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The Bunch Head Camping........Again


Obviously we took this BEFORE the 5 hour monsoon hit.

We just got back from Tyler State Park. It is a really nice park. While we were in Tyler we also visited the famous municipal rose garden. It was really beautiful. The kids favorite part of the park was that in the middle of the lake there is a dock. The water was quite chilly, but we still swam, along with about 100 of our favorite college students. Just kidding... they weren't our friends. In fact we had waited until Monday to go swimming at the dock because we wanted there to be less people. We arrived at the dock on Monday afternoon and to our delight we the only ones there. About 30 minutes later, two college kids showed up. They were just throwing a football... no big deal. However, apparently they were just the early birds because about 30 minutes after they showed up car loads and car loads of kids showed up and eventually we decided to come back they next day. I heard them mentioning they planned to that every Monday this summer so consider yourself warned if you plan on going to Tyler State Park on Mondays. We went on about 5 miles worth of hiking, but the trails were very flat and nothing for the kids to worry about compared to the six mile hike in the canyons at Palo Duro.

Yep...my kids can walk on water.
Roly Poly's give live birth apparently in your hands.

Before a 2.5 mile hike

Gee, wonder how he is going to land?

Entrance to the Tyler Rose Garden. It smells wonderful!


    We have a Roku and if you do not have one, they are so cool. It's like cable, but without the bill. I refuse to pay for TV. It's not like I should be watching it anyways. I do have a netflix subscription and a gymbox subscription, but that's only like $18 a month together. I exercise a lot and am most definitely not out of shape, but if you want someone to make you  realize how out of shape you are then take an advanced Pilate's class from a crazy almost 7 month pregnant instructor for an hour. How can she do more abs than I can? I literally think I might be dying. How can you finger tips hurt? Maybe this means if I keep it up I will really fabulous shape.....either that or never be able to stand up without moaning again!

It has only been 4 weeks since we started summer break and the kids are already starting fight and drive me crazy....school might start back soon......well as soon as buy all the curriculum anyway!

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