Texas 2010

We went to Texas to visit my parents, Mimi and Papa. We had

such a great time. This year I actually drove down by myself

with the kids. 14 hours. It was a success. We made it!

Whenever we go there are some things that are a must-do

every time. Like going to our friends Ranch and feeding the

longhorns. We all love it. We climb into the back of the truck

and go 4 wheelin to the longhorns and feed them. Some will

eat right out of our hands. Tonight it started to pour on us.

So then we all climbed into the cab.

Then there are things that we have never done before. We

went to this small zoo that was beautiful. We went early so

that it wasn't so hot and with all of the rain it was only like 85

degrees. This was a cute rope play area by the monkeys. So that

the kids could all act like monkeys. They had all different kinds

of play areas by different animals. I loved it.

We also went to the Dr. Pepper museum. My mom and

I thought it was pretty cool, but the kids were pretty bored.

This is where Dr. Pepper originated.

We also went to some friends house and fed their

goats.. Most of the kids were pretty scared. This

friend also has an Indian cave on his property so

we all climbed into his truck and went to look at

it. When we got out of the truck he told us to follow

BEHIND him. Meanwhile he was getting out his gun

and loading it. JUST IN CASE we run into any

rattlesnakes. WHAT!!!!!!! Are you kidding me. The kids

were expecting something a little cooler. The man

is actually is getting ready to excavate the cave and

Texas A&M is going to be coming over to help. No

pictures of this because I was too busy holding Ruby

and looking for snakes!

When was the last time you went to a drive in movie?

We went twice this trip. The kids thought it was a blast.

very economical. 10 dollars for the carload, double feature,

which we did not stay for, and bring your own snacks.

Great outing for all.

THE POOL. This was probably the kids favorite thing to do.

We went every afternoon. I was even starting to get a tan.

This pool has a diving board and the kids LOVE it. It was so

much fun.

One night they were shooting a commercial of the town for

the state of Texas. So we went down to walk main street so

that we could be in the commercial and support the Mayor.

Clifton was picked as one of the top cities for cultural arts.

They have all kinds of famous artists that live there and an

author. I love to read her books. It is quite an amazing little

city.

Now that Sadie has her own camera it looks like I might be

in some of the pictures! WOW.

Cory came down for the last weekend that I was there and then

we drove back together. But Sadie got to stay behind with my

mom and dad. They then took her down to her cousins house to

stay with her for a few days. She had so much fun hanging out,

staying up all night, making hair clips and going to the beach.

Diane made her some cute vinyl for her room I will have to post

that when I get it up.

Until Christmas!!