We had a great weekend with Suz. She got in on Friday and we started the fun with lunch at Rosa's and a swim at Keller Pointe - Lucy just loves that place and had so much fun. We got home late and made pilaf, because I'm pretty sure that's the whole reason Suz came to visit anyway.
On Saturday morning we all piled in the car for a short drive up to Justin to hunt for western wear and the like. I had no idea there were so many stores with the same name. It was incredibly confusing! Suz did, however, get her boots and even Baby Tex came away with something cute! We stopped on the way home to chat with some cowboys smoking beef on the side of the road. After some pictures and a couple sandwiches, we headed home to get ready for a night out at the Stockyards.
Having no idea just how crazy the Stockyards are on Saturday night, the five of us wandered the shops and fought our way to Cattlemen's for steak - Suz was thrilled that she could order her steak still mooing, and the girls were thrilled to have chocolate cake in the middle of dinner. Anything to keep them quiet...
Sunday was fantastic - full of wild animals and feed pellets. We drove out to Fossil Rim Wildlife Center so Suz could feed the animals. It was super fun, but it turns out ram saliva gives Suz hives. Curious, I know...We came home to lay around in the sunshine and grill kabobs; nothing but perfect!
Suz had to go home on Monday, which blew. Let's be honest - Suz is awesome. To console ourselves, the gals and I made a trip to the grocery store to prepare for Valentine's Day! We hatched a plan to make an angel food cake for Andrew, which is actually something I've never done. It worked, by golly!
Andrew came home a little early bearing all sorts of Valentine's gifts for his sweet valentines. The girls were given a new poster for their room, candy, Teddy bears, play-doh, and a rose for each of them. Lucy was thrilled - she yelled, "this is great! Now I can dance the tango!"
Andrew didn't forget about his big, squishy, gestating valentine, either! Cupid brought me a scrabble game, bath salts, a butter dish and windshield wiper fluid! Fantastic! Considering the pretty baubles I've received thanks to Andrew's latest overseas trips, I decided that a butter dish and a gallon of wiper fluid was outstanding on such a romantic day. (and really, a husband who gets through the night with sticking his hand in a stick of butter whilst looking for a drink is far more likely to be romantic otherwise...) Don't worry folks, Andrew found himself the lucky recipient of some Peeps and a super-sprinkled angel food cake. :-)
All in all, it was a pretty sweet day, surrounded by pretty sweet people. Pics to come soon!
1 comment:
OK, Cattleman's is definitely on my agenda for April/May...don't know how we'll have time, but a mooing steak is gonna fit in there somewhere!
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