Fort Worth Zoo and Tyler Rose Festival

Nana and Papa came over a few weeks ago to go to the Fort Worth zoo.  The kids had fun.  Caden hadn't been there since he was 12 months old, and Annabelle had never been there. 

Papa, Annabelle, and Caden on the carousel. 

 

Papa, Caden, and Nana in the stagecoach. 

 

They have two baby elephants there.  Both are a little over a year old, and they're so cute.  I had never seen an elephant that young before. 

 

We headed to Tyler for the Rose Festival and Parade.  Bob, Rebecca, Abby, Jack, Hallie, and James were in town, also.  Here are a few pictures of the parade.  I had never been to any of the festivities before.  The parade was fun, but really pretty long.

 

The dresses were pretty amazing.  It was a circus theme, so you can see the orange dress is a lion, the far right is a giraffe.

 

The kids moved down to the front to get a better look at some floats.  The kids thought these Chick-fil-A cows were pretty silly dressed up as princesses and firemen. 

 

Papa, Annabelle, Abby, James, Caden, and Hallie lined up waiting for the next float. 

 

The Rose Queen. 

 

A few of the floats lined up after the parade.  Caden was ready to go and had no interest in pictures at this point. 

 

The lobby at Great Nanny's had old festival dresses out on display.  Here's Annabelle in front of a peacock dress. 

And a dress that looks like Elsa, from Frozen.