Dallas

On Saturday we spent the day in Dallas. Rich and I went to the temple with an Elder from our ward that is heading out to his mission on Tuesday to Jamaica. While Rich and I were at the temple, the girls spent the morning with Brad and Jeff. Here are some highlights of the day.

This is the girls on the two hour trip to Dallas. They always have fun on long car trips.


Here is Rich trying not laugh as we continue to snap pictures in the car.

In the afternoon we stopped at Grapevine Mills for some serious shopping. The girls were giving orders left and right. I gave my order to stand under the lizard at the Rainforest Cafe. They were embarrassed, but obeyed anyway.

This picture was taken just before I got my 'funk' going on. I was just getting into my groove when the girls freaked out! They were getting a little too demanding for me so when I heard the music start, I started dancing right in the middle of the mall. Next thing I knew, the girls were begging me to stop with things like. "We won't ask for anything else if you will just stop your funk mom!" Well that is all it took!!! I stopped and we had a delightful time at the mall and everyone ended up getting mostly what they wanted and there was no more demands. I Love my funk!! It works every time!!

Rich having a moment in Icing with Megan.

This is Brad with his grandpa Carling's flightsuit. He is jumping around and being crazy.

Here is his best salute. Half Air Force, half Boy Scout.

Michala got her ears pierced while at the mall. She was a little nervous. We had them pierced a year ago and had so much trouble we had to let the holes grow over and start again. She was hesitant, but excited.

Here she is checking out the new holes. Check out the tattoo on the woman who pierced her ears. Made Rich nervous. She had tattoos all over and multiple body piercings in places that are too scary to mention....and we let her pierce Michala's ears. I think she did a great job, considering she had an incredible amount of experience!

Michala was not too sure about this ear....

But in the end she loved her new look!

We went to Bass Pro and the girls fell in love with this boat. They tried to talk Rich into buying it for an hour. They just knew they needed it in their life.

The fish are always fun to watch as well as the ducks and other animals at Bass Pro. It is always a fun place to shop.

Here is some fish Michala is really interested in. Looks a little scary.

Michala loved to golf and we spent a while practicing our putting. Then my camera died and the girls jumped with joy! The rest of the day went undocumented and the girls reminded me every five minutes how much fun it was not to have their picture taken. Maybe I take pictures way too often?!? Anyway, we had such a fun day, Brad and Michala are already planning another adventure in a few weeks. Schlitterbaun anyone....