Vulture and a Haircut

So we pulled up to the Coles house and as we pulled up I saw this huge bird on their front lawn. It turned out it was a vulture that had picked up a dead rabbit off the road and dropped it into their lawn for a snack. Elena and I just sat and watched it for a while. It was pretty cool.

 So after the vulture flew away, we went inside for Elena's first big haircut. She never lets me brush it anymore so I asked if she wanted to cut it. She said yes! I really didn't want to but I knew it would make things easier on me when I need to do her hair. 

 And the finished product!!!! Isn't she adorable??!!!!

The Great Texas State Fair

So the State fair is a big deal here. They kids are even given a day off of school. Awesome right? So we decided to go and enjoy the day together. It started off cool and then it got warm but not too bad. It was fun. We first stopped off in the food area to get some Corny dogs which are my favorite and well worth waiting in a huge line. 

 The kids also really enjoyed them

 Then we ran into the missionaries and they were asking where the butter sculpture was. Butter sculpture?? I know!!! So we went into the exhibits and checked out all the handmade stuff and search for the butter sculpture.

This Van Gogh was made entirely of buttons. It was pretty awesome.   

 All the lego creations were pretty incredible too. 

 Then we found the butter sculpture. It was huge!!! So much freakin butter!!!

 We wandered around a bit and walked through the exhibit. We were really on a search for cinnamon rolls. 

 We walked through the car building and snacked on some cotton candy.

 Inside the car building were all the superman costumes from Hollywood. It was pretty cool. 

Here is the costume that Dean Cain wore.

 And Christopher Reeves

 And here is the most recent Superman costume used with the costume that Russell Crowe wore.

 We thought it was pretty neat.

 In this huge tree they had cut down, they had carved the whole inside out to be a house. We didn't go inside unfortunately. 

 Patrick had to try on the cowboy hats 

 I had to get a picture of the New Big Tex. The old one burned down last year so they have been working all year on a brand new one. He is a little creepy looking. 

 Then we headed to the farming area which the kids wanted to do last year but we never got a chance to get into. Since we went earlier in the day, we had plenty of time. 

 The kids had to grab a basket and an apron and follow the signs. 

 They had to pick peaches and grab some seeds.

 Then they had to feed the chickens and grab an egg

 Then they had to pant their seeds

 Then they got to ride a little tractor to pick up the animal feed

 Then they got to milk the cows and feed them

 Then after they turned everything back in they got pretend money to buy a snack from the store.

 It was a very cool learning experience for them

 When we realized there were no cinnamon rolls (I know, depressing) then we decided to try the red velvet funnel cake. It looks nasty but it wasn't too bad. I probably won't get it next time though. Just not worth all the calories. Cinnamon rolls are though. 

 Then Jesús decided to go find a turkey let so we sat and watched the roller coasters.

 And Jesús got his turkey leg

 We watched some guys surf on a simulated wave.

 Then I had to get a picture with me and my kiddos.  We had so much fun. Until next year Big Tex!

Bathroom makeover

So we decided to start a huge project on our house. The texture on our walls is awful. Its sticks out so far that Elena gouged her arm on it and was bleeding pretty badly. I have never liked the texture of our walls so we decided that we would start on a small room so we started on the kids bathroom that doesn't have a lot of wall space. We decided to sand down the walls and repaint with paint that is a little more water proof since the flat paint which is all over the house isn't working so well in the bathrooms. We were having some bubbling up on the side of the tub where the steam escaped during showers. 

So first started the sanding. We bought a couple of sanders and got started on the walls and ceilings. 

It created quite the mess. So then the painting started. We bought a huge 5 gallon bucket of paint for all our ceilings without matching it to anything. Stupid. I hated it because it didn't match the trim and I don't feel like painting all the trim in the house, at least not yet. Maybe someday. It was just too white. So we went back to Home Depot and they changed the paint color to match it perfectly for free!! 

 So then we got the walls painted and and everything cleaned up

I really like the finished product but there are a few more things I want to do in there. Change the rugs on the floor and frame the mirrors and add a wire towel shelf behind the toilet.

It was a great room to start on since nobody really sees it. Next up, our bathroom!!