Mini Road trip

This weekend we took a spontaneous road trip to Mineral Wells Texas. We watch a quirky show on PBS titled The Daytripper, and the host takes short day trips that feature small towns in Texas. A while back the show featured Mineral Wells, which is only about an hour from us and we decided that when the weather cooled off we wanted to venture out that way for a day. We were somewhat apprehensive since Miss Mavery does not travel well in the car. But since the holiday season is approaching and we will be doing some traveling, we decided to do a trial run. This is the first time Mavery and Melissa have been out of the city limits since she was born in June. Yikes! Yes, car rides with Mavery are that bad. But we are getting there.

Our first stop on our adventure was the Clark Botanical Gardens. We pretty much had the place all to ourselves and it was gorgeous. The morning air was a bit cool, but we sure enjoyed looking at all the plants and the miniature train set.

After our journey through the botanical gardens we enjoyed some good ole' Dairy Queen.
Mike is pouting because Evie won't share her Dilly Bar.

On our way home we stopped and bought some Crazy Water, which is the mineral water that Mineral Wells is "famous" for.
It was a great road trip and good to be out with the girls on a beautiful fall day.
The rest are some random pics from the past few weeks.

Spending some time in the Bumbo Chair.
Miss Mavery has no interest in learning to sit up on her own, but she LOVES to be on a blanket and roll around everywhere. I think she may crawl before she learns to sit up!
Chillin'

Who says that lime green socks and hot pink sandals don't go together???
Or rain boots and swim suits???

Evie's "Sic 'em Bears" Halloween Costume

Oh Lolly Lolly Pop!