Clarendon is the perfect town to celebrate the 4th of July. There were festivities all weekend. We hit as much as we could, in addition to hanging out w/ the Family. The 4th of July has become our favorite holiday!
Check out the weekend events, complete with Chicken roping!
Brothers
The
Popsicle gang
The family hosted a
fantastic BBQ at the Ranch. We even had 3 tarantulas visit us (no picture shared as I couldn't get that close due to major fear of spiders)
Both our favorite Texan Aunties were there as well as Uncle Lewis!
Complete with homemade cobbler
We had a good showing at the hill top BBQ
Billy,
JWG and Uncle Lewis
The BBQ started late, so little Levi was exhausted and begging to go home. We finally caved and set him up in the back of Billy's SUV w/ the iPad... technology to the rescue!
The sunset was gorgeous at the Ranch and by then it was only 80 degrees
Billy took Levi to the Ranch to show him around and look for turtles, so we could compete in the Turtle Races on the 4
th of July (no luck on turtles however, as it's not rained since the previous Fall!)
Felix came as well and lounged about
Enjoying cuddles from his Granddad
Levi learned to fish, but no luck. The catfish weren't hungry :-(
Uncle Jimmy kept baby Felix good company throughout the weekend
We also visited the Clarendon Country Club. It's like no other Country Club....
Pool time at the club
Brothers on 4th of July morning in the bunk house
The famous Clarendon Turtle Races, where kids bring their turtles (after painting their shells so each one is different) to see which one crosses the 4-ways stop first!
There they go! The smaller turtles took top prizes in each age category this year.
The fans
Only in Texas...
Levi checking out the chicken roping contest
Enjoying some more BBQ
The Drive-In was playing Cars 2 and had dressed up all these cars to resemble the movie. Levi was blown away, so we drove by it at least twice a day. Unfortunately we didn't make it to the showing, but are taking Levi this weekend to see the movie. It will be his 1st cinema experience (not counting when
Mumsey and I took him in London and he was 6
wks old).
Felix 2 1/2 months old and Levi 2 1/2 years old
Levi waiting for the candy
Here they come w/ their 3 story floats
It was a bit of a different parade, but they still handed out lollipops so little Levi was a happy boy
I adore the moments when Levi's just hopped out of the bath. He's so clean and snuggly!
Granddaddy hanging out w/ the boys
We took them to the 'Big Train' at Giffith Park, and Felix rode the train too!
Grandmommy introduced Levi to pinwheels. At 1st he wasn't overly impressed, but was soon enough amazed by this simple toy
Hanky joined us too!
Felix LOVED hanging w/ his Grandmommy. He even showed off by sleeping through the night for the very 1st time on her watch (10:30pm to 6:15am!), and he's now sleeping til 7am! Thanks Heather!
We took them to our favorite burger cafe in Los Feliz
We ended the weekend at Hollywood Bowl to see Dolly Parton!
Dolly was absolutely amazing. Not only did she play over 6 different instruments, she told anecdotes about her life in between each song! We had the most yummy picnic and enjoyed every minute of the concert (She did sing "I'll Always Love You" and "9 to 5" in her encore). Thank you Heather and Bob for the special evening!
Jennie and Grace looking at old pictures of Jennie and I from when were were little girls (starting at age 4)
Tonight I taught Levi how to make pizza. He was quite good at rolling the dough and throwing the flour around. :)
The final product
Levi on a high from "poppycorn" and skittles, waiting for the movie to start (note: we were at a 10:30 screening on a Sunday, so the theater was empty)
Half way through the movie, Cars 2 number 1 fan passed out from the all excitement. He did rally in the and caught the last 15 minutes.
Proof!
According to his 8 week check up:
Check out the weekend events, complete with Chicken roping!
Brothers
The Popsicle gang
The family hosted a fantastic BBQ at the Ranch. We even had 3 tarantulas visit us (no picture shared as I couldn't get that close due to major fear of spiders)
Both our favorite Texan Aunties were there as well as Uncle Lewis!
Billy, JWG and Uncle Lewis
The sunset was gorgeous at the Ranch and by then it was only 80 degrees
Billy took Levi to the Ranch to show him around and look for turtles, so we could compete in the Turtle Races on the 4th of July (no luck on turtles however, as it's not rained since the previous Fall!)
Felix came as well and lounged about
Enjoying cuddles from his Granddad
Levi learned to fish, but no luck. The catfish weren't hungry :-(
Uncle Jimmy kept baby Felix good company throughout the weekend
We also visited the Clarendon Country Club. It's like no other Country Club....
Pool time at the club
The famous Clarendon Turtle Races, where kids bring their turtles (after painting their shells so each one is different) to see which one crosses the 4-ways stop first!
Only in Texas...
Levi checking out the chicken roping contest
The Drive-In was playing Cars 2 and had dressed up all these cars to resemble the movie. Levi was blown away, so we drove by it at least twice a day. Unfortunately we didn't make it to the showing, but are taking Levi this weekend to see the movie. It will be his 1st cinema experience (not counting when Mumsey and I took him in London and he was 6 wks old).
