The Dallas Trip Was Fun

Randy was in Dallas on Friday for bank business, and he got to drive to Athens and stay with his sister and brother-in-law that night. Gina and Trey have recently moved into a new house and are busy working to make it their own. Randy said it's a great house with a huge backyard and a front porch that overlooks the lake. I think he's a little jealous that they get to live that close to fishing! :) On Saturday, Randy and Trey went to the Busch races. Randy won a contest at work and he got two free tickets to the Bank of America luxury suite at Texas Motor Speedway. They also got VIP access to the pit area. No joke, they tried to take pictures of the cars as they zoomed by and we ended up with a bunch of pictures of empty track. Although this was the first race that either of them had ever watched, they still had a pretty good time!

Mary Jane and I had our Holdiay Happening retreat here in Lubbock on Friday and Saturday until 4pm. But, as soon as we wrapped up our meeting on Saturday, MJ and I were off to Dallas. Of course, I had to get us lost a time or two, both with help of bad directions from my sweet husband and on my own. We took a little detour through Azle. Sorry we didn't stop to see you Eddy and Sheri! You might not have wanted us to though, since we didn't get there until almost 9pm. On Sunday morning while Randy and Trey went to Bass Pro Shop and some Golf superstore, Gina, MJ, and I went to the Junior League of Dallas' Spring Market. It was fun even if we were disappointed in the show. It wasn't anywhere near as decorated or put together as our Holiday Happening is here in Lubbock. The vendor quality definately wasn't what we were expecting from a big show in Dallas. Of course, we talked about how there is so much shopping in the Dallas area anyway, maybe they don't think it's worth their time to go to a market hall. We did find a few that we thought were worth inviting to our show, but not as many as we had hoped for. Don't worry though, for those of you that will be attending Holiday Happening this year, we will have some great merchants to shop!

All in all, it was a fast and furious, but very fun trip!