Saturday exploring

We spent the Saturday checking out things we haven't seen before. We picked up my nephew Caleb to go along with us. Our plan was to start at the Dinosaur Park in Glen Rose but on the way we saw this outdoor museum. We stopped and listened to a gentleman talk about local history, we also explored the tipis, stage coach and other things from the Chisholm Trail.

We got back on the road to Glen Rose and soon made it to the Dinosaur Park. You can walk the riverbed and see the fossilised dinosaur tracks. There are 2 distinct set of tracks and you really get a feel for the size of these animals. We explored for awhile but it was hot so we headed out.

We went into the town of Glen Rose and checked out the historic downtown. Stephany loves old architecture so she really liked this. At this point we were hungry so we had dinner in the nearby town of Granbury. We then checked out Granbury Lake for a little while and it was very pretty.

It was then time to go to the drive in, Granbury has one of the only drive ins left around here. We watched the movie G Force first and it was awful it got no stars from me. The second movie was UP and it was great, 5 stars from me. We finally headed home about 1am, it was a fun day.


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New wall portraits

We went to the Ft Worth Botanical Gardens today to take some new pictures for the photo wall in the house. It was a 105 degrees so the kids didn't last long despite all the shady areas but we still got some great pics.

Independence Day Celebrations

This weekend we celebrated all weekend. On July 3rd we went to Lone Star Park for horse racing and fireworks. Dorothy, Jason and Stephany really loved betting on the horses. Steve and I placed 2 small bets and won on the second and stopped. Steve is switching jobs right now so we were being frugal. The other 3 were hilarious to watch planning their next move and the good news is they broke even or came out ahead by the end of the night. The fireworks after the races were fabulous and coordinated great with the music.

The 4th of July we started with brisket at our house and then a big group headed out to an area on the Trinity River. The set up was not quite as good but they did have yummy free watermelon. The fireworks did not start until the minor league baseball game ended, we didn't go into the game but still had to wait for 13 innings before the fireworks started. It was about midnight when that happened and it was an okay show but not as good as the night before. We still had a good time hanging out with everyone. Now today is all about rest.

Joey, Caleb, Matt, Stephy and Ally enjoying snowcones.

Donna, Dorothy and me just hanging at the races.

Ally and Dad waiting for the fireworks

Chris and Stephy just goofing around.