Homecoming Parade and Game

Every year, we meet DeAnn and her boys for Midlothian's homecoming parade. This year, we stepped it up a little and added the game. I left Jake at home with my parents and Jax and I met up with my sister and her family as well as Gigi, Mike and Sam (mike's son). We had a great time.

I've included a lot of pictures. The first set is of the parade. Jake loved the band and even asked Preston "Where'd they go" after they walked by (its the picture with his hands out) Jax waved at every float that went by. He loves the mascott - the panther! They loved the parade. Enjoy the pictures.

After the parade, we went home and rested. I took Jax to the game that night. Unfortunately, in grand Midlothian tradition...we lost the game but we had a fun time. Jax kept asking for the Cat (aka the panther) and he enjoyed most of the game with a little play time on Gigi's cell phone with angry birds. We had a lot of fun!

Fall Decor Time

Every year, I pull out my fall decor for the front yard. I keep it in a few bins in our garage. I always try to take a picture and this year was no exception. The boys were not having it. It was right before nap time and no one was cooperating. After I came back in the house from putting everything out, the boys were more exciting about one of the baskets that I keep everything in more than they were about the scarecrows. I've included a couple of pictures.
















I also took a picture of Jake the other day. He was roaming the house with this hat on after he had woken up from a nap. He was being so funny about the hat. Doesn't he look so big in this picture. They grow up so fast!

Dallas Zoo and Around the House

We've had a busy week and have done some fun things. Jeremy is in full swing with football and has been gone a lot unfortunately. When he is home, Jax wants to be wherever he is. I got a cute photo of Jax helping Jeremy fix a door hinge on the playground this week. At one point, Jeremy walked away and Jake came out to help. I think I even heard the drill come on at one point!















I also took a photo at the new Toys R Us in Cedar Hill. They had appearances with Geoffrey the Giraffe. We walked in the door and immediately ran into my sister with Preston and Grant so they all smiled for a pic....of course Jax wasn't too fond of the Giraffe up close!



















We also went to the Dallas Zoo today with Wanissa and her kids. They weather was nice and we had a great time. Jax got another hat and we saw all kinds of animals. Jake enjoyed it more because he can actually walk around. Although he was not happy with me when I put him back in the stroller! We ended our visit with some lunch and play time at the water area. Check out our pictures below!

It's Definitely a Park Day!

What a great day today! Today is the first day we've seen temperatures under 90 in a long time and we took advantage of it! I needed to go into Mansfield to my salon for a few minutes and I had remembered seeing a nice little park around the corner at one time. We headed over there and boy...little...no way. The park is awesome! It has 2 playgrounds - big and little kids. It has sand volleyball park, covered eating area, walking trails and an amphitheater with built in stone seating. I was so excited and the boys loved it.

The boys could swing, play on the playground, we walked the trails - where Jax found a giant stick...he was so excited. Jake just loved to walk everywhere I'd let him....he was not happy when we left! What a wonderful day. Enjoy our pictures!