Victoria has been asking to go to a baseball game for quite some time. (Last year we went a couple of times and I guess she remembered what it was all about.) So we went to a Rough Riders game on Saturday night.
We ate the classic hot dogs, a couple of nachos, pop corn, and Cotton Candy (what Victoria really wanted and had been asking about.)
The Rough Riders creamed the other team- something like 11 to 2. Afterward we got to give our mascot a hug.
On Sunday we went to see Carol and Dick after church. We ended up spending the whole day with them- shopping, playing card games, watching movies, and playing the new game that Jer and Carol are addicted to Frontier'sville. The temperatures finally were nice enough to go sit outside at night. Carol was telling Victoria and Bella stories from her and Jeremy's youth. I love how Victoria snuggled into Carol's lap.
The next morning, Labor Day, I decided it was a great day to go for a hike. So I loaded up everyone and took off to Little Elm's park. We decided to take the lake shore trails. It was about 70 degrees outside and a strong wind was blowing off the lake, but it was fantastic after the 100 degree streak that Dallas was having (100 plus days for 68 days this summer- our hottest summer ever was in 1980 with 100 plus for 69 days of the summer. Yes, it was a bad summer!)
Victoria has been asking to go to a baseball game for quite some time. (Last year we went a couple of times and I guess she remembered what it was all about.) So we went to a Rough Riders game on Saturday night.
We ate the classic hot dogs, a couple of nachos, pop corn, and Cotton Candy (what Victoria really wanted and had been asking about.)
The Rough Riders creamed the other team- something like 11 to 2. Afterward we got to give our mascot a hug.
On Sunday we went to see Carol and Dick after church. We ended up spending the whole day with them- shopping, playing card games, watching movies, and playing the new game that Jer and Carol are addicted to Frontier'sville. The temperatures finally were nice enough to go sit outside at night. Carol was telling Victoria and Bella stories from her and Jeremy's youth. I love how Victoria snuggled into Carol's lap.
The next morning, Labor Day, I decided it was a great day to go for a hike. So I loaded up everyone and took off to Little Elm's park. We decided to take the lake shore trails. It was about 70 degrees outside and a strong wind was blowing off the lake, but it was fantastic after the 100 degree streak that Dallas was having (100 plus days for 68 days this summer- our hottest summer ever was in 1980 with 100 plus for 69 days of the summer. Yes, it was a bad summer!)
On our way to the car, there was a broken water fountain that shot water three feet away. Jer asked Bella to stand three feet away while he tried to shot water into her mouth, then he asked Victoria. They got a little wet, but not too bad. Then the girls asked Daddy to stand in the place. It was quite humorous to watch.
Little Elm park also has a man made beach. We let the kids build sandcastles, while Jer and I read from our book- the Fire and Ice series. A perfect Labor Day!
I didn't bring the girls' bathing suits because I thought it would be too cold for swimming, but they ended up getting a little wet from playing in the sand. They pleaded with us to let them go swimming- "since we're already a little wet; it'll be okay to get all-the-way-wet." I told them they would be cold, but they really wanted to go swimming so...
They had a great time playing in the water in their shorts...
until it was time to get out- and they were cold! It was 2 blocks to run back to the car.
Later that day, we had Papa Murphy's pizza and beer with Carol and Dick. We also got a couple things around the house done, like trimming the bushes. But mostly we just sat outside and enjoyed the wonderful day.
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