Believe it or not you CAN go ice skating outdoors in Texas. Over Thanksgiving break Alexis and Grant headed to downtown Fort Worth for a newly opened outdoor ice skating rink! Kim and Paul went with since neither are old enough to drive 🙂 While not a large rink it was plenty big enough to skate and the hot chocolate was delicious.
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Happy Halloween 2013
This year for Halloween we returned to TCU to do some trick or treating at the Colby dorm. This has been a Halloween tradition since Paul was a kid and always brings back fond memories. Grant was a the red Power Ranger and cleaned up on the candy as usual. They had all sorts of amusements this year besides just trick or treating, bounce house, cotton candy, face painting, pinatas, and all sort of other carnival type things. It was a blast!
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Alice Carlson Homecoming 2013
We had the opportunity to participate for the first time in the Alice Carlson tradition of Homecoming this year. Every class decorates one of their parent’s cars with a theme and the cars are judged and winners are chosen. Kim volunteered her car and it was decorated as a pig. Sadly it didn’t win but the snacks and music made up for it!
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Summer Vacation 2013
Happy Summer Vacation! This year we stayed at the lake house for most of the summer time and played in the lake. We did visit Schiltterbahn in San Antonio and the Innerspace Caverns on the way back. During our trip Kim had a birthday and we celebrated at Marie Callender’s Mmmmm.
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Happy Easter 2013
This year we had a quiet Easter at Rayford and Ellen’s house. The Easter Bunny did an excellent job of hiding the eggs and Rayford did an excellent job of cooking!
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