Friday, August 26, 2011
Midland Fair
This year we decided to try out the Midland Fair. Compared to the one in Odessa it was pretty low key, which is good and bad. I did kind of miss getting an eye full of denim bustiers and 11-yr-old couples intertwined amongst the carnival rides...but I digress. Midland's expo center is new, so this is only the 2nd year we have had a fair in town. We braved 100+ degree temps for a few hours this evening. We ate dinner, visited the petting zoo, rode several rides, shared a funnel cake, and watched some bull riding.
"Little Matt's" Wedding, Meeting Evangeline, and Hamilton Pool.
...and a bunch of other stuff. We went to Liberty Hill about 2 weeks ago for Matt Parker's wedding, and I'm just now getting the pics up. We drove down on Friday, met Evangeline (the kids were all quite taken with her!), went to the rehearsal dinner, and then left the kids while we squeezed in a date. On Saturday evening we all attended the wedding. Congratulations Matt & Bev!
On Sunday evening, we attempted a trip to Hamilton Pool. We arrived at 5pm only to find out it closes it 5:30 (we thought it was 6:00). Epic fail. So we ended up at the Iron Cactus at Bee Caves. And after dinner, the kids played in the little sprinkler park area nearby.
On Monday morning, Matt & I had our 2nd prolotherapy treatment with Dr. Fullerton. Then we finally made it to Hamilton Pool as it was on the way out towards Llano. The stop was worth it!
The kids love their new cousin.
"Little Matt" is a married man.
Baby V at the sprinkler park
Mercedes & Baby V
The babies at Hamilton Pool
This was not a planned part of our trip so some of us are swimming in clothes!
The waterfall was just a sprinkle overhead, but the spring-fed pool was seemingly bottomless.
On Sunday evening, we attempted a trip to Hamilton Pool. We arrived at 5pm only to find out it closes it 5:30 (we thought it was 6:00). Epic fail. So we ended up at the Iron Cactus at Bee Caves. And after dinner, the kids played in the little sprinkler park area nearby.
On Monday morning, Matt & I had our 2nd prolotherapy treatment with Dr. Fullerton. Then we finally made it to Hamilton Pool as it was on the way out towards Llano. The stop was worth it!
The kids love their new cousin.
"Little Matt" is a married man.
Baby V at the sprinkler park
Mercedes & Baby V
The babies at Hamilton Pool
This was not a planned part of our trip so some of us are swimming in clothes!
The waterfall was just a sprinkle overhead, but the spring-fed pool was seemingly bottomless.
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Abilene Trip (and bonus videos!)
We have a couple of pics from last weekend's trip to Abilene. The kids enjoyed their first Grandma Motz style shopping trip. You can bet that made a big impression on them!
Also included in this post are two somewhat recent videos that have already debuted on FB, but are now making their official blog appearance. We have the one of V "praying" and demonstrating a few of her words, including Morgan, Emma, oh man, and obey. And then the video of Morgan & Emma's Psalm 19 recitation. We worked on this for over 2 months. There are still a few bugs to works out, but I wanted to get it on video before it was too late.
The great grandparents
Grandparents
Also included in this post are two somewhat recent videos that have already debuted on FB, but are now making their official blog appearance. We have the one of V "praying" and demonstrating a few of her words, including Morgan, Emma, oh man, and obey. And then the video of Morgan & Emma's Psalm 19 recitation. We worked on this for over 2 months. There are still a few bugs to works out, but I wanted to get it on video before it was too late.
The great grandparents
Grandparents
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