Texas State Fair

Howdy y'all and welcome to the Texas State Fair!! I had never been to
a state fair before today. Thank you Texas for not disappointing me!
It was a beautiful day. Sunny and 85 degrees. A cool breeze kept Wyatt
happy and Diet Dr Pepper kept mommy happy.

A few highlights from our day included; rollercoster, tractors,
childrens barn, vendors and big Tex. We arrived and began walking down
the main strip just taking everything in. Wyatt was happy to people
watch until Gran pointed out the rollercoster. Wyatts eyes lit up and
his little head followed the coster from start to finish. He thought
the whole thing was pretty fun!

After the rollercoster watching, we headed over to the tractor
displays. Wyatt had to check the tire pressure and lug nuts on each
tire. I think John Deer may have a future employee.

If John Deer isn't hiring then, Wyatt will be a great farmer. He loves
the animals. He loves them so much that he screams in delight at each
one he sees. He also put his finger in a cows nose and tried to pick
a camels nose too. I am not sure how fond the animals are of him.

We closed the day with pictures of Big Tex. Big Tex stands at the
entrance of the State Fair and waves while telling you the lastest
fair news. We were getting our picture taken when I heard " Leigh
Ann". It was the Goodmans!! Friends of D and I from youth group in
Ohio. (Granted they now live just east of Dallas). Very small world!!
It was the perfect ending to a perfect day. Well, seeing them and
getting a Free coke zero!!!

Texas State Fair

Silly little Wyatt goat

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Farmer Gran and goat Wyatt

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Loved the childrens barn.

Duck, duck, boat...

Tonight we went over to Aunt Amys house to feed ducks. Wyatt and Amy
threw pounds of bread and cereal to about 2 dozen ducks. Wyatt loved
barking at the ducks and was completely absorbed in the activity
untill.... Broom broom broom. A boat pulled up to the dock. Wyatt lost
all intrest in the ducks and walked as fast as he could to the end of
the dock. He watched wide eyed as the boat was being loaded onto a
trailor. The truck pulling the trailor was of course loud! Wyatt loved
it! Amy finished feeding the ducks and caught up with us. As we walked
home we saw two T-1 like airplanes. Wyatt waved and said da-da. Made
me smile. What a fun day. Thanks Aunt Amy.

Duck, duck, boat

Wyatt loved putting the cereal back into the box as well as feeding
the ducks.

Duck, duck, boat...

And the ducks ate well!

The Camden Aquarium

http://www.adventureaquarium.com/

This aquarium was amazing!

Here is a picture Beth took of Luke. I didn't realize she had the camera until Luke started to cry. "Beth did you drop the camera on Luke?"

her reply, "Kinda".

So serious for being eaten by a shark. At least her Daddy is trying to save her life.

Somehow this picture looks so inappropriate.

Oh, Now that is much better.

Beth is rocking the 80's hair.

Such a sweet moment.

We could have watched those fish for hours!

Wyatt stayed awake the whole time. He was totally mesmerized by the exhibits.

It's a Bugs Life

Note to Crissi....There is a Caterpillar in this post!

On our walk to Panthers cave, while sitting in the shade and drinking our cool refreshing water, I noticed that we had company. Mr Lizard had stopped in to say "hello"!

While weeding the parsley I found a very hungry caterpillar.

Then on our walk the other day the dogs found that the tortoise does not beat the hire if the tortoise stops to take a nap.
In all actuality the tortoise probably wouldn't have been shell shocked if Gertie had not picked him up and flung him about 4 feet in the air before he came crashing down and forever scared to come out of his shell. The next day he was gone so I imagine after we left he finished the race.