Denyce's Birthday Week

My 11 year old had a GREAT B*Day Week! Since she was off on Monday and Tuesday, my mom and sister took her and little sister to the Ft. Worth Zoo on Monday. Than Daddy and I surprised her by taking the whole family to the State Fair. On Wednesday {her actual b*day} she celebrated with her class with cupcakes. On Thursday we prepared her favorite dinner and on Friday her tia surprised her by taking her to dinner, more presents, and to watch a movie only they ditched the movies at the last minute and went shopping! (Those two together are T-R-O-U-B-L-E). To top off her week we had a fun roller skating party with all her friends and as soon as we got home my sister surprised her by taking her to her favorite store, Justice. Last but not least Grandma surprised her by getting back into town and we visited most of Sunday! All in All many many blessings! :)

State Fair 2012

Some of this year's highlights at the fair. We all know the costs can add up! Luckly we planned going on Tuesday and with our Dr.Pepper cans got in for only $10 total! We didn't have to pay for the kids and Denyce had a fair ticket. And to make things better we had 120 tickets left over from 2010 that we could still use. Another nice thing about planning our visit was that all rides were only 5 tickets each vs. their usual 8-10 tickets. So we were able to ride double the rides for the same price! :) The weather was perfect! There were no lines at all, and the kids were very well behaved and were all smiles! We took some great pictures and videos to look back on. All the kids got to ride all their favorite rides and enjoy their favorite treats. Jared always gets his turkey leg, I love the corn dogs, Denyce her funnel cake with strawberry and Bri her cotton candy-of course! Once the tickets were all gone, we knew it was time to head back home.

State Fair Tradition

Living only 5 minutes away from the fair growing up, made it a tradition for my sister and I to go as children. I now am glad to be able to share that tradition with my own. This a cute picture college I made of my kid's 1st time at the fair. (Left-Right: Denyce,Bri,Eli)