The Donaho's

Mindy and I took Garrett to the Dallas Arboretum. We went last year and had a great time, so we wanted to visit it again this year, especially with Garrett's fondness of pumpkins. I have a membership now, so if anyone ever wants to join us, let's go! Mindy joined us since she had the day off from work. A picnic is a must at the Arboretum. We had to check out all the little houses in the Texas Village area. Funny Story: Inside this teepee they had some animals hides, so they could stage it like it might have looked when the teepees actually housed Native Americans. Well there was this Australian tourist in there completely disgusted with the animals hides. She told her son "shame, shame" when she spotted the skins. Her son was horrified and pointed to the eyeball "holes" on the fox hides and asked his mom what it was. She told him it was the bullet holes:) Garrett now has my old camera (that took the plunge in a big cup of tea) so he takes pictures, too and s...

Every year we get photos in the photo booth. ~2003~ 2008 ~ Garrett's 1st Fair @ 7 weeks old. 2009 ~ Texas-OU weekend with the Homann's ~2010~

We finally made it to the fair. Animals, good shopping, Big Tex and all that great food! My parents came up this weekend specifically for the Fair since they have heard us talk about it so much over the last few years. Nana and Papa took Garrett on the Swan Boats. They saw lots of turtles. Big Tex! Garrett first hid from him (in his stroller). But he stared at him for a long time. After we got home from the fair, Big Tex is all Garrett talks about. He said "Darrett Big Tex" and he says "Howdy, Partner". Dad left the Fair to join Annette and Marcus for the Rangers play-off game, so Mom, Mindy, Garrett, Zane, Jarrett and myself were left to eat, eat, eat. We tried fried smores, (s bit soggy), fried cookie dough (cold on the inside) and fried butter (our favorite of the day). We visited this exhibit last year and really liked it, so we did it again. This was the hands-on farm just for the kids. Picking an egg... Riding a tractor.... Then we went to the petting z...