Fossil Rim Fun

 Fathers Day weekend my parents were in town and we needed something fun to do.  I suggested that I really wanted to go out to Fossil Rim again sometime soon.  I love going out there and feeding the animals.  It always brings back memories of when I was little and we would go to these places.  So we loaded up after Maggie's swimming lesson and headed out to Glen Rose.  I'm not sure that they realized it was 1 1/2 hours away and in the middle of nowhere.  I have never laughed so hard in all my life (well maybe once) at my mom and the little comments she had about where we were going in the middle of Texas.  We stopped at Dairy Queen in Glen Rose and by the looks of the people there it confirmed we were not in the Metroplex anymore. Maggie had to use the bathroom at the DQ really really bad and someone was in there and taking a really long time.  Babe asked Maggie what she thought they could be doing in there.  Maggie said "Maybe they are dying in there because doesn't that take a really long time Babe."  We all laughed really hard about that.  We never saw the person come out so not real sure what happened.  Poppy finally took her to the men's bathroom (we all know how dirty those can be). After our 3 hour ride through the park and all the laughs and smiles it was well worth the drive.  We had a blast!  I am so glad that we went together --- great quality family time in the car all day long!

 This little guy gave us lots of laughs.  I have video on my phone that my kids have played over and over and over of us all laughing and screaming when he came into the car to get food.  Then Poppy put the bag of food real close to me and he came in and got the entire bag.  I'm pretty sure we held up the line of cars playing with this Ostrich.

 Up close and personal

 Maggie was not scared to touch any of the animals.

 Pretty sure that big ole tongue licked Turner and left a lot of slobber on his hand.  I kept putting food close to Poppy's head while he was not looking so that the animal would lick him.

 Had to brush out those rats in his hair.

 This was the half way point and the overlook is very pretty.  Perfect place for a family picture.

 3 of the 4 are looking at the camera.  Thats not too bad.

 The giraffes were not interested in our bag of generic food.  I wonder why?

 But the Zebra had no problem eating it.

 Poppy and I were playing and trying to get our pictures made with these animals.

Precious Babies

 My friend Shaylene was babysitting Father's Day weekend while went out to see Jersey Boys.  When I left my kiddos were looking kind of rough.   She sent me these pictures out of the blue and I was totally shocked by what I saw.  I absolutely love these pictures!  Thanks a million Shaylene!

Swimming Lessons

 We were back at Ms. Harriett's this year for swimming lessons.  She takes for 2 weeks and then on the last day it is show day and you are allowed to stay and watch.  All the other days you have to leave or at least go to the front yard.  Maggie did fantastic!  She improved so much every day.  I was really impressed when I went to get her and saw her jumping off the diving board and Ms. Harriett was not even in the water. Mimi came with me for show day.

 She makes them jump in the water with their clothes on to prove to them that they can swim even with clothes on.  They have to tread water for 10 seconds and then float on their back.  When they jump in the second time they have to try and get their shoes off while under water.

 They had to dive to the bottom of the pool and pick up 3 toys.

She was very proud that Mimi came to watch her.

Mesquite Rodeo

 We went with the Morgan's to the Mesquite Rodeo last weekend.  My kids loved every single minute of it.  They sat still and talked about the cows and horses the whole time.  Maggie really liked the clown.  Turner has talked about it all week.  If you ask him what he wants to ride he will tell you a horse, cow, bull and sheep.  It was a lot of fun!  We will have to go back again soon.  Thanks Nicole for letting us tag along.

 A snow cone helped keep them seated and happy for a while too.

First Fish and Turtle

 Maggie and Turner stayed at Babe and Poppy's after Memorial Day weekend and I came back to Dallas for a few days of quiet --- well work and Dr's appointments but you get the picture.  So when I went back to Hot Springs to pick them up Maggie had a fishing pole out that Trevor had given her for Christmas.  Poppy went and bought worms and we went to the dock and fished.  I didn't really think we would catch anything on this little Barbie pole but I was wrong.  She caught 3 fish that morning.  She was very proud of herself!  We had a great time even if it was all tangled up and wouldn't reel in.  Oh well we got the fish to the dock.

Turner and Maggie spotted a tiny turtle under the boat.  So Babe and Turner brought us a net to catch it in and a bucket to put it in.  Mommy caught the turtle but there was no way I was touching it.  Maggie had no problem picking it up and holding it.  Turner wanted to but just couldn't bring himself to do it.  He held it once and it started crawling and he threw that turtle across the sidewalk.  It was so funny to see his expression.  Maggie was determined to bring it back to Dallas.  I had other plans for the turtle.  I told her that his mommy was looking all over for him and we just had to take him back to the lake.  It took a little convincing but we finally talked her in to painting the shell so we could always find him when we were at the lake.  She talked to him and was really sweet to him.  Finally after their goodbyes she threw him back in the lake.

I was really impressed how she held the fish, turtle and worms with no problems at all.  I have a feeling we will be fishing when we go back to the lake.

 He was not impressed with the worm on his leg.

 So proud of her first fish.

 The tiny turtle

 Fish #2

 I told her to give him a kiss.  She couldn't go that far.

 Painting the turtle.

 She said "I really want to touch his head" Oh my I couldn't even hold him.

 Turner trying to be brave.

 Saying their goodbyes!

As she throws him back in the lake.  We watched him swim around for a long time.