Pumpkin Patches, State Fairs, Carnivals… it’s a wonderful time of year to be enjoying so many fun things, but our most favorite tradition is the East Texas Yamboree in Gilmer. Chris’s hometown has a modest population of about 5,000 people, but they know how to throw a festival! For over 100 years, the Yamboree celebrates…
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Pumpkin Patch 2017
We love going to the pumpkin patch in the fall. The dumb thing about Texas weather is it can still be blazing hot in October. It was not hot today when we went, but it was windy and quite chilly (Texas-level chilly). We love The Big Orange Pumpkin Patch because it’s way out in the…
Morris Ranch 2017
It’s fall break time, which means it’s still 90 degrees, but we’re gonna head out West! My sister, Big (Michelle), and brother-in-law, Rusty, bought a ranch in central Texas about a year ago. Since Viv was teeny when they bought it, we hadn’t made the trip. That didn’t seem to matter, because I ended up…
Mother-Son Dance 2017
Calling all Super Heroes! I LOVE this tradition of going to the Mother-Son Dance in Frisco (even though we live in Prosper). We ha to miss last year because Viv was a tiny baby and nursing>pumping. Every year (or the years that we don’t have infants), we go with the Allen boys and their mom,…
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