Back to Texas

On April 22nd we packed up the car and headed back to Texas for another long weekend. The trip was planned around a baby shower for a good friend and sorority sister of mine. It just so happens that she married a friend and fellow TCU baseball teammate of Kevin. We stayed with them the last time we went down to Texas and we were able to stay with them again this time which worked out really well. They are expecting a baby boy this June and we wish them nothing but the best!

Each time we travel to Texas we always try to get back to visit the TCU Campus at least once. Last time we were there during football season and were able to catch a game. This time it was baseball season and we were able to go watch them play Friday night. TCU recently got a brand new baseball stadium which we saw for the first time on this trip. It was such a nice stadium! There was a picnic and grilling area out near right field that you could reserve, a little hill that looked over the first base line that kids would slide down while sitting on flattened cardboard boxes, and another area on the third base line with some more tables you could rent. They also host parties for kids. While we were there a little boy was having a birthday party and during one of the breaks between innings the kids at the party were allowed to run the bases. It was more like a minor league game than a college game. It was really fun to be back on campus and see the new field. Kinley did pretty well sitting through most of the game. She ate some nachos, Dippin Dots ice cream and towards the 5th or 6th inning she was getting a little restless, so Dad let her watch some Phineas and Ferb on his iPod. We ended up leaving around the 8th inning, but only because it was past Kinley's bedtime and we still had an hour drive back to the house. Here are some pics of the new baseball stadium at TCU. Pretty impressive.




Saturday morning we thought we would take Kinley to the Fort Worth Zoo. I was hoping that she would be interested in the animals, but the zoo was set up so that it was too hard for Kinley to see anything while in her stroller. We tried letting Kinley out of her stroller, but then she just wanted to run anywhere and everywhere. Kinley didn't seem to care about the animals one way or another. It didn't turn out how I imagined, but we still had a good time. Unfortunately this is the only picture I got of Kinley at the zoo, and you can't really even tell it was taken at the zoo, but oh well.


Later on that day we took Kinley to the park in the neighborhood where we were staying. She had a blast going down the slides and exploring all the new playground equipment. The weather was so nice while we were in Texas that we tried to spend as much time outside as possible. Kinley loves being outside right now!






We must have worn Kinley out on Saturday because she slept in really late on Sunday. While I was at the baby shower Kinley stayed home and rested with the guys. Sunday was pretty uneventful and then it was back home on Monday so I could get back to work. We always have a great time whenever we travel to Texas. Too bad it is an 8 hour drive or we would go more often.