Labor Day Fun!!!

I know this is way late, but this is kind of like my journal and so I wanted to write about it. Jeff had Labor Day off and we had talked about going to Balmorhea State Park. (it is less than 2 hours away) We never made it out there during the summer and so we thought it would be the perfect day. Until the day came and we noticed that is was overcast. We were nervous about going, but went anyway. If anything we had a nice drive and got to see the "mountains." Or what West Texans call mountains. For those of you who don't know what Balmorhea is let me explain, It's main attraction is a large spring that is home to fish and turtles. (the sign said there were turtles. but we didn't see any.) It is 25 feet deep and is 72-76 degrees all year long. They also have camping available. It is kind of weird to swim with the fish and there is no just hanging out in the water with it being so deep, but it is a lot of fun. Parker had asked if we could go a dozen or so times during the summer and we told him we had a surprise and didn't tell him where we were going. He was stoked when he figured it out. He was funny to watch, he kept trying to catch the fish. He said he wanted to grill them and eat them. He saw some kids feeding them and so next time he has a game plan, he is going to bring food and a fishing pole. With it being overcast I was nervous about Addison in the water, but she loved it!! It did start to warm up later in the day and we had a great time. Next year we want to go back in July when it is warmer. I was just glad that we had a great time, it warmed up and we found the shallow part. It is only 3 feet deep and so Parker was able to play around with out having to swim the whole time. We can't wait to go back next year.