Grandma Williams Visits Texas

Making food so I don't have to..love it

Bath time with Grandma

Crafts with grandma

Off to the Texas State fair

Big tex!

At the train station in Dallas

Spihlmann's State fair trip 2011

yeeeee haw

This was from a trip to the Fort Worth Zoo

Checking out turtles

hmmmm snack?

Ryker sure does love his Grandma Williams

Feeding the birdies

Baby elephant

We always have a great time when Grandma Williams comes to visit us. We had a week and a half this time and   we were plenty busy every day with activities. Don't you hate how you wait and wait for something and then when the time comes, it just speeds right by? Thats what always seems to happen when you get to visit with family. I 100% treasure every moment we get with our out of state family members because it SO short. We love you Grandma Williams! Can't wait for the next trip down when Papa will get to join you as well. 

Zoo!

We went to the Fort Worth zoo (FINALLY) for the first time over the Labor day weekend. We had SO much fun, and did SO much walking. It is a VERY big place, we spent about 5 hours there. I can't wait to take all my friends and family when they come to visit, cough cough.

Go hawks! 

At the start of the day

Family picture thanks to the wall on the other side of us

Beauty

He LOVED feeding the birds

Ryker was supposed to sit on this with me, he refused.

Of COURSE he is playing with his new truck

Penguins

I know my dad will appreciate this one

Father and son

Ryker and I getting a up close look at the lizard

What big teeth you have

Fun with friends

We had one of our park play dates the other day. We love the park.  

Ryker and Jackson

This is Eli..Ryker and Eli are buds. This is Eli's way of saying feed me. 

Ryker on a mission to get to the slide

Iowa pride

Even though we live in Texas now, we still very much represent Iowa. The other day was the first Iowa Hawkeye game. All of had our gear on and flew the car flag proud. 

 This was in our living room.(its known as a "common house gecko" They are harmless and are bug eaters.) I found it as I was doing my daily sweeping up. (our house is ALL tile and wood except Rykers room)  I yelled, "Brian, LIZARD LIZARD!" He yelled back, NOPE NOPE NOPE, NOT GONNA HAPPEN, IM NOT HELPING YOU!"  I had to beg him to bring me a cup or something to get the thing scooped up. You should have seen how fast he opened the front door and jumped back!  It was comedy! For those of you who don't know, he is TERRIFIED of reptiles. haha good times.

Blue October

A few months ago I heard Blue October was going to be in Dallas at the House Of Blues. It is my FAVORITE band, and one of Brian's as well. So, I got us tickets. Last night was the concert and it was AMAZING as always. Minus the standing in one spot for 5+ hours...we had a blast! We ended up getting a pass that allows you to wait in line INSIDE and not in the heat..and get up front before everyone else. A complete stranger came up to us and gave them to us. We were in the front row. It was awesome! This was my 4th time seeing them, and they were just as good as the first time I saw them 6 years ago.

No parking zone

Every day , several times a day, I find new parking lots set up around the house. The other day, it was decided some of the cars would park on my desk. I love Ryker and his accuracy.