Fort Worth

Our family absolutely loves stay-cations! Kevin and I have stayed at seven hotels the metroplex, just because we love going to near by cities, and seeing what kind of fun they have going on there. We don't have the hassle of packing for a long trip, or spending time getting to far destinations. We hop in the car, with bags packed and our vacation begins.

Grandma and Grandpa Pack met us for dinner at Joe T. Garcia's, in Fort worth last weekend. Will was refreshed from a nap in the car on the way, and Grandma and Grandpa brought their DVD players one for each child. After dinner we did some exploring in the garden they have set up for wedding parties.

We went to the Fort worth Stockyards that were near by the restaurant, and we had a great time! Authentic cowboys roamed the street, getting ready for the evening rodeo. We stopped in the shops and had some fun trying on western hats.

Of course when we got to the hotel room, Brooke and Will were ecstatic, because like their parents, they like staying in hotels too. The next morning Kevin and Brooke went swimming during Will's nap, and then we got lost trying to find the closest LDS church, for almost an hour. Luckily we found the church right as it started. ( I had a feeling we would get lost, since my GPS battery was dead.) After church we went back to the stockyards to watch the Cattle Drive, and just before we headed home, the kids had a pony ride.

                                                                                   

  Will has two toy horses, that he absolutely loves. One is a stick horse, a gift from Uncle Leonard, and the other riding horse, a gift to Brooke, from Aunt Doreen. He was well aware about riding horses, when Will got on the pony. He is an experienced horse rider from these toys. It was one of the cutest things I have ever seen when Will would not stop giggling hysterically, at the chance of riding a real horse! He was smiling so big, holding onto the saddle, and reaching to touch the horses hair. Every one around us was smiling at the sight of this baby boy being so excited about riding a horse. This week Will has been even more into his toy horses than he was before.