Thursday, March 26, 2009

The Big D

Last weekend, my brother in law and I did a little switcharoo! He flew up to spend all weekend watching March Madness basketball with Michael, so I flew down and had a weekend with the fam in Dallas!

I had a SUPER early flight on Friday, so I was in Dallas by 8:15am - nice and early! My oldest sister Kristina was already in town with her 3 kiddos so we spent a nice morning just all talking and playing with the kids. Then I went to see my friend Carrie for the afternoon - my best friend from high school! She just had her first baby last month - little Brooke! Oh goodness was she a cutie! It was really nice to catch up with Carrie and see her sweet little girl!

Carrie with baby Brooke


I love her hand in this picture - hehe

Then my parents got in later that day! Saturday, my parents kept all the kids and my sisters and I went for some girl time. We went and got pedicures and then to lunch at this cute super girly place. It was such a nice and relaxing time - and nice to have time just the 3 of us. One lady in the nail place even asked if we were triplets...hehe. (normally, they think my sisters are twins and think I'm some random friend...so I was happy to finally look like i'm part of the group! haha)

My dad turns 60 on Saturday - so we went to a birthday dinner on Saturday night to a place called War & Love in Texas. Yummies! Nothing like a good ol' Texas chicken fried steak! Mmm! We surprised Dad with his gift of an 8 minute drive in a race car at Texas Motor Speedway - one of his items on his "bucket list"! :) Happy Early Birthday Dad!! I LOVE YOU!
Sunday, my flight wasn't until 4:45 - so it was nice to not have to rush off. I tried to pack some warm air to bring back with me, but didn't work out too well. ;)
It was such a great weekend! Thanks fam for such a fun time! I miss yall! As usual, I did an awful job of getting my camera out. I got a few pics of the kiddos though - was able to get everyone except Gabriel...he is getting so big now at 5 1/2!

Luke playing with some toys

Jacob & Grace - Best Cousins Forever

Annie-bell!