The Texas State Fair

So we were able to go the Texas State Fair. It was HUGE!! As the they say, "Everything is bigger in Texas" and they aren't lyin'! We had to have corn dogs which didn't taste as good as the Kern County fair ones. Sad.

 While Jesús was taking Elena through the baby animal tent, I took an angry Patrick outside to cool off and I watched a cowboy show how he ride a horse without reigns. It was very interesting.

 I loved all the pretty planters hanging around and the Texas star.

 Elena chowin down on a corn dog and enjoying he ride in the wagon

 A long horn Bull. They are everywhere.

 A much happier Patrick the pig

 I wanted to take a neat picture with all the kids with this nice set up but that just didn't work

 And Elena never looks at the camera so my kids were a bust too

The Morenos were good sports and all joined Big Tex for a photo as animals

We walked into this cool place with all this homemade stuff and they had all this bees in a beehive (I think) It was pretty neat to see.

 My baked potato which sounded so good to me and was really good and Jesús' turkey leg

 Tearin it up!

 We made it just in time so see a very cool parade

 Patrick wanted a picture with the statue of liberty

 And I wanted him to have a picture with Big Tex. We heard right before the fair closed, someone accidentally lit Big Tex on fire so he is no more. Sad day.

Elena enjoying her Texas Chocolate milk

 Baby Benjamin wondering what the heck is going on

 We found a cool hands on area as we left that let the kids milk a fake cow. Something Patrick had been wanting to do hence the anger from the beginning of the night. 

I'm excited to go back next year and see if they replace Big Tex and find the cinnamon rolls:)

On with the house search

So the first house we liked and put an offer on didn't work out. It needed more work that the owners weren't willing to fix which wouldn't have allowed us to insure it. So moving on. 

The next house we liked was in the neighborhood of some good friends of ours and had a cool walking path and playground just outside the backyard. It was so cool and we though such a nice idea to have such a private park. So we decided to go check it out when we weren't with our realtor. The playground wasn't much but it made for a nice little walk.

The morning after we tried out the park we found out they had already accepted another offer. Boo.

What to do during general conference

I really like to listen to General Conference. I love listening to the talks of Apostles and Prophets living on this earth today that receive modern day revelation for the church in this dispensation. That however is difficult to do with little kids that have the attention spans of gnats. So this year I printed out general conference bingo and other coloring pages and puzzles. They were much more entertained so I could pay attention to the words of Prophet.

Elena's crash

After Elena and I went to Target one day, we had to go get Patrick from school and when I looked back at her she was out. A perfect way to tire her out I guess.

Enjoying our "maybe future" park

(since these are old photos I'm speaking as if it were then)

We are looking at houses to buy. I know its crazy and so exciting. Well we are looking at one right now that we really like and around the corner is a really cool park. So the other night we decided to go there and hang out and see what it would be like if we lived so close to that park. We had a good time. There is a pond with ducks which the kids loved chasing.

 Or just stood there staring at.