In order to save a bit of cash, we used priceline.com and got our hotel for.... $44 dollars a night!!!!
So a little back story. Thursday night before we left I was having a very bad homesick breakdown. Many things played into this breakdown, but one big thing was we had just played a game of flag football that night and it was 90+ degrees out at 9pm. Needless to say I was less than thrilled because after all it was October out... and fall is my favorite time of the year. I love nothing more than wearing hooded sweatshirts and the smell of cold air, and leaves :) So the story continues...
Friday morning, we got up and ready and left the house IN THE POURING RAIN! Although this was definitely a set back to our "timed" trip nothing seemed to bring us down. Along the way, we stopped at our 1st Buc-ees! I'm not sure how many of you have been there or not, but it's definitely an experience AND they have the best bathrooms hands down! Its probably my new favorite place on road trips! :) Despite the rain, we made it to Arlington in good time and was excited as we got closer to our hotel we found
out that not only were we right across from 6 Flags, but could see the BRAND NEW cowboys stadium along with the Rangers Field from our hotel as well. Awesome! So as we parked out car at the hotel and opened the doors we were SHOCKED to say the least that the temperature had dropped from 90+ degrees the night before to 46 degrees in Dallas!!!! The first words out of my mouth were "God is playing with me!" I definitely got my Indiana Fall Weather... but had not prepared or packed for it! So off to Walmart we went! : ) (the picture here is a view of the park from our floor of the hotel :)Friday was awesome! We spent the remainder of the day at the park riding every big coaster ride they had... NO LINES, "SCORE!" Woke up Saturday got to the Park for the 2nd day, and finished up the little rides we had missed the night before, but left early because it got crowed. Lucky for us, Arlington just built.. A MELTING POT! Nick and I got dressed up and headed out for an Anniversary Dinner. It was amazing... As always!! (and it was my turn to pick the chocolate : )
Excuse the poor quality picture! Our waitress= Not a good photographer. This was her 4th try, and the only one that came in focus!
Even though we had a blast at 6 flags, today was probably the most exciting days. It just so happened that the Texas State Fair was going on in Dallas! Of course we had to go!
After watching a dog show:
(This one is doing a hand stand!)
and seeing "Big TEX":
We saw crowds and crowds of people over by the "Fried Butter" tent
(I'm not kidding here is the picture to prove it!)
Nick and I were so confused and as we got closer we kept hearing people say "Oprah is coming!" I LOVE OPRAH! So of course I made Nick come with me to check it out. As we got closer we stood in the back for this massive crowd, and all of a sudden the policemen were putting gates up right by us and making the people in front of us move out of the way... it all happened so fast but I soon realized I was standing with my knees hitting a crossing barricade. After about 10 mins. of confusion and crowds and police men.. we see low and behold a black SUV pull up.... AND OUT COME OPRAH!!!!!!! walking right down the path that I have FRONT ROW for.
It all was so crazy... She went to the fried butter tent and taped some stuff and then walked right back down the same path, and was talking to the guy RIGHT NEXT TO ME!!!!! I can't believe I didn't shake her hand, or tell her it was our anniversary or SOMETHING! All I did was stand there and try to take a picture.... (In all honesty I feel really bad because I should have just smiled instead of shoving a camera in her face...Oprah and Gayle
I"M SORRY OPRAH!! I didn't mean to be rude... I was just SHOCKED
So, Oprah left, I was all giddy! We walked around the rest of the fair, had a wonderful time holding hands in still high 40's weather... it was just perfect!
The drive home was... long! but so is every drive over an hour for me! Nick swears he'll never forget the DVD player again. I am thankful for cameras and cellphones that can keep me entertained for at least a few minutes at a time.
As we got closer to Houston the rain came again, and Nick and I just smiled. Rained leaving and rained coming home... but never in between.
Overall, God blessed us with a amazing, perfect, Fall Anniversary.
It was wonderful!
It was wonderful!
After we got home and settled back in, it was time for the "tradition." (And yes, Nick packed up our 2 wedding cupcakes from our Freezer in Lafayette, kept them in a cooler on ice for the 4 days it took to drive down to Houston in May, and while only 1 survived the drive, it sure was a whole lot better than I expected it to taste!)
Whoops: Defrosting=Melted Icing
And to end... My Favorite Picture of the weekend!
