We had a visitor last week! A life-sized Flat Maddi! Maddi is our niece and her 2nd grade class read the story of Flat Stanley. If you've never heard of him he is super flat and his mom mails him to visit different places in the US to learn new things. We were pretty tickled to have "Flat Maddi" come learn about Fort Worth. As you can see we took her to the Fort Worth Stockyards where she got to ride a horse and watch a cattle drive. (The cowboy pictured above shocked us when we asked if he would take his picture with her. He was really excited because he knew exactly what it was and had taken lots of pictures with Flat Stanleys. It was so sweet of him to humor us.) We hope she had a good time, we sent her back to Boise yesterday.
The historic stockyards was a place where cattle were gathered and then driven up the "Old Chisolm Trail" to the railroads. Its a really fun place to visit as they do a mock cattle drive twice a day and they also have a rodeo and wild west show every weekend.
This is Big Jake. Yes, he is saddled. And yes, Jared decided he wanted to ride him. I couldn't stop laughing. Definitely the highlight of the trip.
Oh, and we finally did get to try those fried pickles. I wasn't a fan...too salty.
3 comments:
well look at you two, and all of your fun adventures!! cool pictures. and look at how long and pretty your hair already is...love it!
Brooke we need to take Jared riding.. looks like he's getting desperate.
Brooke, Thanks for your comment on my blog. I am so glad that you like it!! It really makes it fun to be able to share my recipes or recipes I find with others and have them enjoy them too. I hope you and Jared are doing well and enjoying the South. We sure miss the Mountains but have loved living in the south east!!
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