Summer Fun 3 (Fair Park)

This summer we did a lot of fun stuff locally.

This post is about 

Summer Adventures at Fair Park in Dallas, TX

Our kids: age 2, Age 5 and age 7 all have varying interests and this was a sure hit with our entire family.  All the fun of the fair with not near the crowds of the fair..  You pay one price and get unlimited rides.  They had little rides for Sarah and big rides big enough for Andrew. Jonathan was one inch shy of getting to go on a roller coaster.

There was a splash pad and because Texas is hot in the summer and my kids have never seen one of these EVER. This was just their reaction and it was priceless.

 They rode their first roller coaster together.

And what would a day at Fair Park be without a Fletcher's Corny Dog... Totally worth the $5 each...trust me.

This was a great trip, Be super blessed.

Summer Fun part 2- Stockyards Birthday

We have had may adventures over the summer, but none so fun as The Historic Fort Worth Stockyards .We have been here before.

Last  time we were there, although Daniel was talking about cowboys non stop.... when we got there he was terrified of the horses the cowboys were on.  As you can see this time he wasn't.

This was also on his 5th Birthday. I love my  Daniel.

This animal is a Longhorn steer named Pecos.  And yes He's saddled.  Daniel was so proud of not being afraid, that we let him get his pic taken.  We donated $5 to the Fort Worth Herd.  They let us also pet him.  Although he has those horns, he was quite tame.

 Jonathan petting pecos, the cow girl was making sure no one was skewered.

Twice daily cattle Drive down the middle of Exchange Street

Summer Fun Part one of many

First I just want to say that if you have young kids, please do yourself a huge favor and try not to move from one dwelling place to another  while they are young.  It doesn't matter if it's two miles or 4,000 miles. Just count the cost. One person gets the enormous task of packing everything and the other gets the enormous task of keeping three curious monkeys  out of the fray.
My end of this move involved 2 sleepless nights at a hotel (because the first night Sarah kept us all awake)
We packed up our residence and  moved to another apartment in July, and lets just say it's been a world of difference.

Our view of the GOLF course.

We paid some professionals to move our stuff down 3 flights of stairs across several roads and down and up another flight of stairs. it was worth EVERY PENNY of the 800 we paid.for 8 hours..
Andrew's arm decided to malfunction a midst this move which although if you know me and my family, by now it wasn't a surprise something really bizarre always happens.  Luckily, Andrew has a cool benefit that he can use called Airrosti ... You need to check this out If you are in pain because in 3 visits his pain level and function was back...granted he had bruises from treatment but it DID work, and I highly recommend it.
Oh and the fun thing about moving (sorry for the sarcasm) was getting out primary vehicle towed again. This time out in deep fort worth.  $293 later we got back the van. Yay for Andrew parking the van late at night and not seeing he was in a fire lane...granted it was really poorly lit and the markings on the ground leave you guessing about where is safe to park....
Granted we are re-funding our emergency fund so little annoying stuff doesn't become a point of freaking out.  I love Dave Ramsey.

The Boys room

The Hallway looking toward the kitchen

Sarah's Room which is huge but largely still not put away.

our bedroom

our back porch... the stairs lead down to the golf course as a fire escape.

 Be blessed.

Trina