Brandon's camera fun

Brandon found the digital camera and started taking a bunch of pictures. I'm sure he had a great time with it. Here are a few examples of his work.
Then there's this one that is a fair copy of the Blair Witch Project. He wasn't trying to copy it - he's never seen such things. But, I saw the picture and that's exactly what it reminded me of.


Original from Blair Witch.

Dinosaur Auction

We saw in the paper that Heritage Auction Galleries was giving away free dinosaur teeth to the first 100 kids to show up. We got there about two hours prior to the start of the auction and we looked at the items they were auctioning off. There was a triceratops skull that they expected to fetch about $250,000. There were a few smaller dinosaur fossils as well as pieces of meteroites, and other things.

This is an "Extremely Rare Flying Dinosaur" item that was estimated at $55,000-$65,000. Looks a lot like Nathan's.

The last item is a "Dinosaur Egg Nest" found in the Gobi Desert that was expected to bring in a mere $4,000-$6,000. Nathan & Brandon got their FREE Spinosaurus teeth and we did not bid on any items.

Ft. Worth Zoo

OK - I'm actually posting this almost two months after the event and I'm trying to catch up on everything in between.





Nathan, Brandon, & I went to the Ft. Worth Zoo and met Jennifer, Abby, and Emma there. This was the first outing that Jennifer & I have taken with the kids with no Daddys around. I don't think the kids really even cared if we were there except to make sure they were fed and got to ride the train.

Abby & Nathan took control of the maps. They led us where they wanted to go and looked like little tourists. They were like two peas in a pod.

We fed the parakeets. Nathan loves animals from a distance. He wanted to watch, but he didn't participate. Brandon & Abby were brave enough to take on the task of feeding the birds.


After the zoo, we went to the Cattlepen Maze in the Ft. Worth Stockyards. We had done this with the boys last Spring Break and they really enjoyed it. They wanted to share the experience with their cousins. We completed the maze pretty quickly. I think it took us only 14 minutes. Woo hoo!