* They arrived on Wed, August 27 around 6pm. We came home, relaxed and ate dinner.
* The next day, we headed to North Dallas and had lunch at this really cool McDonald's off of Monfort and IH635E. It's in the shape of a huge happy meal and inside is the one of the funnest play areas for the kiddos. Plus when you walk in it is so "elegant". I'm being totally serious. I should have taken photos of this one cuz I'd not been to a McDonald's like this before. Ok, that's probably enough about McD. I'm getting hungry. Oh, and yes, their french fries are still the best and probably the least healthiest ever but hey family was visiting and how often do ya get to splurge...lol! After McDonald's we headed down the street to Crate & Barrel to show Dawn the furniture at that store. She's interviewing with Crate & Barrel and may be employed with them soon and working in their furniture department. She liked what she saw and is excited! Finally, we ended our day at the Container Store buying, well, a few containers!
* On Saturday, we all piled in to our minivan and headed to Austin for our good friend, Caleb Little's 4th Birthday party. It was at Chuck E Cheese. Need I say more...the kids had fun while Dawn and I enjoyed the Pizza and salad bar, oh, and cake. Yum... Yes, I was sitting there thinking, "man, how many more miles on the treadmill is this going to cost me?" But, hey, we had family in town and how often do ya get to splurge...(wink)!
* Sunday was a slow day. Poor Spencer had a rough night and woke up with a high fever and made a few trips to the potty during the night. He spent the next 2 days in bed fighting the flu bug. It was a miserable time for him but he handled it like a champ and ended up taking Tamaflu and was better by Monday afternoon. Amazing. His fever broke and he was doing great.
* Monday afternoon we all piled into our minivan and headed over to Chick-fil-a in Grand Prairie to enjoy free chicken strips. They had a promo on Labor Day. If you wore you're favorite sports team clothing item, you received free chicken strips. The strips were great and we saved so much money. Then, we headed to the Parks Mall to visit Build-A-Bear and Roman was blessed for his birthday with a new stuffed dog, named Puppy. All the boys got bears and had so much fun. We quickly came home and they dropped Ethan and I off, and the rest of the gang went to a Texas Ranger game. What a night for all. Parker was featured on the jumbotron for hitting a home run in the kiddie area. They even set the fireworks off. So cool!!
* Tuesday was packing day since they were going to be leaving on Wednesday. But, we didn't let the day go by without doing something, so, we went to the Boy Scouts Museum, and spent the afternoon there. The boys had a great time and when I say boys, that also includes Steve. He's such a kid at heart. Then we headed back to the unique McDonald's off of Montfort & 635 and enjoyed a yummy, unhealthy, fattening, mouthwatering Quarter Pounders & french fries ... yikes! Ok now, how many miles is that going to cost me on the treadmill? I'm definitely not looking to my annual physical next week. We ended our day with haircuts at Cool Cuts 4 Kids. This was Ethan's 1st haircut so it was special. Probably not so for me cuz I wasn't ready to let go of our little boy's baby look. The moment his hair was cut he had become our little man. He looked so handsome.
Their trip had finally come to an end. It was so sad to see them leave the next morning but we all had such a wonderful time. Spencer and Parker even missed their first few days from school to spend time with us in Texas. We will miss them so much and can't wait to see them again soon.
