Dallas Texas Trip!

Last week, we headed out for a long weekend in Dallas, Texas! 

We went to school on Wednesday and then headed to ATL around 4 to catch our flight at 9! 

The boys went to a safari show  and the girls went to The Galleria! Talk about some GREAT shopping!!! The mall was amazing!!! 

That night, we had reservations at YO Steakhouse ~ We saw this on TV and were dying to go try it!
It was good ~ but honestly Big D's steaks are better! 

However ~ this deer tenderloin was BEYOND delicious!!! 

After we went to eat, the kids hit the pool! They were SO loud ~ I literally took this picture and went back to the room to read my book!

Friday, MD and I went to The Zodiak to have lunch! It is inside the original Neiman Marcus, so we enjoyed looking around, too! The lunch was a tad "stuffy" but we LOVED it!! It was an experience for sure! :) 

After we ate, we went to the Dallas World Aquarium. Jackson was with Dalton and he got an Uber for him to come meet us at the aquarium. Bless the Uber driver ~ he dropped him off at the wrong enterance and there was a 10 minutre time span where I did not know where he was! He "dropped me a pin" and it showed he was a mile away! Long story short ~ he asked a worker to walk him to the gift shop where we were waiting on him! He never got worried ~ he handled it like a pro! :) 

The aquarium was not too crowded and was laid out very well! We saw some cool things and really enjoyed our time there! 

After we got back to the hotel, we rested for a little while, then Mary Dalton and I went to the CUTEST spa that was on our street for pedicures! 

LOVE spending time with my girl! 

We met back up with the boys and headed to Pecan Lodge ~ A well known, famous Texas BBQ place! The line can be 2-3 hours to get in, but we wanted to try it!! 

Thankfully, we only waited about 30 mins to order ~ by the time we ordered, the line was out the door and down the street!! We knew we would love it when we saw "Big D!" ha! 

It was WELL worth the wait!!! The food was amazing!!! Probably ranks higher than Southern Soul in St Simons, which has been my favorite for years!  

We made it back to the room and started to pack up some ~ we noticed Mary Dalton's suitcase had bit the dust!!! Fear not!! Big D has sewing skills, too!!! 

Saturday morning, we had tickets to go to the 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
WOW!
We could not take pictures on the 6th floor, but this museum was awesome! We all enjoyed it so much! It's a tour with a headset and you learn about JKF from birth to even after his assassination. This was my favorite part of the whole trip...and the BBQ! ;) 

This is the actual flag that was flying in Dallas the day he was killed. 

You can't really see it good, but there are two huge X's on the ground ~ The 1st is where the first shot him, and the second is where he was killed. While we were outside, we started talking to an older black man. He was a child the day it happened and was there! He had pictures from all sorts of magazines, newspapers,etc. where he was photographed in the background. He was SO nice and shared so much information with us! My kids REALLY thought that this was cool! 

Below Jackson is the "Grassy Knoll" where people believe the first shot was fired. 

After our tour, we went to Wild Bill's for some shopping and souvenirs then back to YO Steakhouse for lunch! We grabbed an Uber and headed the airport. We were 3 hours early, so we enjoyed drinks and ice cream while we talked about our fun trip! 

Loaded up and ready to come back to GA!
On the way home, I looked over at MD and couldn't help but cry. We had such a fun trip. They are growing up SOOOO fast and I want to remember every little detail and not miss out on anything! 

It was definitely one of my favorite trips so far!