Daddy's Girl

She always has been. She was when she was little and now maybe even more. She wants to be where he is doing what he's doing. Mostly... unless it's HOT and there's SWEAT involved, then sometimes she will pass. Or ask him to come inside! Love that girl :)

On my parent's lease they have the best little fishing pond. It is almost dry so the fish are so hungry! We can catch perch after perch most of the time with the occasional bass thrown in. Catch and release. Clint baits the hooks. Remi has a ball. My kind of fishing.

The Dallas Aboretum

I think I could have taken LOTS of pictures. Remington was so lovey this day. PLease LORD, never let her stop doing that!

You like my hand in the top left corner? Yeah well we will just crop that right on out! hehe. This was the cutest little cottage. The whole place was amazing. I have never seen so many pumpkins in my life. Of every shape, size, color everything. It is an autumn lovers paradise!

Thank you Father for this wonderful man we get to call husband and Daddy. So glad he got to go with us on our trip. Clint even got to see live horse racing while we were at the concert. We stayed at the Gaylord Texan and WOW was it something. It is like a Vegas hotel. So beautiful.

The Mustangs of Las Colinas

This sculpture is the largest equestrian sculpture in the world. It's pretty cool to see all the detail of each horse up close.

We were trying to save this one from the cold water... but to no avail.

Clint and I had gone here right after we got married for some reason and Remi has always wanted to go after seeing them in the scrapbook.

It took over eight years from the time the sculptor was commissioned to the time they were finished. They are running through a stream set in downtown Dallas on an enormous Texas pink granite slab. Really cool if you are ever in the area.

Lady A!!

Remi's first concert!! We went to Dallas to see Lady Antabellum. Man was it good! We could sing at the top of our lungs and couldn't even hear ourselves, it was great. The pictures of them are pretty blurry because we weren't very close. The walls and jumbo screens were shaking they were so loud! It had been a very long time since I had been to a concert. I remembered I sure do LOVE IT!

This was before they went on right after David Nail opened up for them. He was good, too. After Lady A finished their set the lights all went off and the crowd was goin nuts. We were all chanting "Lady A" and Remi said;" What are they doing?" I told her that sometimes if the audience yells really loud they might come back out and play another song. Then they came back out and sang their new song, "Hello World." Remi turned to me and said;"Mommy! It really worked!" She had a good time and so did I. :)

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more carnival pics

We had "pony" rides. Only it was Sam, our horse, but he kids certainly didn't care. :) This is my nephew, Tennison.

Remi and Maddee Gene enjoying their balloon animals.

Two of my silly brothers posing at the party! Not sure how Jon got talked into being the girl...

Hot dogs, popcorn, chips, cotton candy and caramel apples. That's right, carnival food. Well, yes, JUNK, but man was it tasty!!

Remington sack racing Laramy. Many a kid bit the dust trying to win this! Little did they know, everyone was a winner at this party! Prizes for everybody!

Remington's Carnival

Remington's 6th birthday was a carnival. I have wanted to try this for a couple years and she finally thought it was a good idea! She said after the party it was her " best one yet!" It was a lot of work to plan and took some time, but I had the summer to space things out so it was worth it for sure. She had so nuch fun and so did everyone else. This is the "Andy the Balloon Guy," who drove in from San Angelo. He said he had been looking for a new hat to buy and found one just for this party! Thanks Andy!! You were great!
And to all the friends and family who helped run a booth, THANKS SO MUCH! Remi had a fabulous time. This will be one she remembers a long time.

Jaci playing "Water Gun Blast." Dad was the announcer on this game. He ALWAYS had a line at his booth, Mom said it was due to his "presentation." He sounded like a real "carnie," making the kids all want to play. Too Funny. :)

As always August birthdays are HOT. And today, thank you so much, the wind was blowing AT LEAST 60 MPH! But at least we had shade and popcicles to tide us over until cake time. Remi in her "6" shirt. I wanted her to wear a rainbow tutu, but I settled for this instead. It turned out pretty cute.

Remi with her cake I made. Thank you Aunt Sandra for giving me the "cake making bug!"

More pictures above. I always put them in the wrong order and then it messes up my whole post, so I am just going to do another entry. :0)