The weekend of July 23rd was pretty busy for us! Nate's Dad, Gary, and his girlfriend, Christina, came to visit us from Arkansas. It was really great having them here to see our place and hang out for a few days! They got in Friday night and the first thing we did was take them by a house that we really liked. Nate and I have been casually house hunting for a little while now. Anyway, we found this house in the neighborhood we loved and thought it would be perfect for us. G&C (short for Gary and Christina) said it had great drive-up appeal. After looking at the house, we decided to try this new little pizzeria, called Neo's, with-in walking distance of our apartment. It was actually a pretty decent evening in Dallas (for July), so we took the long way around the block to show them the science museum under construction, House of Blues, and a little bit of West End. Neo's was great and has become a little favorite of ours.
Saturday morning, we shared our regular routine of Einstein Bro's with G&C and then headed off on a short 3 hour drive to Marshall with Yuki and Bella and a plasma TV. This was actually a pretty hard day for me. Nate and I decided that it would be best for Yuki to live with my grandparents because she did not take well to getting a new doggy sister. Plus, the g-parents are home all the time and have a great yard for her to play in. (A little update: I'm pretty sure she has forgotten who I am and is taking to her new surroundings quite well. I hear she gets peanut butter in her dog food, a little oatmeal in the mornings, sun bathes on the brick walkway, and has fallen off the top of the couch which almost gave my grandpa a heart attack. Let's hope she keeps those daring stunts to a minimum!) We also dropped off the TV for them to use in their living room. We had 3 after getting married - do two people seriously need 3 TVs? We didn't think so. We spent all day hanging out in my grandparents backyard eating BBQ, letting Bella swim in the pool, and receiving golf lessons from my grandpa. He has a pretty sweet set-up: a putting green and homemade driving range area. From what I hear you can get lessons for the cheap price of $75 an hour, if you are interested! After the drive back to Dallas, we were pretty pooped, so we had sandwiches and cantaloupe and watermelon from Arkansas. My first time to have yellow watermelon!
Sunday was a leisurely day of shopping at Bass Pro Shop, eating crab legs at Joe's Crab Shack, and watching TV on the couch. Oh wait, we did do one other thing...our realtor called and told us he found a house that we just had to come see, so we did! It is across Walnut Hill from the other house, so still in the area we like. We absolutely fell in love!! G&C got to see both houses and actually witnessed us making an offer on both! How cool is that? I called them the B and the G houses. We knew right away that the G house was the one we wanted to fight to get. It was brand new on the market, the past Friday actually, and we finalized our offer on Monday. After all the excitement of house stuff, G&C made a great dinner for us. It was this omelet sandwich with bell peppers and fruit on the side. YUMMY!!! (Nate and I tried to make it the very next night, but it wasn't as good. Bummer.)
Monday morning we had to say "good-bye," but hopefully we showed them a good enough time that they will want to come visit again really soon! :) (We will get pictures next time, I'm sad to report that I have no pics to post of the weekend.)
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