Summer in Texas

Despite the many trips to Utah this summer, we did in fact spend time and do fun activities in Texas, too!

We went to a local 4th of July fireworks show with new friends who live close (and work for the airlines whose kids all line up with ours!  Hallie and McKenna

 Jackson & Joshua

 Mariah and Bailey

 We took advantage of the free bowling passes the library gave us with the Hickson's

 Our Cole Cousins came to town on the way to their vacation.

We took the family to the local drive in theater to see Inside out and Jurassic World (once the kids fell asleep.  It was a LATE night.  It was fun to see fireworks here too!

 Our friends the Guidry's are moving so we went to the arboretum together and ended with dress ups.  Our kids loved playing with theirs!

 Facepainting for fun

 Fort Worth Water Gardens... so disappointing that you weren't allowed to get in because we were SO hot!!  But it was a gorgeous feature!

 CR Smith museum.  We get in free here because Dave works for American Airlines.  The have rotating exhibits which are interesting and interactive and more kid friendly than most of the rest of the airplane and history museum.  This summer it was trivial pursuit with 50 states... each state had an activity that represented something about the state.

 Play time after church

 Swim party at the Hickson's with a great pool and fun friends. 

 Laser tag party with school friends.  Jackson had no idea laser tag existed so this was a fun opportunity.

 Home depot classes...we made minion scooters on month and chalkboard the next month.

 Our ward threw a 24th of July party and the party committe always does such an amazing job with decor and details that impress.  We loved the races and kids activities.

 We also went to an exhibit on the Wizard of Oz... my kids had never heard of it. and I'm not sure I want to show them the movie for many more years, but we still found plenty to do without knowing the movie.

 We tried to go to the library for their programs as frequently as we could.  The magicians were great.

 Costco pizza with Ade( Girl I babysit a couple days a week)

 The Hurst library had a fantastic end of summer celebration with pony rides, in and out, popcorn, snow cones, frozen yogurt, superheros and lots of activities.  Heat doesn't stop texans from getting outside!

My biggest accomplishment this summer was potty training this little one.  A couple of days of being naked and she was perfect.  She is so independent that she goes all on her own usually, wipes, flushes, washes and dresses herself (or not).  This is usually great, but sometimes very messy.  I am so proud of her and the big girl she is becoming!!

 We won a backpack at a McDonald grand opening near our house.  This was after we watched Dave compete in a pine wood derby with a car run by CO2 cartridges.  Good job dad!