Saturday, July 5, 2008

What does Texas, Bhutan, and NASA have in common?

Why they all were displayed on the National Mall for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year http://www.folklife.si.edu/festival/2008/index.html .

This afternoon we schlepped down to the National Mall not for the festival BUT, more importantly because Texas was on display and my parents were hoping for some very much missed Texas BBQ! Once we arrived in the district we realized that it was our lucky day - a FREE parking spot near the National Mall! So my Dad parked (this time without grunting :-), loaded me in the stroller and off we set out for some BBQ. I'm not sure why I was so excited, especially knowing that I wouldn't get a taste of the BBQ. At the very least I would get to smell the famous smell of good ole Texas BBQ. Here are a few shots taken from our adventure today:




Texas, Our Texas! so wonderful so great!




Shiner Bock -Mommy & Daddy's favorite beer


Bhutan's rich and unique architectural


"Mommy, you make me laugh!"



"Dad's hoping that I'll learn to fly a space shuttle one day or at least learn how to operate one of these engines pictured here".

Love,

Emerson

2 comments:

Kelly's Konfections said...

Rita,

You look so beautiful. It's about time you had some pictures in here of you.

If you come to Texas, I promise we can eat all the BBQ you want and wash it down with Shiner Bock.

Miss you!

Aunt Cookie

Melanie said...

Emerson is so cute! I think he looks like Brian. I hope you guys are doing great!