Happy Trails, Big Tex

Tonight for dinner we got to have a fancy dinner.  Mom found some rib eye steaks on sale, so we had that for dinner along w/ Mediterranean salad.  She & Dad spoil us rotten!  I know I say this all the time, but I am truly grateful for the fact that we sit down together around the table most nights.  I cherish this time and try to NEVER take it for granted.

After dinner, Autumn asked if she could borrow my camera.  She wanted to take some pictures.  I was all for that, so I handed it over.  I didn’t follow her around like I wanted to, I just let her do her thing w/ out any influence or intervention from me.  I love that she took a picture of something that I would never have thought to take a picture of.  I don’t think I have a picture of the piano or what hangs above it or what pictures on it.  But, Autumn captured that.

The scary bat made a reappearance for Halloween.

She snuck upstairs and got a picture of Aunt Tafta sewing.  I love that the shot isn’t perfect and that what you first see is the big white fan.  I would have framed it so that wasn’t in the shot, but it’s perfect b/c Autumn took it.  I love that she captured a candid moment.  I love that you can see parts of Mom’s craft room and what’s hanging on the walls.

Mom is working on a special surprise for Christmas.  It’s not a hat for Mrs. Potts from Beauty & The Beast like you might think after seeing this picture.  That’s all I can say at this time….

Sweet little Autumn Bottom wanted to watch a movie and she picked Pirates of the Caribbean.  She fell asleep about 2 minutes into the movie.  We turned it off and Jeri, Mom, Tafta & I sat and talked and laughed.  At one point we were laughing so hard I was worried we were going to have “tears running down our legs!”  BA HA HA!!!  Dad & Uncle Kerry went to the football game and Uncle Kerry loved being in that big new stadium.

I had heard about this earlier today, and it was crazy to watch it on the evening news.  Big Tex at the Texas State Fair burned today.  I guess there was an electrical fire that started in his right boot, and he burned to his metal frame in just a few minutes.  All that was left were his hands and sleeves and steel skeleton.  They took him away all covered up w/ this tarp.  It looked like a death shroud.  He was 60 this year.  It was funny all the publicity that Big Tex got.  They even set up a Facebook page where people could leave him condolences and messages.