Texas Bucket List

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Our Texas Bucket List has been a work in progress to compile for a while! I love our state and all the amazing things and historical sites it has to offer! We don't really have a time table for completing these things, but I look forward to sharing them all with our family!

General Texas Items - 

•  Go on the ultimate road trip! Dalhart to Brownsville
• Visit a Ghost Town

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DFW Area:

• Go to the State Fair as a family
• Go to the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo
• See the Cattle Drive
• Attend the North Texas Fair and Rodeo
• Dallas Arboretum
• Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas
  
  

South Texas:

• Fulton Mansion in Rockport
• Port Aransas Sand Fest

East Texas:

• Tyler Rose Festival
• Canton 1st Monday Trade Days
• Kilgore Oil Museum, Brookshire’s Wildlife Museum, The Cliffs in Lindale,
• Brookshire Museum in Tyler 
• Stay at a bed & breakfast in Jefferson - go around a holiday for fun festivities

West Texas:

•  Big Bend National Park
• See the Davis Mountains
• Attend a Star Party at the McDonalds Observatory
• Climb Mt. Cristo Rey (actually into N.M. but you climb up initially from the Texas side)
  
  
  

One of my fav Etsy shops!

Panhandle:

• Go to the Caddilac Ranch at Amarillo
• See the play Texas at Canyon

Central Texas (San Antonio, Austin, Hill Country):

• Float the River
• Visit the Narrows of Lake Travis
• Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve, Austin Tx 
• Eat at the Salt Lick
• Zilker Park
• Barton Springs Pool
• Tour LBJs ranch and home "The Texas White House" (Stonewall, TX)
• Visit the Enchanted Rock
• Jacobs Well, Wimberly TX
• 6th Street, Austin

Do you have a recommendation for our list?? 

We'd love to see & do all the great things Texas has to offer!

State Fair of Texas!

This last Thursday John took off work and we went to the State Fair!

It was Senior Day and just like (almost) every year, my Great Aunt M & Uncle B were at the fair. I remember going to the fair with Aunt M & Uncle B and my grandparents when I was a child, so I loved getting to share this with Coralie!

Aunt M sharing yummy chicken with Coralie!

We were actually able to have my Dad and his cousins Bill & Ruth join us too!

Potato Twister!

It wouldn't be the State Fair without eating some awful for you fried food great Fair Food!

Yum Yum Turkey Leg!

Cora loves Cotton Candy just like her Momma!

                                      (We also consumed a candied apple that I forgot to snap a picture of)

And just for Lauren, we stopped by & saw the Butter Sculptures!

We tried to show Cora some of the animals, but she was much more interested in the ball they had in their pin (so we skipped the petting zoo... we'll try again next year)

And it wouldn't be a visit to the State Fair of Texas without seeing Big Tex!

 Little Miss Coralie was wiped out after about 6 hours of fair going, so we went home earlier than we would have normally. We didn't catch any shows or listen to many music groups but such is the life with a baby.  

And it turns out to be a very good thing we left when we did because less than an hour after we headed out a really intense storm rolled in! There was a tent blown over at the fair, but in other areas of Dallas there were huge trees uprooted and in Fort Worth a whole wall of a building at the Stock Yards was blown down! (more about after leaving the fair later...)

Mommy's sleepy girl!

On an entirely unrelated note we borrowed a friends Ergo carrier for the fair and loved it! I'm not quite ready to drop the $100+ on one but we are going to start watching for one on swap groups etc. I still love my wraps and will keep them but I'm going to sell my cheaper carriers, the Ergo is worth the money.

Weekend Recap - Lubbock!

This past weekend we took Cora for her first trip to Raider Land! 

Miss Cora and me at the Tech v. West Virginia Baseball game!

Anytime we visit Lubbock we of course stay with my Great Aunt M and Uncle B that I lived with through college. They loved having Miss Coralie with them and showing her off during church on Sunday. 

It was also an exciting weekend for other reasons. We got 3 (three!!!!) letters from Joshua at MCRD and my brother Jacob and his girlfriend Stephanie got engaged!! 

I can't wait to welcome this sweet lady into our family & I'm pretty excited about wedding festivities!!

How was your weekend? We loved our trip & I will share more tomorrow for Texas Tuesday, you should join us!

Texas Tuesday: Coyote Drive-In Theater

For our Babymoon Staycation this past summer we went The Coyote Drive-in Theater in Fort Worth. To say we loved it is an understatement. The theater has such a fun atmosphere! 

The theater is just a stones throw from downtown and the skyline is beautiful after dark!

We've been back several times since then. It makes taking a baby/child to the movies a breeze!

The food is pretty good for concession stand food and there's a playground for the kiddos to use!

For several weeks this past winter they had an ice rink for skating, we didn't take advantage as John swears he can't skate and it was brrrr cold, but cool for those who dressed appropriately (ahem, not me!) I'm sure it was fun!

It is one of our go-to favorite date night outtings! We love taking our minivan, popping up the hatchback and laying in the back on blankets and pillows to watch the movie! I can't wait for the weather to get a bit warmer so we can do this again!

If you're in Fort Worth, I highly recommend adding this to your list!

I'm linking up with Amanda & Crystal for Texas Tuesday!