Dallas World Aquarium

Ever been to the Dallas World Aquarium? It's kind of a cross between an indoor rainforest and a mini-Sea World. We took Presley to visit all the animals there and she loved it!


It is set up to be very natural looking and you could reach out and touch most of the animals. The birds fly around freely up above and the animals just walk around in their little habitats.

There are still plenty of aquariums with fish - Presley really enjoyed seeing all of those. It was much better than our Windows Fish Screensaver and she could stare at that thing forever!

Sitting by the shark tank, pointing to a big one.

This "catfish" was huge! The head was over a foot wide and the body is at least 4 or 5 feet long.

This was the tank with the biggest fish. And you can walk right up to the glass to get face to face with these things. Most of the animals in here are bigger than Presley. She didn't seem to mind.

Jellyfish!

Spying on the stingrays.

Presley loved watching all the animals - big, small, whatever - she was fascinated!

This is one of the birds that fly around in the big enclosure.
Take another good look at that bird. He might be the culprit that helped me to earn my free T-shirt about two minutes into our visit (see below).

Yep. You get a free T-shirt. Totally worth it.

Bluebonnets - Take Two!

Well, I heard of a magnificent field of bluebonnets to go to, so we had to go for round two with the Texas Bluebonnets.

This field was huge! Bluebonnets as far as you could see.


Tiptoe-ing through the bluebonnets, trying not to smush any of them.

Presley was pretty cooperative considering she had already gone through this once.

Happy Mother's Day!

Texas A&M!

We made a quick trip down to Texas A&M (Whoop and Gig'Em!) a couple of weeks ago. It was pouring down rain for pretty much the entire time that we were there, so we didn't get too many pictures.

This is what it looked like for the most part... : )

We did manage to grab a cute shot of little Miss Presley.

Easter Sunday!

We did so much on Easter Sunday and took pictures of everything, it's just easier to describe our day through them.

This is Presley trying on her beautiful Easter dress and bonnet. She was loving it!

Looking out the window before we left for church. So sweet.

Opening up some of her many Easter surprises! Spoiled? Absolutely not.

As always, the packaging received almost as much attention as the gifts! :)

We introduced Presley to the piano on Easter and I think she must be bound to be a concert pianist! She actually played a few notes at a time instead of just banging the keys. She definitely looks like she knows what she's doing!

Then we had an Easter egg hunt at Aunt Martha's house. Scratch that. MASSIVE Easter Egg Hunt at Aunt Martha's house. I think we estimated there were probably over 600 eggs out there. Not all for Presley, but she had her fair share. (And she stole some from other people, too)

When there's this many eggs, sometimes you have to double-fist it.

"I found a good one! I found a good one!!"

Whew! Taking a break from the activities ---after finding all of her eggs, of course!

And then when we got home, there was another basket!

"Look at all the cool stuff I keep getting!"

Sweet Sixteen

We have to take a break from the Easter pictures (we still haven't reached Easter Sunday yet!) and celebrate Presley's 16 month birthday!

And, really, on your sixteenth birthday, what do you want your picture taken with? your car!

We will of course buy her one of these in a few years, but until then it's all Fisher Price. :)

She was also fascinated with her sunglasses today, so we'll throw in a couple of those pics, too.
She put these on all by herself...Can you tell? : ) She was very proud.

Now, unintentionally we have begun to create our own Hollywood Walk of Fame. Presley has stamped our front porch with her handprint, thank you very much.

So you think you're Brad Pitt? ...That don't impress me much.

I've got a blue handprint and purple shades.

And a picture of her with the 16month sign. So when it takes me a year to print off these pictures, I can still know how old she was. :)

Queen of her Castle

Don't let anyone tell me that this granddaughter isn't spoiled! : )
There are some things that just won't fit in your Easter basket. Like, for instance, a huge wooden castle built by her Grandpa with help from her Grandma and Uncle Matt.
Wow!

This thing has vaulted ceilings, bay windows, a second story, a lookout perch with a telescope, a rock climbing wall, swings, a glider, sandbox, picnic table, super fun bumpy slide, climbing bars... The list goes on and on!

And Presley enjoyed exploring every bit of it!


A picture of the Queen and the castle builder. Thanks Grandpa!

The slide was probably her favorite, although she did pretty well on the rock climbing wall, too! I was impressed! I am sure she will learn lots of things that she can apply to climbing furniture and cabinets.... : )

But the slide was the favorite. She would climb up it and then slide down. The bumps on the slide are a fun feature, too.

Sure, it's out of focus, but when you're going SO FAST you don't have time to stop and smile for the camera!

Sliding head over heels in her Easter dress! I wish you could see her face...

Group shot with Presley, her castle, and Grandpa & Grandma.

Thanks for the Super Awesome Castle!!!