Birthday Weekend

This past weekend, Tim and I celebrated our Birthdays in Dallas, TX with our little one, Laura. For Tim's Christmas present, I had bought tickets for the NHRA Race. Tim has been wanting to go since we got here, so I thought it would be something fun for all of us to do. Unfortunately, I think Laura was too little to enjoy being at the races. She did not get in to it at all. At the beginning, she was ok as you can see in the picture above, but the mood quickly changed once the Top Fuel cars started to race. Even though Laura wore protective head phones on her ears, it was too much for her. Every time the cars would start their burnout, Laura would just cry. I ended up getting her down from the stands and she and I walked around to all of the vendors and to some of the little "shops". We ended up getting her another stuffed animal, like she doesn't have enough, and that seemed to work for a while. Then it got so hot and once again the tears started because all she wanted to do was leave. Needless to say, we weren't there for the whole day but Tim did get to see some of his favorite cars.

We also got to see Ashley Force Hood, as well as her dad, 14-time NHRA Funny Car National Champion, John Force. That was the highlight of my trip. If you don't know them for drag racing, you may know them from their reality show "Driving Force". It's one we never missed an episode of.













After leaving the track, we ended up having a relaxing afternoon and headed home Sunday after having lunch with one of Tim's old bosses, Sam and his wife Fran. If you're ever in Dallas, you must go to Babe's Chicken. We go every time we're there and it's well worth it.

Overall, we had a good time and if nothing else... next time we know Laura will not be happy at the drag strip.

Grandparents Visit

Well, as I mentioned yesterday our home is like a revolving door of visitors. This week, my parents are in town to spend time with Ms. Priss Pot. Of course any time the grandparents are here, Laura can do no wrong. She gets away with a bunch and in turn, next week will be oh so pleasant for Tim and I. That's what grandparents are for though, isn't it?

We were able to take a little road trip this past weekend to Dallas. It was a lot of fun for the girls but I'm not so sure about the guys. We ate at this restaurant called Babe's Chicken and it was soooooo delicious. If you're ever in the Dallas area, I would highly recommend it. Our waitress Nicole ended up serenading us to Loretta Lynn's "Cole Miners Daughter" and I have to say, she was quite good. She's needs to be in Nashville instead of Dallas. From lunch we headed to the Southfork Ranch where Dallas, the TV show was filmed (photo above). The house is much smaller than you would expect, but it was very pretty. It made you feel as though you were living the high life. The next day, we visited the site where President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot. It was a surreal moment standing on the X in the road on Elm Street which signified the exact place of his untimely death.

It's been so nice having them here this week to spend time with Laura before she goes to Kindergarten. I can't believe it's already that time for her to to start school. Time surely does fly.