Labor Day, "Sonic", and Fire Insurance

Today, as I was driving home from the library I noticed smoke in the air. As I drove closer, I realized the smoke was very near my neighborhood.  Then while driving into my neighborhood I passed a police car and a fire chief's truck.  Passing by the streets towards my house I could not see any fire trucks and I was beginning to realize the smoke was above my street (but was nearly gone).  

I pulled into the alleyway to get to our driveway and I saw some neighbors standing at the end of it by the train tracks.  Apparently a tree across the tracks caught on fire and some sparks came over the tracks and caught the deathly dry grass on fire. No houses were damaged but the pictures below were taken from my driveway and the black patches are the burned areas.  I am just saying that fire was a little too close for comfort- I am glad I have fire insurance. 

 The tree in the middle is the one that appears to have caught on fire.  The other side of it is very black- believe me. 

 Really, we are talking a matter of 30 yards or so!

 On to a happier time.  2 Sundays ago Jon and Arabella set up restaurant Sonic on the landing at the top of the stairs.  They made famous eggs and steak and strawberry drinks.

 They carted a good portion of the play food and the toy grill into Arabella's room from the play room so that Sonic could exist.  It was really funny!

 The above pictures were taken today of Arabella twirling! I love that girl!

 So we had planned to take the kids to the Fort Worth Zoo yesterday but when we got there the line to get into the parking area was literally a mile long.  So, we used the GPS and found a place to go miniature golfing and enjoyed the marvelous 85 degree weather! 

 These pictures are simply for your enjoyment of our adorable little Lily.  She is getting so big it seems but I realize she is still only about 8 maybe 9 pounds. She gets a lot of love at our house. 

All dressed up for Sunday!