Mardi Gras!

Now, it may not seem as such, but Tara and I have been very well behaved and needed a fun night out. Fat Tuesday seemed like the perfect opportunity!



To be honest, I don't even know what Fat Tuesday means, but I found out what its like! Wowza!

Best beer ever.

Tara, how did you get all those beads??

How did I get that hat?

How did you get those shirts? These are the guys that Tara plays softball with, the bar handed out these shirts to girls and I'm not sure how they ended up on these guys but I'm sure they look better on them!
Almost time to go home!


It's been super nice out! A shot from our back yard! I heard that it's a blizzard back home...we miss you all but not that!!

Parent Palooza

Chad and Dawn have been planning to come to visit the 19th-22nd of February for sometime now. My parents have had a hard time trying to figure out when they can come and planned their trip about a week before coming. Somehow, they ended up on the SAME flight here! Tara and I were offered the night before our parents came off in exchange for picking up an extra night the next week. So we were ready to go when we went to pick them up at 8AM on Thursday morning. My parents rode with Tara and I, and Dawn and Chad rode with Jana.



Tara looked at my dad since he had never rode with her before, she said, "Randy, I'm a fast driver and although it may not look like I'm going to stop, I will stop." My dad laughed, agreed and I'm pretty sure looked the other way. However, about 30 seconds later we hit a HUGE pot-hole that could ruin the average car's suspension. The car ahead of us hit it and then we did too, sending us all soaring through the roof and LAUGHING hysterically. At least she warned him!

Welcome!! Do you like our signs?

I had wanted to check out the JFK exhibit in Dallas. The Holldorfs went to check otu historic Fort Worth in the Stockyards where they did a cattle herding demonstration. Above I had to take a photo of the touristy look!

We're going in!

This is where Oswald shot Kennedy, the window all the way to the right, second from the top. A great exhibit!

By the time we all met up again, we went for a quick dinner and back to the house for a few night caps :-)

The next day we all went to downtown Grapevine for a little shopping.

...and happy hour :-)

What winter? Lovin the patio!

I think my roommate Tara is pretty funny and entertaining. I think her and Chad together could have their own reality show.

Friday night we went to the Stockyards for dinner and Billy Bobs to watch some two-steppin!

If you're a Meat n' Potatoes type of a person, this is the place for you!

Cowboys everywhere... well and my dad Randy

A great country band and a great familiy weekend!

Dawn and Tara

(Groupies)

Our favorite groupies Danny and Jana

Danny, how did that happen to you, TARA?!

Aw Cute!

Tara, why do you have 3?!

I don't care how old you are, Mom time is the best time!

Danny is Dawn's first cousin. They haven't seen eachother in about two years!

One more family photo...where is Trisha, Nate and Zaiya!? Can't wait to see you soon!
Who needs a disco ball when you have a saddle?

We watched the two-steppin for hours! There was a 7-year old girl who could do circles around me! I was trying to upload the video but it wasn't quite working. I'll try again soon...

The next day I had to drive my parents back to the airport, only to pick them up again because their flight was delayed! But they had to leave :-( I can't wait to see them again in a few weeks! That day, John, Tara, Danny and Chad went golfing (or were in the club house, we're not quite sure!?) We had a big family dinner that night with filet mignon wrapped bacon and a BIG salad! So great! John and I learned how to play euchre with Chad and Tara. It really was a laid back weekend, very relaxing but fun!

John joined the fun!

Heeeey Laadies!

The Katie's

You will all be blown away. I'm going to blog EVERY day for the next 3 days.

First I must apologize to my sister, my mom, my cousin Kelly, Katie Madsen, Grandma Grump and Grandma 8-ball, Dawn.....I'm sorry it has taken me this long to blog!

I need to go back to February 14th, Valentines Day weekend for our first weekend of company. Our friend Katie Madsen came to visit as well my sister, Katie. "The Katies" weekend was a blast...what we did??

We hit up a Mexican Restaurant with plenty of chips, and CORONA!

We did Tequila shots! But only because Jana made us :-)

This is the after photo...look below for the before. We were posing for the first group photo of many and Tara was pushing her beer in Katie's face. Katie, turned around and jokingly opened her mouth for the beer. Tara attempted to pour beer in my sister's (very large..what?) mouth. You can see how successful she was by the big dribble down Kate's neck ;-)

Mid-pour.

On Friday, Katie Madsen came in at about noon. We had worked the night before and I needed a nap. Tara, plugged through like a champ went off 2 hours of sleep, drinking all day with Katie Madsen. So needless to say, when I went to pick up my sister at 10PM we found Tara and Katie Madsen celebrating pretty hard at Papa G's, the neighborhood bar.

It's Saturday night! After a day of shopping, we grabbed a hotel so no one had to drive and hit up the Stockyards (It's like cowboy country with a whole lotta bars). It's Valentines Day! Spread the love!!

Eric met us out, and good thing he did because he taught the ladies how to two-step!!

Katie is in tehmiddle of the photo, she has perfected the dance and has moved onto another partner... Look out Patrick Swayze.

My sister's turn. What a pro!

Katie Madsen, do you need a water break? Beer break?

Overwhelmed by Demullings

Out on a Sunday night... We had another long day of shopping, a HILARIOUS dinner at a favorite restaurant called Snuffers and just a few cocktails to finish off the night. Oh and to keep everything interesting, I took a BIG digger off a high curb on the walk back to the car. My knee is still skinned up!

Thanks ladies for coming to visit!

Come back tomorrow for Parent Palooza!