Texas ~ Part 1

The girls were very happy to finally get to Auntie Karen’s house in Texas.  The first thing they did while running around exploring was grab books and settle down to start reading.  I love how they are both girls who love to read!

Book gettin' comfy on the bed Aunt Karen set up.  Love that smile. :)

Aunt Karen invited Pawpaw and Nana over for dinner the next night (since we got in close to bedtime the first night).  K found the Lincoln Logs and talked Pawpaw into constructing a big cabin with her. :)

Aunt Karen had remembered how much Bug loved bubbles from her previous visits so she had a huge bottle.  The wind was blowing pretty hard so all they had to do was lift the wand out of the bottle and the bubbles would just come flying out.  Boo’s new word that day was, of course, “bub-lel!”

Bug also thought Aunt Karen’s hot pink toes were pretty cute so she got her own painted to match.

So excited!

We went for walks every night as soon as the sun would start to sink.  We had to take water squirters and water bottles b/c it was so hot.  They are having a major drought right now and it was so sad to see all the empty fields where there are usually rows and rows of cotton or maize.

The heat was definitely a little hard to take.  Especially since we have been having such an unusually cool summer in the Northwest.  When we arrived in Texas I saw a sign that said 107.  Quite a difference from the low 70’s we’d been use to!  I thought the girls were going to be beat red in every picture b/c every time I looked at them their little faces were flushed.  We counteracted the heat with a little sprinkler fun…as the sprinkler did double duty to water the kids and the tree at the same time.  They are in water conservation mode down there so we had to make good use of it!

Pawpaw came out two of the other days we were there to kill mesquites with Noni and Aunt Karen.  I was surprised at how quickly the mesquites had taken over since our last visit two years ago! 

After they worked hard they took a break with the girls.  I think this is K’s tough cowboy look. :)

More Texas pictures to come tomorrow!