Star Spangled Adventures

A little tribute to Poppi (Niki's Dad) from our kids. Starring Scott as Poppi (hence his full head of white hair).

We went again this year to Grapevine's Butterfly Flutterby, a celebration of the monarch and little girl heaven. We had a blast again, a...

This year, instead of marching, Greg took Scott to the sidelines and played spectator. Much better for pictures, I must say. Here is the fr...

Sure the parade is fun, but the best part of the flutterbye for us is the butterfly release. Each child gets a monarch in a special envelop...

Addie's favorite part of the whole day was that after the butterflies were released, a lot of them looked for somewhere to land and warm...

Though this was a pretty girly event, Greg and Scott managed to have a fun time as well. Here is Scotty waiting in his spot for the parade ...

An important first for us was achieved last week. We went to the State Fair of Texas! This is the biggest fair in all of the US of course, b...

Nothing like a spin on the carousel! And Addie liked it too! She was nervous about the carousel, so we weren't sure her choice for bump...

A real hit- the bee hive, where Addie got to see the queen bee. She was REALLY excited about that! In the petting zoo area, where the came...

Which did she enjoy more? The play farm, where she got to collect eggs... and drive a tractor? Or the pottery wheel, where she made her own...

For me, a fair trip MUST include a visit to the arts and crafts exhbits. I love to see the quilts especially. This quilt won grand champion...

The Texas State Fair doesn't just do regular fair food, they do it big! The food vendors here have gone to such extremes in the last few...