with our kids.
History:
When I started editing six months or so ago, Kristin was one of the first fellow editors to pop in via IM and say hi and welcome me to the team. I have to say that almost immediately…no, immediately, I knew that she was a good sort…good people, as we call them here in Texas. She is a 26-year-old single mom to two amazingly gorgeous, articulate children. She has had, again as we say in Texas, a rather large row to hoe and has hoe-ed that row so successfully, it is inspiring. I will go on record right here and say that I haven’t met that many 26-year-olds who inspire me.
But she does.
At any rate, over the last several months something I have said inspired her to plan a vacation to my fair state. She is staying here in my fair city and doing stuff in Fort Worth and Dallas and Glen Rose and I’ve planned to do some of the fun stuff with her.
My daughter, the Longhorn, said to me over the weekend…uh, I think it is going to be a little awkward when you meet in person, yet, gladly…it wasn’t. When I picked up Kristin and the kids this morning, it was just all HEY, LET’S GO TO THE ZOO!!!
It seems that Kristin is just like a little soul sister…
She apparently felt comfortable enough with me to mock me for GETTING LOST on the way to the Fort Worth Zoo, a place where I have gone damn near every year i’ve ever had an elementary school student. The good news was she got a really good shot of the Fort Worth skyline, however accidentally. I’m not sure if she got a shot of the church-ish type building called “Meet Jesus at the Slab,” where we pulled off the highway to call The Teacher for directions.
We finally did arrive at the zoo and in a word, I’ll just say it was HOT. HOT was the word of the day. But we conquered that mofo and saw dang near everything and the kids had Dippin’ Dots to boot, which, incidentally made the whole day for The Boy.
The high point for me, though, was when Kristin and the kids came over tonight for dinner. I made chicken spaghetti and garlic bread and some bag salad, along with some assorted cheesecake (I did not make) and some tasty watermelon. What can I say…Adrian and Liv didn’t love the chicken spaghetti, but they did like the cheesecake and watermelon…so…SCORE!
One thing is for sure…Rob had a huge time with Adrian and Liv, throwing the football around with Adrian, then hitting some golf balls, and then a fun, fun bike ride. He loved those kids and has since offered to keep them.
And I gotta say…I do, too.
Wednesday, we are going to Fossil Rim and I cannot wait to see those kids, and the Boy’s face when a giraffe sticks it’s 36-inch-long tongue down into our food cups. It is going to be another great day that I will be honored to share with this sweet young mom and her kids.
The Boy is also excited that on Friday, we get to keep Adrian all day while Kristin and Liv go see some marionette show in Dallas of The Little Mermaid…and i gotta think that Adrian will be just as excited to miss it…LOL.
I just have to say that I am honored that this young woman has seen fit to come here and share time with me and mine.
With that said, here are some photos from the day
Little Liv loves the penguins 
We got the kids all together for a shot by the elephant exhibit 
It was a good, great day.
Here’s to new “old” friends and sharing life experiences with them.
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