A Drive Around Dallas

So Danny and I like to take drives around Dallas every once in a while to see the different areas and see what we can find. Below are some of the things that we found last week...

The new Cowboy stadium, which is huge and even kinda scary-- it looks like some kind of alien headquarters.

The Rangers stadium, which they recently defeated the Yankees in-- Oh Yeah!! Go Rangers!!!

A beautiful mansion that we hope to someday live in :)

We also had a coupon for two free Pinkberrys!! It was delicious frozen yogurt with any toppings we wanted. Danny got a chocolate blend, and I got a mix of vanilla and mango yogurt with lots of yummy fruit. It was a great and very cheap date.

Texas State Fair

On Wednesday we got to go to the Texas State Fair! We went with a group of Danny's coworkers, which made it a lot of fun. It was set up at the Cotton Bowl which was kinda cool. We walked all around, went to a Bird show, saw some really cool cars and trucks (including the Ford Raptor), saw the famous "Big Tex" statue, tried lots and lots of food, including a ginormous turkey leg, Fletcher' Corny Dog, fried chocolate, fried cheesecake (my favorite of course), fried moon pie, and fried Oreos! Basically-- it was a very Healthy and Wonderful experience ;)

Los Angeles

This last weekend Danny and I took a quick trip to Los Angeles, California. We went with three other Southwest interns, Katie, Ryan, and Preet. We were only there for about a day but we accomplished a lot:

visited the Santa Monica pier and beach

watched the sunset

saw a super creepy imitator of 'the Predator'

tried Thai food for the first time

drove around the Staples Center

walked down Malibu Beach

kissed

played in the water

saw some crazy houses

drove down Hollywood Boulevard

visited the Walk of Fame

Overall, it was a short but very exciting trip!

Happy Birthday Jacob!

Austin, Texas

Our friends, Blakely & Lindsey Cragun, moved to Austin just a couple weeks before we moved to Dallas. So this weekend we decided to drive down to Austin to visit them. We had a lot of fun and got to see a cool view of Austin, walk around the University of Texas football stadium, and eat at Pappasitos (a very delicious Mexican restaurant). Thanks for taking us around and letting us stay with you guys!

Southwest Plane Pull & LUV Classic

Southwest has a very exciting and fun culture, and they are always hosting activities, parties, and different events. Last Thursday they hosted the RedRiver Plane Pull right behind the building Danny works in. It was for the big rivalry football game that was coming up between University of Texas and Oklahoma University. There was a group of about ten fans from each school and they were competing to see who could pull a huge Southwest airplane over a line the fastest. I didn't think that they would even be able to move the plane at all but the University of Texas won with a time of 30 seconds. It was crazy! There were people from tv and radio stations, music, cheerleaders, mascots, free ice cream, free Monster drinks, and a bunch of cool raffle prizes being given away.

The day after the Plane Pull, Southwest put on their 25th annual LUV Classic & party, which is a huge golf fundraiser that they put on to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House. Danny volunteered to help and signed me up with him. We were on hole #14 and watched the golf balls fly by to see if anyone could get a hole-in-one and win a huge prize. However, not even one person got a hole-in-one!

Dominic's Birthday #2

Danny and I were able to fly to Houston for our nephew, Dominic's 2nd Birthday. It was so much fun and Dom is just getting cuter. We had lots of fun at the parks, taking walks, opening presents, eating desserts, and just hanging out! Thanks for letting us come and stay with you guys Lexie and Jacob!

You can tell how much he loves to go to the park.

Never happier than when he is with his mom.

Dominic fell in love with this tractor as soon as he ripped the wrapping paper off of it. He would hardly leave a room without it. I took him back in their game room and all the sudden he gets up and runs to the living room and then comes back with his tractor, just as happy as can be and just sits with it on his lap :)

Lexie and I made Dominic a barn and animal birthday cake and cupcakes. It was a very chaotic event but we laughed a lot and I love how it turned out.

You'll have to let us know what you think.

He was cracking me and Lexie up when all of the sudden we realized that he had gotten up on the table to lay and eat his chips and watch tv all at the same time while wearing only a diaper. So cute and funny!

As you can probably tell, I got a little obsessed with taking pictures of him. But I know that my parents and brothers and sisters will appreciate that.