The Toth Family

Saturday, May 19

The train ride

By the way, Maddie Grace started standing on her own this week.

We took a train ride to Ft. Worth. The train was built in the 1920s.

Daddy found a stowaway.

How-dee!

At the stockyard, we saw a cattle drive, met real cowboys, and rode a long horn named Big Jake.

She had an exciting day.

Downtown Grapevine

We went to Historic Grapevine, and watched glass blowers make pendant light shades.

Maddie Grace by the train.

The Budweiser Clydesdales were in town for the festival. One stuck his tongue out at us.

Chester was huge! When I stood next to him, the top of my head was even with the top of his back.

We had a great evening with friends at dinner. Marty and Saralu on the dance floor.

Johnny Lee provided entertainment for the evening (he wrote/recorded the song "lookin for love in all the wrong places").

Monday...at the ranch

We went to Southfork Ranch on Monday (from the TV show Dallas). It was interesting to see the house was much smaller than it looked on TV.

Mom in the great room.

The long driveway.

This pony nibbled on Maddie's foot.

We had a great time in Texas, but 8 days is a long time to be away from home with a little one. Maddie Grace loved the pool. She didn't mind the water being cold as much as the rest of us did. It was more work than play for Marty, so we had to make the most out of his breaks.

Family pic at the resort. Maddie had her eye on the fountain.

My 1st Mother's Day was great.

Sunday night, we had dinner in the club at Texas Stadium. We were supposed to eat on the 50 yard line (you can see the tables set up in one of the pics), then Marty was able to throw footballs and kick field goals on the field. They made name plates for the members, and put them up in the Cowboy's locker room. A contestant from American Idol (season 5) sang for us, but I don't remember her name. We also met one of the Cowboy's cheerleaders.