Girls Weekend in DFW

I have the best friends in the world.  They all took time away from their busy lives and families to come and see me.  They booked it a couple of months ago and I had been counting down the days ever since.

I asked my new coworkers where all we should visit.  DFW is obviously a massive area and I had no clue where to take them.  I was probably more excited than they were because I was finally able to see some fun areas!

We ate at a local taco place that is quick and amazing.  Then we headed to West 7th street in Ft Worth.  It is near the TCU campus but such a cool area.  

After stopping in a couple of places, it was time to head home.  But we decided to detour and stop at Billy Bobs.  It is Ft. Worth's famous cowboy bar.  It was a Thursday night so not very crowded but it was AMAZING.  These people all 2-step around here.  (my coworkers were SHOCKED I have never 2-stepped before.....like they do this for their first wedding dance, etc)  

It was pretty crazy to see.  Felt like we were in another country.  Super nice gentlemen just there to ask different women to dance.  Like the stage clears after each song and they switch partners.  It was cool.  After the house band left, the dj put on all kinds of line dancing music which was also fun.  Ha

We slept in and then headed to Waco for the day.  

Chip and Jo are business geniuses.  Really.  

It was such a cool place to hang.  Merchandise was expensive of course and Waco itself....I would never live in the Waco city limits, which is why they do a ton of houses in surrounding suburbs.  We did see a few houses nearby that the fixed up which were nice, but neighborhood not so much. 

We got some grub at the bakery and Jo's Mom was there.  She was very vocal and taking pictures.  

They think of everything. 

This was the original store which is now a small warehouse. 

And we came across Harp Design while looking for houses they fixed up. 

We pushed through and decided to go straight to Downtown Dallas since it was supposed to rain Saturday.  Nothing like a good rooftop bar. 

We ALMOST went to NKOTB concert but couldn't get tickets.  

So we decided to ride Lime scooters and enjoy the night.  It was so nice out. 

Saturday morning we had breakfast at our fav spot and then I made them go to Bucees.  Ha.  

Unfortunately, the storm rolled in at the same time we got there.  Im talking heavy duty rain!

We ended up going to the movies which was super fun and relaxing!

We came home and Brody and his confident self wanted to race Lyndsey because of course he told her he was faster than her.....

Even tried a relay race including Mason...

But Lynds won and loser had to jump in the pool.  HAHAHAHa

It was worth it.  =)  He said he would get her next time. 

We had the BEST weekend and I am so thankful for such good friends.  

NRH2O Choir Concert

Mom and Dad got to see one of Brody's baseball games.  

And we even had visitors all the way from Cleveland on a work trip.  

Family pizza night (minus John who was in Chicago for work). 

This past Thursday, Mason and the choir had a competition at NRH2O waterpark.  They got to miss an entire day of school to sing and then play all day.  (which was the #1 reason this child wanted to do it!  Ha)  I think they said there were only a few kids left in third grade at school that day.  

And we had a BLAST.  

The choir concert was amazing.  They have worked all year and sounded so good.  The judge (and parents) was super impressed. 

They gave out a few "Superior" Trophies and the rest #2 trophies.  

They received the highest trophy and were so proud. 

We split up into groups of 4/5 and had all day to play at the park. 

I decided to keep Brody out of school that day and go to the water park with us.  It was one of the summer bucket list items and since the tickets were cheaper and Mason and I were going to be there anyways, we decided to let him go as well. 

And he had a friend going too!

The sun was clearly strong.....

We got in line to ride a few fun rides and Brody would begin to walk up the stairs.....but then take the walk of shame back down.  He wanted so bad to do the big rides but could not make himself do it.

We were able to keep two groups together so all the kiddos in Mason's group of friends could hang together.  Lunch break time.

Heading back down the stairs....

They LOVED this ride.  Brody and I had to wait a good 45 minutes in the blazing sun for them to come down, but they said it was worth it.

 Sarah and I didn't get to ride a couple of rides......haha

 And this guy kept trying....but kept walking back down.  I think he tried five times....

I think Mason would say it was the best school day ever!

Kinder "Garden" Program, A Date Night, and Mother's Day

This will be a long one.  Lotta pictures.

Brody had his Kindergarten music program last week.  Mom and Dad drove in this day and made it just in time for his 2pm show.  (John and I were both working)

Brody had a speaking part and did perfect.  He was so cute up there.  He had to be a dandelion....wear brown pants, a green shirt, and make some type of thing on his head to look like a weed.  He did NOT want to wear any of the flowers I bought.  Refused.  So I bought a white cap and put a few cotton balls with stems to look like dandelions....

Well my friend sent me a picture of the early show and I couldn't believe how elaborate all the costumes were and that the kids agreed to wear it!  

So I flew home from work remembering I had white feathers and doctored up that sucker before the 6pm show!  And since he had seen all the other kids, he agreed. =)

It was just the cutest program!

So cute up there. 

He and his friend bumped into each other and he laughed the whole time. =)

Mom and Dad had lunch with the boys. 

So many of Mason's friends had lunch dates Friday so they pushed the tables together and all sat together. 

Friday night dinner was BBQ.

JB and the boys sent me these beautiful flowers Saturday for Mother's Day. 

Mom and Dad watched the boys while John and I went out on the town.  

Since my friends are coming in town soon and I have no clue where anything is, we checked out downtown Dallas and Uptown.  We def felt a little less cool than the other people here....ha

We ended up grabbing Ramen and it was AMAZING.  Seriously.  So good. 

The boys gave me fun Mother's Day goodies they made at school.

From Mason:

From Brody:

And they both made me bookmarks!

We decided to go to Grapevine's Main Street for Mother's Day.  It was a GORGEOUS day outside. 

So we took lots of pictures. 

Sweetest boys in the world. 

So happy they were in town so we could celebrate together!

We had the best seafood for lunch. 

Crawfish is all the kid ever wants.  

And of course ice cream. 

Grapevine really is the coolest little town. 

We got home and noticed some people were at the pool.  We told the boys we would take them down there but the water would be cold.  They didn't care.  

But it really was ice cold!

SUPER fun weekend in the books!