Time in Tyler

Today we celebrated the first weekday of Spring Break by driving to Tyler, Texas to visit Kara.    We started the day together at Caldwell Zoo.  It was a cold morning, but we braved the temperatures in order to beat the crowds.  Naturally, we were at the front of the line to get into the zoo!

This truck was in the children's play area.  They loaded in like a bunch of hillbillies.

It seems that we always find an unusual animal at the zoo.  This penguin was molting.

I can't remember if this was an anaconda or a boa.  Either way, I am glad we were separated by a layer of glass.

Cheetahs resting.

People resting.

After the zoo, Kara directed us to Jucys for hamburgers.  We learned that the junior burger is plenty of burger for one person.  While you are waiting for your food to cook, try the complimentary beans.  They were very good.  For those familiar with hometown's very own CB's, the hamburger meat was comparable, but the buns were not nearly as greasy.  While we were there we spied another Jucys patron that was eating a large bowl of bacon cheese fries.  Perhaps those will have to be ordered if we make a return trip.  No one in our group was disappointed with their meal. 

I am not sure why my burger was upside-down for this picture.

How do you finish a trip to Tyler?  After a quick trip to the mall to walk off some of our lunch, we had to make one last stop at Andy's Frozen Custard.  We have never ordered anything that disappointed us.  Today's treats were a thin mint concrete (thin mint cookies mixed into vanilla frozen custard) and a concrete almonds concrete (almonds and coconut mixed into vanilla frozen custard).

The Jiggle Butt Run

Yesterday was a big day for the mil10s.  Grams, Aunt K, mrs. mil10, and Auntie M signed up for their first 5K.  Inspired by Denyse, Elizabeth, and Paige, the mil10 girls thought signing up for a 5K would be a fun motivator for exercising.  The Jiggle Butt Run is a 5K run /walk for women and girls.  No men allowed.  The money raised benefited Safe Haven Women's Shelter.

Team Huffin' and Puffin' is now complete

Getting ready to start

mrs. mil10 picked up the team sign that was posted along the route and carried it through the remainder of the race

Cooling down after the race

mrs. mil10s race number

This race number is hopefully the first in a collection of race numbers.  since mr. mil10 was only there to drive and cheer, he is looking forward to a future 5K event as well.  Who knows where it could go from here!

Tech Time

Any time we are all together, there is usually someone using a cell phone.  Today after Thanksgiving lunch Grams gave Modie lessons on sending text messages.

BIG: Easter Lunch

It's an annual Easter tradition to host Easter lunch at the mil10 home. Although as a reader, you cannot fully enjoy the food we ate, here is the Easter 2010 menu. It was a BIG meal for a BIG day.

Coke ham
Modie’s Yukon gold mashed potatoes
Modie’s potato salad
Green beans with sliced potatoes (I think somebody likes potatoes!)
Bush’s baked beans
English peas
Gram’s corn salad
Bread and butter pickles (bought at Atwood’s)
Candied jalapeños

Buttered rolls

Carrot sticks

Deviled eggs

 The deviled eggs looked like chicks. 
I see one winking at you!

For dessert:

DQ ice cream cake

Peach cobbler

Bunny cake (Modie baked; mr. mil10 decorated)

Would you like a blue bunny or a pink bunny?

I think I included everything, but I could have missed something.

I can’t think of a better time to get together than to celebrate our risen Lord! Happy Easter!

Spring Break Adventure: Drive-In Theatre

We have discussed going to a drive-in theater for some time. This week during Spring Break we did just that. mrs. mil10 did the research on the Galaxy Drive-In Theatre in Ennis. Two movies for only six dollars seemed like a good deal. Also, there is miniature golf available if we arrived early enough. Since we were expecting good weather, why not make this a spring break adventure?

Finding the drive-in was not difficult. Actually we arrived early enough for a dinner and ice cream at Braum's. We don't make a habit of frequenting hometown's Braum's location, so we thought we would give this location shot. It was pretty good. As always, miniature golf was a must. Not really for the challenging course or for the elaborate scenery, but for the fun family competition that ensues. This time there was only a nine point difference between the highest score and the lowest score! EK has really picked up his game.

There was nothing fancy here.

First we saw Alice in Wonderland. Although we had seen Alice in 3D on opening weekend, this was a new dimension seeing it at the drive-in. EK, mrs. mil10 and mr. mil10 sat outside in front of the car. Modie and Grams were inside listening over the car radio. I enjoyed seeing Alice the second time because I felt like I could take time to laugh out loud without missing portions of the dialogue.

After an intermission we saw When in Rome. It was a silly movie about finding love. It had gotten much colder so we were all inside for this movie.

Two movies and a long drive make for a late evening! We finally made it home about 1:30 a.m. Guess who slept in the next day?