquarium where you can watch sharks and fish swim over your head!

Here are some of the seagulls at Kemah. They flew so close to the boardwalk... I was almost afraid that it was about to fly into us.


Kemah lighthouse! haha We are such tourists.


Francis LOVES her leopard print. haha

Me and Allie while we were shopping around the Market.




I love these girls! :)

snow day

So the past few days, there has been SNOW IN LUBBOCK! WHAT? It hasn't been this cold in Lubbock in... forever! I finally used my long pea-coat and layers and layers of clothes when I went outside. I know it's not really a "blizzard", but I really don't remember the last time it was this cold here. I've been loving the class delays and sitting at home in my p.j.s for half the day. :)
It's pretty nice being "snowed-in."
Today my brother and I went outside and played in the snow for a bit. My dog almost tackled me down. haha

Hope you're staying nice and warm :)

Natural History Museum

This museum is amazing! Every exhibit had something interesting to look at and learn more about. I loved how they had so many interactive things to do! The remains of a brontosaurus greeted us as we walked into the lobby of the museum! (Don't worry, he was very friendly. haha)
We weren't able to go to every exhibit because it's such a huge museum. Hopefully, we will have time to revisit it before we leave.


There's my dino friend! :)
Here's Julianne learning new skills... lol
"youdiscoverbabydiscovers...youdiscover BABY D I S C O V E R S." hahahaha
Vases Faces! We did those in art.
I loved the architecture in the museum! Everything was so cool!
Haha! That's us as dwarves.
Smiling with the blue whale and rhinos! :)
This is my elephant friend... her name is Janice. lol
Coca Cola Polar Bear! :)
A real tiger! I escaped though because he was busy eating something already. jk

This was the happiest dinosaur I ran into! Look at him smiling! :) lol

This was the ecology section of the museum! :) Save our planet, k?

That's all for the museum for now!

Buckingham Palace

Hello! So Pam, Tori, and I went to see the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace. There were so many people there waiting to see the guards in their fuzzy black hats. This one asian old lady kept running into the street and posing with the guards and the police had to push her back into the crowd three times... it was so funny! (I guess you have to be there, but oh well, I thought I'd share.)

Here are a couple of pictures for you to enjoy! :)

The changing of guards happens everyday at 11:30. They parade into Buckingham Palace while playing their national anthem. Pretty cool! :)

Here's the policeman that kept the crowds out of the street... especially the old asian woman. haha He got pretty annoyed with her after he told her three times to stay behind the rope.


Pam and Tori enjoying the spectacle! :) These girls are hilarious!

We sat on the curb haha.

more guards!!!

We asked the police if we could get a picture with the guards with the red hats, but he said that the only time the red guards are out of Buckingham Palace is when "Charlie" is there. All of us were so confused until he clarified that he meant Prince Charles. Lol

That's about all of the parades! :)

Stonehenge!

Hello!

We woke up early this morning then sat un the bus for two hours to reach STONEHENGE! haha It was amazing! It's in the middle of grassy fields. The stone cirle of Stonehenge was built between 3,000 BC and 1,600 BC. It is aligned with the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset, but its exact purple remains a mystery. On the summer solstice, many people are supposed to go there and worship and celebrate. Kinda crazy huh?


Yep! that's Stonehenge! It's a lot bigger than it looks in this picture. :)

Me and Julianne :)



We decided that we wanted some fun pictures to remember Stonehenge! So naturally, I wanted to jump in the air. :) After that, we saw a lot of other tourists start jumping around taking pictures. YES. I love starting trends haha.

This is Julianne, the Jolly Green Giant ;)

Welcome to Stonehenge! :)

After Stonehenge, we had lunch in Salisbury. Julianne and I split a delicious Rustica Pizza at Strada. Then we walked around the cute town square and made our way to the Salisbury Cathedral. This cathedral has Britain's tallest spire (404 ft!). It is also the home of one of the four survicing original Magna Carta which dates back to 1215! We also saw the world' oldest mechanical working clock from 1386... I didn't even know that they knew how to make mechanical clocks back then! Overall, it was a beautiful cathedral filled with much history and impressive architecture.

This was on the way to Salisbury. If you look closely, you should see two sky divers wearing parachutes! :)


This is right outside the cathedral. Everyone just sits outside in the glass and enjoys everyone's company. I love this about the parks in Britain! Everyone is so relaxed. :)
There's me standing in front of the tallest spire!


This is inside the choir stalls of the cathedral. Only the very noble and wealthy were allowed to worship in this area.

This is the courtyard within the cathedral. It was sooo pretty :)

Just being a tourist around Salisbury... haha

The end!
:)
Hope you're enjoying all of the pictures! There are many more on facebook.