Trip to Texas Part 2

Saturday January 15, 2011

For the weekend we headed out to the Fort Worth area to hang out with Brian's mom's side of the family.  She has 4 sisters and Brian has 8 first cousins (if I counted right...I hope I did).  We went to his cousin Angie's house to mingle and eat yummy BBQ.

Angie's family has a huge backyard with chickens.  Here we are checking them out.

This is Averie (our niece) and I posing with the chicken coop.

Here's the family's dog Snickers.  He's huge!  Brian loves dogs though so he was happy.

Brian got to hold one of the chickens.  I declined.

It was so fun to meet everyone and just to hang out.  I love family gatherings.  We also had some delicious brisket.  SO GOOD!

We left the gathering to go make a couple of other visits.  We stopped by Brian's best friend Josh's home (Josh was the best man at our wedding) so we could say hello to his family.  It was pretty late when we got there so we visited with their kids for a little bit before bedtime and just got to talk to Josh and Joanna for a little bit.  Brian wanted a picture with their dog Winston!

After visiting the Pittman's we drove to Dallas to see my sister and David and to spend the night there.

Sunday January 16, 2011

In the morning Brian got this picture of their dog Bruiser.  Brian was all about the pets on this trip.

We got up and went out to breakfast with Courtney and David.  It was fun to spend time with them even if it was a short visit.

Brian said I was having a good hair day and snapped this picture.

Here's Courtney and I.  Love my sister!

Here's Courtney and David!  Thanks you two for letting us stop by for a short visit.  We loved the accommodations and spending time with you!  You're the best!

After we left Dallas we headed back to Fort Worth to the Stock Yards.  We were headed to Brian's cousin Ryan's Texas Wedding Luncheon.  Ryan and Jessica had gotten married back in November down in Mexico and decided to have a celebration in Texas too.  We were so happy to be able to go and celebrate with them.

The Reception was in a ballroom within the stock yards, which is huge.  They had great food and music and an awesome slide show of their pictures from the wedding.

Here's the Bride and Groom with Brian's Aunt and Uncle.  The good news is that Ryan and Jessica moved to Oceanside so now we can visit more when we head down that way!

We drove back to Waco Sunday evening and our nephew Jackson spent the night.  He loves to play board games and enjoys kicking out rears even more!

We play his favorite Monopoly.  Jackson really is a good wheeler and dealer.  You don't want to mess with him or his plan to rule!

 

We are definitely embarrassed that he beat us again, but he had a good time!  :)

It was such a great weekend spent with family!