Fort Worth Butterfly Garden

Today we had the best time with Hayden's preschool friends at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.  The coolest part was visiting the Butterfly Garden.  This post has some serious picture overload!!!

I love the flowers!  They are arranged in the shape of a butterfly!  If you are in the Fort Worth area you must visit the Botanic Garden.  It is beautiful this time of year.  I couldn't put my camera down! 

I know shocker right?!?

Hayden had a rough day yesterday.  I am so thankful for new days.  We have had so much fun today!!

Once we were inside the butterfly garden the butterflies were free.   They flew all around us and even landed on us.  This picture is priceless!!

Hayden really wanted a butterfly to land on him, but it didn't happen.

Sadly I couldn't take many pictures with my Canon camera.  It was so very humid and the lenses fogged up so bad.  I was sad, but thankful for my iPhone.  All the pictures of butterflies were taken with my phone.  I was shocked by the quality of them!

There were the most interesting plants on display.

  It was fun to sit on the lawn while eating our picnic lunch.  I enjoyed talking with the other moms.

After lunch the kids ran and played baseball.  It was a great day.  I am so thankful for all the cute buddies Hayden has made at preschool.

Our Saturday in iPhone pictures

Saturday we took the kids to the Fort Worth Stock show and Rodeo and I didn't take my big Canon camera.  Are you shocked?  Never fear...my iPhone was there!  I am so happy about the amazing pictures the iPhone takes.

We were very very sad when we arrived and the Rodeo was sold out, but we made the best of it.  I had no idea the rodeo would be sold out.  Gary and I were both shocked!

On our way!

The kids loved seeing all the animals.  They had TONS of questions about why people were sleeping in the barns in areas next to their cows.  I asked Layla if she wanted to move to a farm so we could raise and show cattle.  She said, "No thanks!"

Look at sweet Elsie the Borden Cow.  Her horns are super shiny and Elsie is very nice.  She just laid there on her super soft mattress while millions of people pet her head.  Bless her heart...I hope she takes her vitamin C...oh the germs!

It was a cold and windy day...Layla's hair was wild!

Can you tell Hayden was thoroughly enjoying himself?

After walking all through the animal barns we looked at some of the other exhibits. 

The tractors {and the fact that they are ginormous} were a huge hit for both kids!  

We had to play a few silly games.  The kids went fishing and got nasty stuffed animals as prizes.  Hayden was not impressed by the loudness of the midway.  Luckily neither kid asked to ride any of the rides.  I always worry about carnival rides. 

I loved taking pictures of them though.

Cotton Candy is the best treat ever.

This is what happens after a sleepover with family friends on Friday night AND walking around for over 2 hours at the Stock show.  These two munchkins were e.x.h.a.u.s.t.e.d!  Gary and I stayed up way to late playing cards the night before.  I don't know what we were thinking.  I guess not getting to see the Rodeo was a blessing in disguise.   One of us may have had a meltdown right in the middle of the whole thing, and it may not have been a kid!  I am way to old to stay up late.  Saturday night Gary and I were in bed and sound sleep by 9:00pm. Early bedtimes are great especially when we had such a fun day!

Birthday weekend update

Our whole weekend was spent celebrating Gary!

I have always made a big deal about birthdays and I always will!  I think it is very important to celebrate birthdays.  So that is what we did all weekend long.

The weather was amazing on Friday so Gary wanted to grill steaks.  Steaks are always a hit in our house. Gary commented that his weekend was perfect the second he saw the kids dipping their steak into the steak drippings on our serving dish. 

See that juice.  The kids loved it. Oh me oh my.  

Saturday morning started with a dance party in the living room.  The kids have really enjoyed Layla's playlist on her iPod touch.  They love dancing and jumping around like crazy!

Then the kids wanted dad to open his gifts.  The kids got him golf balls and socks.

My parents kept the kids Saturday night so we could have an adult birthday dinner.

My parents have a few new puppies and so Layla was in hog heaven.  She is such a dog lover, just like her Momma!  Daisy went with us too and she played so well with the new puppies!

The kids had a great time.  My parents have a great big backyard and the weather was great!

How cute is this puppy and her sweater?

And this little pumpkin....she is a little sweetie!

Oh!  So many pups.  Daisy loved meeting her new friends!

This is a terrible picture, but I had the best bowl of lobster bisque at Daddy Jack's in downtown Fort Worth.  I love Daddy Jack's so I was thrilled when Gary picked it for his birthday dinner.

I had pecan crusted rainbow trout, veggies and a baked potato. Gary had stuffed shrimp.  It was stuffed with a ritz cracker stuffing. Oh it was oh so good and so rich. We all shared appetizers ... blue crab legs, crab cakes and mussels.  I didn't partake in the mussels, but I heard they were good.   For Gary's birthday dessert we had Key lime pie. 

It was a delicious evening!

We went to dinner with 2 other couples and we laughed the entire time.  I had the best time....I think we all did.  We all ate entirely too much food.  It was a great splurge night and we are so thankful for fun friends.

We met my parents on Sunday for lunch and I was thrilled to see my little loves. They had the best time with their grandparents! 

We all took naps and then we had birthday cake!

Mmmmm! Thanks Netsie for the delicious birthday cake!

We had hopes of playing outside Sunday afternoon, but we were all enjoying just being lazy.  That AND there was a dust storm.  It was so hazy and nasty outside.  The wind blew all day long.  You can't even see the sunshine through all the dust.  Yuck!

I love these three people so much!  I know I say it all the time.

We had a super fun weekend and I am hoping to spend a million more years with Gary so we can celebrate many many more fun birthdays!!