We followed up Cousin Camp this year with an extended visit in Texas. Jim was with us for a weekend and the kids and I stayed a little longer.
With Jim we hit our old Dallas haunts, which of course means hot dogs and custard at Harry's.
And a visit to Northpark Mall (which is what we HAD to do to kill our afternoon hours while staying away from the Texas heat). The kids are so big now they can just about get to the top of the planters in two steps. Go look in my July 2006 archives to see what the kids USED to look like climbing this planter (in fact most of the photos are of the same exact side of the same exact planter).
Alex imitates one of the Hammermen.
Jim wanted to visit with an old buddy. Alex stayed in Ft. Worth with the grandparents and Grace and I dropped Jim off then went to have a lovely afternoon at the Nasher Sculpture Museum. This was an exhibit where an entire room was filled up with balloons. You were allowed to go in, and all you could see around yourself was balloons. Bit too claustrophobia-inducing for me, but Grace loved it.
Grace next to the Spoon Woman sculpture that we have a shot of her next to from the first visit we ever made to the Nasher (that picture is found in my May 2008 archives).
Headless men with a silly girl.
Once Jim headed back to New Jersey the kids and I did a little more visiting with people, including a side trip to see the cousins in Austin. So I finally got to see the bats flying out from the Congress Avenue bridge.
We went to Barton Springs. No matter how hot the Texas weather is, this water is always almost too cold to swim in! But I'm glad we got to let the kids experience it. It's just totally cool swimming someplace with natural stone ledges all around it.
Thanks to Kathy and David graciously watching the kids, I got a fun night out with old college friends. So much laughter to catch up on when you haven't seen someone in 20+ years.
And when we made it back to D/FW, Grace got to catch up with her old friends too.
Made it to a Ranger game this year. The kids lasted the entire game, which was a BIG surprise.
And we managed once again to take a quick trip to the Water Gardens after a breakfast at Paris Coffee shop. I just love pictures like this one where my kids are being sweet and walking hand-in-hand.
Now my sweet kids are being goofy and wanting me to take their picture looking like they are falling into the pool.
Always a wonderful trip.
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Good times!
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