Some of our Adventures in Fort Worth

We have been trying to keep busy and make the best of our time while we are here in Fort Worth. We found this cute little museum that talked about the history of Fort Worth. It was really tiny and no body was there, not even any staff. After that we went to the Sid Richardson Art Museum that was across the street. The lady at the front desk was so accomodating and sweet!! She had a scavenger hunt prepared for children that visited the museum. The scavenger hunt consisted of a sheet with a small portion of the different paintings throughout the museum. At the end they all got sticker books. The girls have been asking to go there again since. I don't even think they appreciated the art--they just want another sticker book!

 We also visited the Botanical Garden of Fort Worth. We visited a little late in the season to see all the flowering plants, but there was still a lot of beauty to admire. The girls enjoyed looking for bugs. Kelsey even found a catepiller and a stick bug.

Wouldn't this make a great family pic!

In case you have been wondering what we have been doing for school for Kelsey, well she gets to stay home with me!! We have our off days and even weeks!! Mostly the problems that we have are me! It's a lot of work to plan out our days every day! In the picture above we are having our scripture study. We start with this every morning (at least that is the goal). This day we are learning about the Book of Mormon being the keystone of our faith. We were making arches with playdough. Every where we go our girls will pick out all the keystones they see.

 Here are some pictures from our Thanksgiving unit. I can always get my girls motivated to do Mommy School when it involves something crafty.

Making Indian Vests

Our homemade tee-pee cupcakes

We live within walking distance of a Chick-fila and during the month of November you got a free entree if you wore purple on Friday (in honor of TCU). Needless to say, we had Chick-fila every Friday in November. The girls love their chicken nuggets!

 At church Lanaea has a little twin. You seriously can't tell them apart from the back. The other little girl is just 4 months older.

We Move to Fort Worth, Texas

On Halloween of all days we moved to Fort Worth, Texas for Blake to complete his Orthopedic Pediatric Surgery training at Cook Children's Hospital. We will be living here for the next four months in an apartment rented out by the Ortho Department in a nice area 3 miles away. This rotation is new for the program because the pediatric orthopedist is retiring in Lubbock. One resident came here before us and was put up in what was an appartently awful yet furnished apartment so we were the first ones to test out this new apartment. It is nice and I don't have any complaints about the apartment itself other then maybe that it was unfurnished. The attending doctors willingly donated their old furniture and kitchen items for us to use. These items were stored in a storage unit until the day of our move. Blake loaded everything up onto a Uhaul while me and the girls left earlier in the day to arrive before the office closed so we could get keys to our apartment. When Blake arrived I had no idea what to expect when he opened the trailer. Everything is in usable, but very worn condition. We acquired a couch, kitchen table with 6 chairs, a desk, a coffee table, 4 end tables, a full-sized bed, two lamps, two tv's (which don't work by the way), a small entertainment center that is currently being used as storage for our homeschooling supplies, and some kitchen supplies. We had to bring some things from home, but not too much.

  





It's been a new experience living with people above us again. Overall though, those above and around us are very friendly and quiet. We are probably the loud ones. My biggest erk is that I have to go to the laundry mat once a week because we weren't able to acquire a washer and dryer and didn't have a way to get ours back home if we brought it. I'll be EXTRA grateful for my washer and dryer when I get home!

The city is wonderful, with many things to do and some really neat parks. The weather here is so much more mild then Lubbock too, most days needing nothing more then a jacket if that. Across the street is Central Market, which our girls call the grocery store palace because essentially that is what it feels like. I've never seen a grocery store so elaborate as that one. It's totally overpriced though, so I don't do my shopping there. Occassionally though I'll take the girls over to get free samples throughout the store and play at their playground outside their store. Next to the grocery store are a bunch of boutiques and restaurants and World Market. Just South of us is a really nice park that the girls and I walk to often.

Our home in Lubbock currently sits vacant while friends and neighbors keep an eye on it for us. Hopefully it stays quite there!