A Day at the Fair

We decided to take Mariana to the fair again this year, we took her a couple of years ago, but she didn't enjoy it much. This year she was old enough to get into it. We of course spent most of our time in the Midway.

Started the day at the Petting Zoo, guess the animals had their fill, because they were eating nothing. Wasted $2 bucks on feed.


Midway


Testing Cars

The Blue Baroness

Jane Dean

Flying high with friends

Bull Riding

Nightshot

Swinger

Shout out to the big man.

I wanted to try the new chicken fried bacon, but only one stand at the whole fair was selling it and the line was too long, maybe next year. After all the Midway fun, we headed over to the car show and checked out the new models. Stayed long enough to see the parade and split, Mariana was so tired she passed out on the way home as did I. Poor Sonia drove.

Galleria

Family playing hookie on Friday at the mall in Dallas

Park

Mariana flying a kite at the park.

Arbuckle Wilderness (Drive-thru Safari)

My family, you can see I have my arm around Sonia here and note the resemblance with our daughter LOL


Bitten by a tiger.



Feeding an Alpaca. This part was cool, but the animals were very aggressive and they slobbered all over the car.

Rhino head.

Jeep safari

A couple of wild animals.

School's in session

Mariana looking cute in her uniform.

Sonia's Family comes for a visit

Jeremy and I took Jose Luis and Eduardo to a Cowboy game, they won BTW.


Silvia with her grandchildren.

Detroit

Here's a picture of a giant tire on the side of the interstate between Chicage and Detroit. Pictures of Clveland to come soon.

July 4

Mariana preparing for her 4th of July Parade at school.

She looks so grown up here.

Wednesday Night Fever

Mariana had a good time at her first dance recital, she especially enjoyed the flowers. I also believe this was a special bonding moment with her friend Sofia, they seem closer now, than before.

Special thanks to all who were able to attend: Dad, Gale, Mom, Jeremy, Jill, and Bailey.

Bike Lesson

For months every time we went to Walmart, we've been having her hop on the bike to see if she is strong enough to pedal, well she finally was! So we bought her her first bike, she really enjoys it, but the pool seems dominate more of her time right now, I suspect she'll ride it more in the fall.