Grandma and Grandpa's Visit Cont'd

Here are a few more pictures from when Evan's Grandma and Grandpa were visiting from Iowa

Ready to brave the Fair for the next 4 hours??

Evan is facinated with "Dirt Trucks." It was all we could do to contain him in this John Deere section with all the trucks - large and small. He kept escaping around the back of the counter - thankfully the man working was really nice about it.

My favorite Fair picture! What a handsome pair!

Watching Thomas the Train with Grandpa


Silly faces with Grandma

Fun with Fruit at Central Market

The Tricycle

Evan has recently learned how to ride his tricycle and he loves it. We take rides up and down the block multiple times a day as he goes "really fast" on his tricycle. He's gotten the hang of the steering for the most part but we may need to invest in some elbow pads and a helmet. (no head injuries yet but a few scraped up elbows).

Texas State Fair

Tuesday we went to the State Fair as a family. We went last year but Evan was much more into it this year and it was hard to get him to leave. We will be going back on Sunday with Jeff's parents for more fun.

Listening to Big Tex talk and eating a Fletcher's Corny Dog

Evan had been asking for the carousel every day for a week before we went - so it was our first stop, he was so excited.

Riding a whale ride which was really not very fun but they had bubbles so that seemed to be the attraction

Tea Cups with Dad

Looking down from the Skyway

A family self portrait on the Skyway

A view of Downtown Dallas

Evan loves all kinds of tractors and dirt trucks, so he spent quite a bit of time in this area walking around looking at all the trucks and tractors.

Cooking Fun with Dad

Jeff is quite the chef and Evan loves to try to help. Here he is making steaks with Dad - they were great!

Arboretum

We went to the Arboretum after school one day to meet up with our friends Grant and Sarah to let the boys play in the pumkins, in the mist and the frog fountains. No pictures of the latter two as they were a little too busy to stop and take a picture.

Birthday Fun

We celebrated our friend Grant's birthday at a party at Pump It Up. The kids had a blast and played nonstop. It's a great place to take kids where they can run, jump and climb everywhere.

At the bottom of the big slide


Climbing the obstacle course with Grant

Day at the Arboretum

We went to the Arboretum today with our friends Paige and Sophie. Each year for about 5-6 weeks they have a pumpkin patch, pumpkin house and a hay maze. Sophie and Evan had a great time climbing on the pumpkin "hills" and trying to carry many of them as well.

In the hay maze

"Strong Man"

Climbing the pumpkin hill

At the top

Trying to get Sophie and Evan to pose together. They were never looking at the same time.

Our Singing Boy

Evan loves to sing. Today he wanted to sing for the camera - so of course I obliged! He picked the songs.

Jesus Loves Me

A Medely

Row, Row, Row, Your Boat

ABCs. He got distracted at the end so he didn't finish the song but still cute!

"Silly Adam and Eve"

The church "year" just started with the little ones and Evan has moved into the preschool. They get to watch puppets tell stories and sing, Evan comes home every Sunday telling me about the story the puppets told and the songs they sang. They have started in Genesis so Evan has been telling me about Adam and Eve. He comes home with story sheets and some things we can do with him during the week as well. Today I asked him what he learned and he said, "Silly Adam and Eve." I asked him why they were silly and he told me they ate an apple and that God had told them no. Then followed that with, "Silly Adam and Eve" again. Apparently they talked about sin. I will miss these little sayings someday.

Go Cy Go!

Evan cheering for the Cyclones with the game on in the background.

Cyclone shirt, pom pom and stuffed Cy mascot. Startin' him young.