Memorial Day Weekend...

Wow! What a way to start off the summer! We had "May Day" with the McGhee side of Tony's family on both Saturday night and Sunday. It was nice to get to see all the cousins from Tulsa but I think both Dotty and Tony were ready for a nap Sunday afternoon.

Then on Monday, Memorial Day, we loaded up two cars full of Nichols! The clan consisted of Howard, Ruth Ann, Lena, Ashley (Lena's Friend), Julie, Payton, Jarrod, Patti, Tony, Dotty, and me. We left Byers at 7:30 am and headed to the Fort Worth Zoo. We wanted to take Dotty to see some real elephants, zebras, lions, giraffes, etc. She loves to watch Madagascar now so we thought she would enjoy the zoo.

We arrived just as the gates opened and stayed almost 2 hours which was plenty of time for Dotty and really everyone. I have never seen so many animals so fast in all my life. It was like we were on the Amazing Race or something! I am sure some people thought we were in some type of competition the way we flew through there but we had a busy day planned.

Of course since then if you ask Dotty what she saw at the zoo she will tell you "cows". I am not sure if she is just not that bright or if she really thinks we went over 2 hours in a car to show her a cow! We could have saved $12 bucks for admission each and $5 on water and just gone to the nearest pasture in Byers!

After the zoo, the entire bunch headed to watch the Rangers play the Yankees (of course with a score of 11 to 1 I am not sure the Rangers actually knew they were playing a game). It was so hot that Dotty and I spent most of the time under the stands in the shade eating a Lemon Chill but with a score like that I don't think we missed much.

Even with the busy day and the hot weather we all had a great time. Dotty was a doll most of the trip and I only had to change her clothes 3 times...mainly due to sweat. Now if I could just have changed clothes too it would have been great!

Hope you all are having a great start to summer! Take care...Jill