Sundance Square Christmas

Happy New Year! I took some time off from blogging to focus on wrapping up 2015 edits and spending time with family. Now, I'm back in my routine and I have a ton of photos to share. I won't bombard you in one post, I'll speared them out throughout this week. I'll start with a Christmas outing at Sundance Square. Before Christmas, we spent an afternoon at the square. The streets were all decked out for Christmas. Originally, we planned on visiting Santa. The line was soooo long, so we decided to ditch that plan. Instead, we walked around, walked through the new to me grocery store, went on a carriage ride and ate at Cantina Laredo.



The face Dakota made when we told her we weren't going to go on a carriage ride.

She was persuasive! This is the face she made, when we gave in and went on a carriage ride.




Dec. 2014 we took our family pictures at the square.

Family Portraits at Sundance Square

Photo credit Brant Smith Photography

A Night Out. Sundance Square. And a Morning at the Trailhead.

A little night on the town, Saturday Night....
Trey and I explored Sundance Square. This was our fist time out there, since the city added the canopies and fountains. We loved it, even though it was a little rainy, windy and cold.
We had dinner at Cowtown Diner. The food was delicious!

This morning, my neighbor/wonderful run buddy --  Amy picked me up and we went to the Clearfork Trailhead. Every Saturday, they offer free outdoor exercise classes. We got there an hour early, so we went for a run, right off the Trinity. We ran four miles and then did the boot camp class. It was so much fun and the weather was around 59 degrees!!!!
Here's a photo, from when the girls and I went -- last year.

We're Kind-of-a-Big-Deal

Not! 

Linda and I sang karaoke at Hyenas Comedy Night Club

It must have been when I was stepping on stage and grabbing the mic, I thought....How in the world did I get talked into doing this? One name: LINDA!

Okay, it was kind of an inside joke all weekend that Steve would sing karaoke to Linda, since it was their five year wedding anniversary. Which is quite funny, considering he said, "I would rather die than sing karaoke." Since he didn't want to sing, Linda and I sang a duet, in which she dedicated to him. How sweet.

I hope you enjoy this horrible rendition of Mariah Carey's Dreamlover. My favorite part is the beginning of the song when we try to hit a high note. Terrible, but so awesome and liberating. I highly recommend karaoke. Next time, I will be more prepared. Perhaps, I will choreograph a little dance, so it'll be more entertaining.

By the way, you can hear Trey in the background booing. Way to be supportive, honey. :)

I guess the real comedy that night was not the comedians, but our 
poor attempt to sing. It was still fun and I would do it again.

Stars Under the Stars

This past week, has been so much fun. Linda and I have been all over DFW - shopping, eating, cooking, and laughing - alot. A few days ago, we watched a movie under the stars at Sundance Square - downtown Ft. Worth.

Linda and I parked our blanket and pillows right in front. It was so cool watching a movie in the heart of COWTOWN.


We watched Where the Wild Things Are 

Pool Experience and Date Night

Yesterday, we went for a swim, over at Chip and Amanda's.

It took Cheyenne a while to get use to the water, but after a few minutes she started to get excited.

Her swim trunks were a little big, but they did the job. Amanda's son, Jacob, had a pack leftover from last summer.

While we were swimming, Trey and Chip walked over to the Colonial to watch the PGA Tour golf event. It was a great day to be out in the sun. We all put on a nice coat of sun block.

Other than swimming, Trey and I had a nice date Saturday evening. I made all the arrangements. I lined up the babysitter, made reservations for dinner and entertainment; all Trey had to do was show up. We had dinner downtown at Ferre Ristorante e Bar, a Tuscan restaurant and from there we walked to Hyena's, a comedy club. Other than this club, I've been to one comedy place in LA, but this was Trey's first comedy club experience. It was nice planning this date and I hope we don't wait too long before planning another one.

Our neighbors, who are expecting their first baby, watched Cheyenne for us. Thank goodness they didn't have any problems with her. We rarely have issues during bedtime, but you never know . I proposed to our neighbors, when they have their baby and want to go out, we can watch their baby for them. We have a group of Seminary friends who do the same thing and it's seem to work for them...that way we don't have to pay for a babysitter, we'll just take turns watching each others kids. Our neighbors like that idea and I like the connivence of them being so close.

I'm Still in My PJs

I got in late last night and luckily my work schedule worked out to where I don't have to go in today. So, instead of working, I'm at home eating a late breakfast.

This weekend was fun. We had family from Midland stay at the house Friday and Saturday. Yep, Aunt Jari and Uncle John stayed at Anderson Hotel. Saturday evening we had a chance to spend some time with them at the Movie Tavern. We watched Step Brothers. I'm glad we had a chance to go, because Trey and I had been talking about going for weeks.

Well, Sunday we spent the day hanging out with Clint and Sarah. They moved here from Louisiana and had a friend in town visiting. They didn't know where to take her since they aren't that familiar with the area, so Trey and I sort of became their tour guides.

We ended up going to the Stockyards and Sundance Square.

This was Sarah's wonderful idea.
Sarah, Melody, and Me
Gotta pose with the Cowboy statue
Ride it Cowboy


Sundance Square in downtown Ft.Worth

Wall mural

Main Street Arts Festival

Friday, Trey and I met up with Cortnee in downtown Ft Worth for Main Street Arts Festival.

Food, people, entertainment, and art....