Kyle was sweet. Kyle tried to be sneaky. Kyle had a little surprise up his sleeve.
The thing about Kyle and surprises though, is that he can't keep them. He planned to take Layne and Char on a little road trip to Chappell Hill for a picnic, to see beautiful bluebonnet fields and to walk around a state park on Saturday. Kyle was too excited to keep it to himself, so he kept giving little hints. By the time we were in the car on Saturday Layne knew the whole plan.
A hour and a half later, we arrive at Chappell Hill and went to a lavender farm to have lunch. It was beautiful. The lavender hadn't fully bloomed yet, but the blue bonnets in the field were darn pertty. There was a perfectly cute, quaint little gazebo to have our lunch, but it was too cute.... and crowded. So we headed over to the trees and had it in the shade. We were even smart enough to bring a blanket to sit on. But not smart enough to bring dog food for the pup. Char got a tad bored during the picnic because we weren't nice enough to let her eat our food {she's not that spoiled, but she may have gotten a piece of pb&j by accident}. We let her off her leash and she went roaming through the blue bonnet field.
please don't mind her new haircut.
we know it's short.
we're more embarrassed than she is.
but she does love it.
i mean, c'mon.
picture perfect dog.
We started driving and... we saw this.
The most beautiful field. Orange and blue {actually, it was orange and purple. Why are bluebonnets called bluebonnets? They are purple}. If we hadn't gotten married already, or if we had a field like this in Oklahoma, or if we lived in Chappell Hill, Texas, we would have gotten married in this field. First, the field is in our wedding colors {totally copying us}. Second, It was just beautiful. Third, I love outdoor weddings. Fourth, it was just beautiful. Layne can already picture our second wedding here.
If Layne was a wedding planner she would make people get married here. In the contract.
Sun was bright for her little eyes.
The main point of the day was actually this next part. Going to Wahington-on-the-Brazos-State-Park. But obviously before we even got to the park we found amazing views. The park was cool, but we can see us taking the trip again just to go back to the lavender farm and the random bluebonnet fields we saw. We pull up and it was packed. I guess the day before Easter this park has a ritual cookout for everybody in Texas {it was that packed}. Kids were everywhere. So we decided to leave the crazy area.
There was a 'Dogs on Leash only' sign and of course we did this:
I'm sorry we're not sorry. She needed to run free for a little. I mean how can you not let her run off her lease when she looks that cute while running. And nobody was around this part of the park.
On our little walk we came upon the Texas Independence Hall where they signed the Declaration of independence from Mexico to create the Republic of Texas. {I guess if we would ave grown up inTexas we would have taken a history field trip here}.
Now, everybody knows we love Char. Obviously by taking her on a day trip instead of just the two of us. And she was exhausted from it as well. She slept the whole way back {and that's saying something because on the drive from Tulsa to Colorado, she didn't sleep once}. But we felt bad that she had to be in the car for a hour and a half, so on the way home we went by the dog park. She perked right on up when she found out.
She's pretty darn amazing at catching the frisbee. But it turned out to be a sad day. She was getting a little hot running around catching the frisbee and right next to us was the pond at the dog park. All the other dogs were running and jumping in it, so we had this smart idea to throw her frisbee in there so she would jump in and cool off. Well we threw the frisbee...
She sat and watched it.
Then it sunk.
To the bottom.
Goodbye her favorite toy. And she knew it too. She was/is depressed.
Any takers on buying her a new rubber dog frisbee will become her new favorite person for 5 minutes.
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