Dinos-N-More

A Stroll Through the Woods

There is a small house, and around it a large forrest.

We went for a hike.

We looked for mushrooms.

And we found some.

Clearly, L found the largest.

Decked out for a hike, Lil C has his walking stick and rain boots. It was raining, but the canopy of trees kept the rain from getting to us.

It almost looks as though you might spot a fairy taking a rest here.

Beautiful hillside.

The bench that time forgot.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

We headed to Austria in the summer this year. It's been some time since I have been in this beautiful country in the summer, because we have been heading there for Winter (Christmas and New Year) nearly every other year. But this year Oma was turning 90 and it just seemed fitting to travel over to spend this glorious day with her.

Here is the birthday girl, looking lovely at age 90.

Family and friends came to celebrate with Oma,

Enjoying good food,

Good Wine

And good conversations.

New exhibit at the zoo!

Now I know this blog is called Dino-N-More, but let's just talk about Dragons for a moment. My kids LOVE dragons too. They did not expect however to come face to face with a real one, however, when we went to the zoo last week. The Ft Worth Zoo really impressed me, by not only having one komododragon but two!

Saturday, June 26, 2010

End of School Year Awards

L being presented with his awards for the school year. So proud of him for making honor roll. :)

Field Day 2010

The end of school is always busy with a lot of activities. But the best and my most favorite was always Field Day! L enjoyed his just as much, although the temperature outside was beyond hot, the kids all had fun and stayed hidrated thanks to Big C bringing extra water for them to drink.

Plantation, a home by any other name is just a home.

We visited this lovely plantation home over the weekend. I have been wanting to visit some of the beautiful plantations in East Texas for some time, and this past weekend offered up the opportunity to see this one.

As it looks today

As it looked 100 years ago

The formal dining is set and ready to serve

beautiful china and waterford crystal

The family room used for entertaining

The formal salon right off the front entrance to greet guests

I love the blue refridgerator. I wonder when it went out of fashion for us to have colorful fridges. Seems we only have the white, black or silver options these days. I know my kids can get a fire engine red one from pottery barn, I want one. ;)

More views of the kitchen

I am not sure what a Sweatheart book is, I should go do an internet search to see what this is all about.

So that was our day on the plantation. Hope you enjoyed it through pictures.

Monday, May 24, 2010

New Zoo

Well, it's not new exactly, but it is new to us. We drove to Tyler to spend a day and went to the zoo there. It was fantastic. The layout of the park was very nice with winding paths and beautiful scenic views. The nimals were also much closer to us than they seem to be at the larger zoos we've been to.

L and lil C at the entrance to the zoo.

Some brightly colored birds

Hangin' infront of the flamingos

My guys..C seems to be the only one enjoying himself...haha, L was hot and lil C was more focused on what animals we'd see next.

All smiles!

The look, 'mom, you're such a dork' lol!

lil C wanted to have his picture taken with the turtle swimming by behind him, but couldn't look at the camera long enough for me, he was so focused on all the turtles in that pond.