The Bunch Go West: Days 1-4

Kids in Thurber, TX.

In the tent getting ready to sleep.

In front of the store in Buffalo Gap.

David playing with the owl at the Abilene Zoo.

The big trip is finally here and we are so ready to begin our fun filled west adventure. The first stop on the list is Abilene State Park. One the way into Abilene, our first stop was in Thurber, Tx: population 8. Thurber was the only privately owned, by the Texas Pacific coal Co., town from the early 1900's until 1936. There are some orginal buildings left from the coal town, which also paid its workers in Thurber coupons that were only good at shops in the town, at it's peak the town had over 10,000 people. While in Abilene, we visited Frontier Texas, which is the coolest museum I have ever been to. They had life size interactive holograms of the early settlers. We all had a blast. Next, we toured Buffalo Gap, which is an entire village of original early 1900's buildings. There was a church, farmhouse, courthouse/jail, school house, bank, depot(with original segration signs) and barbershop. It was so neat. The combination of Frontier Texas and Buffalo Gap really brought an understanding to the kids of what life was like for the early settlers. The following day we went to the Abilene Zoo, which while not on par with Ft. worth and Dallas, was also great. This was the kids favorite thing we did while in Abilene. So far, tent camping is fine. The take down and set up is the biggest pain, but once evrything is set up, it is quite enjoyable. The kids have had many experiences and encountered many animals we would not have seen if we weren't camping. We 'll see how fond I am of it by day 10. Next, we are off to Caprock Canyon!

An exhibit at Frontier Texas

In front of an antique car at Buffalo Gap

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The Bunch Have A Hard Week

This was actually part of T's present. He had been begging D to do it.😂 It only stayed around a short while. After throwing such a fun and memorable birthday party for T at the lake with his basketball buddies, we have decided to part ways with the basketball organization. I cannot get past that evil man being anywhere near us or people I care about. I did make sure to give everyone a fair warning about the evil man and they can now hopefully make an informed decision about their level of involvement with him. I don't think T's too bothered by it. He didn't want to play this year anyways, but I had originally really wanted him to be around his friends. I am not sure what we will do instead, but I know he is happy to NOT have to run. He hates running. I am basically just feeling completely defeated. I trust no one and have a complete LACK of faith in police officers and lawyers. I know my husband is a good officer, but that's about it and the count is on until June

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The Bunch ready to head to church to celebrate Easter. We had a wonderful Easter. The kids and I dyed eggs together. T made a fairly intricate Guns N Roses logo egg while A and I just enjoyed making pretty eggs. We have discovered that using food coloring makes for way brighter eggs than using the horrible Easter egg dye kits from the store. I participated in the egg hunt with the kids this year. It was so much fun! We laughed so hard as we all ran around trying to beat each other. Afterwards, we had our traditional egg gravy and went to church. We enjoyed a ham dinner and watched HOP. It was a great day. T worked a long time on this egg. It was by far the most intricate egg he has ever done. He did a fantastic job! T actually fell down (you can tell by grass on his knee), but he wasn't going to lose no matter what! We had so much fun and laughter! It was great!! All smiles on our way to church. It was a little early still for A. The week has been pretty good. Better than I though

The Bunch Celebrate Valentine's Day And Grandma's Birthday

Obviously, now that my kids are all pretty much grown Valentine's isn't as big of deal to them. However, in keeping with tradition, not to mention the fact T still wanted out of school for the day, we still had a mini party. I told them that this year I wasn't going to get them any candy, normally I get balloons and special treat for each of them, but this year I just wasn't feeling it so I decided I would buy them all pizza (a treat since I rarely allow pizza) and I had some little Bundt cakes to celebrate with. They all said they were fine with that. L doesn't really do sweets, A doesn't like chocolate, and T doesn't like truffles, but they all like pizza. We took the day off and fortunately didn't have any basketball related stuff. No practice, no games, a rare no basketball day. We watched a movie, played some minute to win it games, and just basically enjoyed a nice low key day. I remember the old days when they were little and we would all make

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