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The day after Thanksgiving...
Most people were out at the crack of dawn hitting all the stores for their biggest sales of the season. I hear it's totally worth the savings if you get the items you set out for, but I haven't been convinced enough to give up a couple hours of precious sleep for it....I cherish all the sleep I can get these days! So, instead of going shopping, we slept in and then took the girls on a special little outing to the Fort Worth Stockyards. This is basically a western/cowboy/Jackson-Hole-like town with little shops, a periodic gunfight show, and a few entertaining activities. Now, this place was definitely worth it! We had such a great day, and without spending hardly any money...I love this place!
Tylie and I comparing our arm span to the horn span of a Texas longhorn. Riding a little wooden horse in the shopping area. Hanging out with some cowboys. Ever since this trip, everytime we go out in public and Tylie sees a guy wearing a cowboy hat she shouts out enthusiastically, "I see a cowboy!" Lol...

There were a bunch of guys and gals riding around on horses. All of them were really friendly, and the girls enjoyed petting the horses.

Then we sat down on the curb to await one of the highlights of the little western town---the cattle drive! Every day at the same time they drive a herd of longhorn cattle down the road...very short, but the girls got a kick out of it.

There was also a neat little petting farm. Both of our girls were anything but shy around all the animals....they wanted to pet everything. I think they would have stayed all day if Brent and I had been up to it. But, we had lot of other things to see as well.Sometimes I wish we had one of these little "prisons" in our home! Haha! Oh....I hope this is not in our future...

We also spent a little time in a museum there, but didn't take any pictures. It was a nice little place with some really cool old items. We enjoyed it a lot more than the girls did, I'm sure.

We put the girls down in front of this car that had huge longhorns attached to it. You can't see the horns in this pic, but this was such a cute one of Tylie and Kaelisse.

We got an early jump on the Christmas season when we bumped into Santa Clause! The girls were happy (and Tylie was EXCITED) to sit on his lap and get a candy cane...but they got camera shy and wouldn't smile. Oh well...still priceless.

We really had such a great time. Maybe while we're in Texas we'll make this little day trip a tradition. Anyone want to come along?!?