Swimming Lessons

Hadley is currenlty taking swimming lessons at TCU. She is doing so great! Actually she is doing so well that sometimes she doesn't want Mommy's help at all. Have I mentioned that she is very independent. Here are a couple of pictures from lessons. The first is getting ready to go to lessons. Then one of her sitting in the little pool at the beginning of lessons. It was really hot that day, (105 to be exact!) so Daddy didn't stay at the lessons long to get many pictures.

Rana's Visit

The Rana's arrived on Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday morning, Ryan and Brent took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese while Anne & I visited the Kimbell Art Museum. When we first moved here, I saw that Kimbell had a great impressionists art collect on loan from the Art Institute of Chicago. I had told Brent that this was a must-see for me. Let me tell you, it was beautiful (and it beat the heck out of a rat in a pizza joint).

It featured paintings by Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec. I'm not a huge art fan, but this was all stuff that I was familiar with from my art appreciation class in college. I'm really glad that I had the chance to see it.

Pictures from the Stockyards

Kids riding on a stage coach

Hadley & Jude on their horses

Hadley, Abby, & Jude on Wyatt Earp's star on the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Walk

A real deal cowboy in the Stockyards!

Visit from Mom, Rhonda, & Taylor

On our way back from Fayetteville, we stayed a couple of nights in Searcy with Jan & Dewey. Misty and the kids came to visit, as did Grannie & Granddaddy. For some reason, I failed to take any pictures but we had a great visit. We got to see the Haigwood clan which was really fun! Hadley seemed to really enjoy herself. On Sunday, Mom, Rhonda, & Taylor followed us back to Texas. We had a wonderful visit. I got to show them around my new hometown. I got to explore some new areas like the Fort Worth Stockyards and the Hulen Mall. Although the mall is just a few blocks away, I hadn't had time to make a visit. We took everyone to Joe T. Garcia's for dinner one night. This place is an institution in Fort Worth. For dinner, the choice is simple, either fajitas or enchiladas. That's it.

Mom & Rhonda stayed through Wednesday. Then the Rana's arrived.

Hadley & Taylor

Sis & I at Joe T.'s

Brent & Mom at Joe T. 's