Hico--Day 2

We visited the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco. The kids had fun viewing all of the different animals. Even though it was HOT, the kids were all troopers. The misters helped cool us off, too.

We ate our picnic lunch at the Mayborn Museum on the Baylor campus. Then we set off exploring and discovering cool things throughout the museum. We were fortunate to view their traveling exhibit: Leonardo daVinci Machines in Motion. It was really cool to see all of the machines he came up with and even cooler to get to see how they worked.

Upstairs in the museum, we explored everything from sound, bubbles and water to animals and insects and pioneers. The kids really enjoyed the rooms where they got to dress up in pioneer clothes and outfits from different cultures. The TV station was a big hit, too. We have several budding reporters and meteorologists.



The kids finished their day by cooling off on the trampoline with water.

Our Trip to Hico, Day 1

The kids and I spent the first part of the week visiting Robby's brother's family in Hico. Robby was at Leadership Camp and Randy was in Indonesia, so it was a good time for the moms and cousins to get together.

Our first stop was at the Dr Pepper Museum in Dublin. Besides being the oldest Dr Pepper bottler in the world, Dublin Dr Pepper also has the distinction of being bottled with Imperial Pure Cane Sugar - the original Dr Pepper formula. We each got our own little bottle of Dr Pepper (I hate to admit it, but it was really good). The Pure Cane Sugar makes a huge difference. We then got to see the bottling process and look at quite a bit of Dr Pepper paraphernalia.

The Bows then took us on a journey to a local family's farm. The family makes their own cheese--so this is where the Bows purchase their milk and cheese. You can also buy eggs and some meat here. We even got to stick our head in the cheese room where they age the cheese--not the most pleasant of smells, but interesting.

We then traveled on to the home of a friend who grows lavender--very cool. We ended the day at a surprise party for one of their friends.

Day at the Museum

We are very fortunate to have an outstanding museum right in our own backyard. The Panhandle Plains Historical Museum is located on the campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon. Tryce, T.S. and I spent some time there Friday.

We saw fossils (dinosaurs), cowboy stuff, cars, windmills and more. T.S. says the best part was, "the dinosaurs and all of it."

The museum is very kid friendly as you can see. The boys got to sit on saddles, check out an Indian shelter, put together dinosaur puzzles, and ride a race car.

The first statue is of Charles Goodnight. The second one is some really big cowboy. We had a fun adventure.