Fishing at the Farm

This past weekend we took a long over do trip down to the farm. We had a great time down there and did not want to come back. This was Lilly's first road trip and she did really well in the car. We had to make an "Honor" stop at Buc-ee's so that Heidi could get her a Dublin Dr. Pepper in Giddings, Tx. (We put "Honor" in front of events that Dad used to like. Buc-ee's was one of his favorite stopping places since they have everything! Margaritas, shrimp enchiladas, singing the "Good Morning to You" song are all "Honor"...we love you POPS!)

Saturday we got up and took a look at all the dozer work that was done at the farm and then fixed a patch of fence down on the back fence. Mike, Nina and Aaron came up for dinner so we did not get into any major projects but did get a chance to do some fishing. I caught me a nice sized 3 lbs bass and then we all went up and enjoyed a great brisket dinner.

Sunday we got up and did some early morning fishing and Heidi caught a large 4 lbs bass!!! I can up with a small pounder but Heidi was the winner of the day. We came back up packed and headed back to Dallas.

It was a great weekend; we look forward to the next trip.



"Honor" stop at Buc-ee's

Lilly and Heidi hanging out by the tank

It is a 4 lbs bass

3 lbs bass

OH OH OH OH Oh, The Right Stuff

Yes, that is correct. We went to see the NKOTB ( better known as NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK) this past Sunday.
One of our wonderful friends, Melissa, gave us 4 tickets to see this throwback to our childhood. Ryan and I went with 2 of our other friends, Kristen and Taylor.
We already had awesome seats, but after we went to go see our friend Melissa, we wound up in a suite!!
There were several thousand screaming fans ( now all middle adged mommies) some of whom were even wearing spandex leggings, oversized T-shirts with wide belts, side ponys with electrick pink scrunchies and I promise, I think I smelled ELECTRIC YOUTH floating down the halls of the AAC.
I think Ryan's favorite part of the evening ( other then dancing with me to I'll BE LOVING YOU FOREVER jr. High style) was the earplugs that Melissa brought down for him! He was a great sport though, even though he was out numbered by about 3000, to 1!
The evening was a blast from the past. They sang all their hits- YOU GOT THE RIGHT STUFF, PLEASE DON'T GO GIRL, and yes HANGIN' TOUGH was the encore.
We had such a great time, it was like, totally awesome!! ( Sorry, I couldn't help myself)

It was a fair day!

This weekend Rachel and Mark (my sister and her husband) came up for the weekend and Heidi and I decided to take them out to the State Fair of Texas. We had a great time and enjoyed plenty of good ole fried foods. We enjoyed a fried Twinkee, fried Oreo, fried Cheesecake, fried Truffle, a Fletchers Corn Dog (official state fair corn dog), sausage on a stick and the now famous...drum roll...Chicken Fried Bacon!!!!! This stuff is freaking amazing! Sorry Marilyn we vote yes! Chicken Fried batter wrapping a super tasty piece of bacon. How can you go wrong!! It was a bit salty but get you a drink and you will get a chance to enjoy heaven like we did.

Here are some pics from the Fair Enjoy



Rachel and Mark standing in awe of the WOW Sham!



Sorry Ralph!


Big Tex, Big Ryan, and Little Bella