I can't believe how fast this summer is going! Maybe that's cuz I'm working full time. Or maybe its cuz we are having so much fun! I apologize for being a slacker on blogging. But here's some happenings from the past month... or two? :)
First off a night at the theatre in Dallas. We went and watched Wicked with Connor, Daniel and Christal Bridge. It was my first time watching Wicked. What a cute and funny play! Although, Phantom of the Opera is still my fav. Daniel and Christal have since moved to Hawaii. We miss you guys!
Next up a visit from Jared's parents and Ariel for the 4th!! We had so much fun while they were here. I really didn't manage too take many pictures. We went to Six Flags twice. Actually, once was enough for me and Sherry...we went shopping instead. I don't like roller coasters but I was forced to go on 2 scary ones. I did ok, but the first ride we went on poor Sherry got sick. After that we stuck to gentler rides.
We also went to the Texas Rangers baseball game. They were playing the White Sox. If you know Jared's family you would know that they are baseball fanatics and die hard Yankees fans. We all got free Rangers caps but Wayne wouldn't even wear his for fear of becoming a traitor to his beloved team:)
For the 4th of July we went to church where I taught my first lesson as the sunday school teacher for the 17 year olds. I'm actually enjoying it quite a bit. Anyways, after church we went to Grapevine Lake and watched some splendid fireworks.
The next day we went to the JFK museum at Daeley Plaza. Wayne is a history buff and loved every minute there. I got quite an eerie feeling as I stood in the spot where stood when he shot JFK. If you are ever in the DFW area I highly recommend checking this place out.
The other days we chilled at the pool and did a little shopping and eating out. If you have a SAM MOON store near you, grab your purse and head on over there! Wow...it's like an accessory warehouse. I walked in and was quite overwhelmed. There are mounds and mounds of super cute purses and the walls are lined with jewelry from the ceiling to the floor. And everything is dirt cheap. And I also recommend eating at CHEDDARS. Its a casual cafe with a delicious variety of food. My favorite is the Monte Cristo. Its a ham, turkey and cheese sandwich deep fried and dusted with powdered sugar and you dip it in raspberry jam. Sounds strange I know but its delish!
I actually wrote all of the above paragraphs a couple of weeks ago but never got around to posting. Ha. So since then we've been enjoying a little more of the Texas flavor. I have recently eaten these southern delicacies (none of which have been very good for my health):
- Fried okra
- Boiled peanuts
- Cornbread dressing
- Candied yams (why not just call them sweet potatoes??)
- Beef brisket tacos YUM
- Blue Bell ice cream (the milk fat in this ice cream is in the 20 something %)
- Pork chops at Cooper's BBQ. This was a really fun place to eat. You order your meat by the pound and they pull it right off the grill and slap it onto some butcher paper and that is all you get for a plate. Need I say this was right up Jare's alley.
- And next I wanna try a fried pickle.
And tonight we are going to Saltgrass Steakhouse for a big juicy Filet Mignon. I'll fill you on this later. :)
We had a visitor last week! A life-sized Flat Maddi! Maddi is our niece and her 2nd grade class read the story of Flat Stanley. If you've never heard of him he is super flat and his mom mails him to visit different places in the US to learn new things. We were pretty tickled to have "Flat Maddi" come learn about Fort Worth. As you can see we took her to the Fort Worth Stockyards where she got to ride a horse and watch a cattle drive. (The cowboy pictured above shocked us when we asked if he would take his picture with her. He was really excited because he knew exactly what it was and had taken lots of pictures with Flat Stanleys. It was so sweet of him to humor us.) We hope she had a good time, we sent her back to Boise yesterday.
The historic stockyards was a place where cattle were gathered and then driven up the "Old Chisolm Trail" to the railroads. Its a really fun place to visit as they do a mock cattle drive twice a day and they also have a rodeo and wild west show every weekend.
This is Big Jake. Yes, he is saddled. And yes, Jared decided he wanted to ride him. I couldn't stop laughing. Definitely the highlight of the trip.
Oh, and we finally did get to try those fried pickles. I wasn't a fan...too salty.
