In Memory

In Memory of Popple: February 1, 1933- July 29, 2012

Our family has lost one of the most precious members of it. Kyndall adored him, and he adored her.

December 31, 2008: The day he nicked named her "The Boss." If you knew him, you knew Kyndall was just that.

Kyndall and Popple on his birthday: February 1, 2009.

 The best seat in the house! Popple's lap.

Christmas 2010.

 One of the last pictures of Popple and Kyndall. He had gotten her some beads, and he had just given them to her.

Popple will forever be loved and in our hearts and minds.

Until we see him again.

Balloon Race!

Almost every year since 1980, our city has held the Great Texas Balloon Race.

Normally, its just a weekend of high flying balloon fun and different games/races for the balloon pilots to compete in during the morning and fun and excitement for the public in the evenings. This year, next year, and 2014, the National balloon race is also being hosted here so that means a full week of flying instead of just the normal 3 days.

I was off one day during the race, so I woke Kyndall up super early that day, and we became balloon hunters! We drove over 20 miles, made 3 stops, and saw lots of balloons. She was super excited.

 One of our stops was a "drop site" for the pilots. They had a target on the ground and they had a flag with their name or balloon number on it. They had to "steer" their balloon as close to the target as possible and drop their flag. Whoever got closest to the center, won. We had balloons right over our heads. They were close enough we could hear the people on board talking!

 On Saturday, we headed out to the airport for the balloon glow. This is where they blow up all the balloons, keep them on the ground, and light them up. They had the typical shaped ones, but they also had some fun shaped ones. You can see Noah's Ark to the right of Kyndall, and the one on the left is a butterfly.

 There was also a guy who took off in/on one. He basically attached a lawn chair and a propane tank to it, and off into the wind he went. Not sure where he landed, but he's braver than I am!

Noah's Ark

The butterfly!

 We ran into Aidan! They are pretty much best buddies.

Just after dusk, all the balloons get blown up and glow. Pictures don't do it justice.

Not sure how next year will go since we'll have a 6 month old, but we do know that we'll take a stroller and a camel back for water!

4th of July

If you have read my blog for awhile, you know that Kyndall's school has an annual 4th of July parade. Kyndall's first parade was when she was just barley 6 months old! It's not a big deal to the community, but for the kids and parents it's pretty fun. 

Kyndall and her friend, Ryker.



We didn't do anything at home this year. We did go see the city fireworks, but once you've seen one picture of them, you've seen 'em all, right?

Final Day- day 5

The last day we were there was a short day. We had to get back on the road to head back home, but we had a couple of things still on our list that we wanted to see and do.

Proof that C and I did actually go on this trip, and it wasn't just Kyndall and Uncle Mikey!

We had somehow made it to the last day, and we had not seen Mickey and Minnie. What's a trip without seeing them?! We waited in line for about 45min to see them, but the look on Kyndall's face made it all worth it.

 We had also heard about the Harmony Barber Shop that will do haircuts. We bit the bullet and got Kyndall her first haircut.

 One last picture before we head home!

We plan on going back in early December 2015, when the baby is 3. We'll plan both of the girls' birthdays down there since we'll go between the two.

Hollywood Studios- day 4

Our last full day was spent at Hollywood Studios. I think it was one of Kyndall's favorite parks.

However, before we headed to the park, we started the day off at breakfast...with a stick horse race. Thanks Uncle Mikey for the lift!

One of the very first things we did, was head over to the Disney Junior area for the show. Little did we know that we'd run into Jake and Handy Manny! She was super excited to meet them!

Watching Sharky and Bones during the Disney Junior show.

With the ONLY Doc McStuffins thing we could find in the whole of Disney World.

I guess it's almost impossible to spend as long as we did at Disney and not get rained on. Pretty sure my parents have a picture like this of our family when my brother and I were little.

Meeting Phineas and Ferb, which she spent about 24 hours asking to see. We got lucky that they were even there since it was raining, but they moved indoors so we got to see them.