The Quest for Pork chops and family time

Over the July 4th weekend we were able to go to Dallas,Texas with Angela's parents to visit her two brothers and their families. Lucky enough, that week the weather was very overcast making it easier to endure the outdoors in a Texas summer. It was still hot mind you, but more bearable. It was very fun to see Travis' kids. They are both young and they had gotten so big since the last time we saw them. Jimmy, who is 2, really enjoyed all the attention he was getting. He called us "nener" and "Elmo." Angela's nickname is Banjo and anytime Jimmy said it it sounded like Elmo, however since everyone kept laughing at it after a while he stopped calling Angela Elmo resorting to just saying "hey" to her.

While we were there we did some "Top Golf." None of were golfers so we had fun attempting to golf together. We also went to Medieval Times. It was a fun show that they put on, and we had an awesome knight that was representing us. He had some sweet moves and the best style/swag, but unfortunately he lost the last match.  We also ate really well. I had the best meat I have ever had. We went to this place called "Perry's." The atmosphere of the whole restaurant was very fun because it was very classy. Like a restaurant you would see people in a 1940's movie attend.  These guys also had a serious pork chop that was AMAZING. My mouth is currently watering just thinking about it. MMM...If there was one close by me I'd be going all the time. It really is that good.

Angela's brother Nate suggested we watch this reality TV show called "The Quest." Now, I am usually not a reality TV person, but this show was great. The reality show is about contestants who are brought into a fantasy land that is under siege by a bad guy, and the contestant have to save the kingdom. So basically, the TV show is for nerds. I will say that it was nice that the show is more wholesome and family friendly than pretty much any other reality competition show. Go watch it. Continue the Quest. Anyways. We started the show at home, and while we were there Nate insisted that we needed to finish it. We totally agreed. So, we enjoyed watching several episodes.

We also enjoyed going to one of Jimmy's favorite spots, the duck pond. I'll admit I was also very excited because I love ducks, and we even got to feed the ducks. I had what Angela calls my duck face on. I love ducks.  I even got to feed some friendly squirrels, and the pond also had lots of fish that thoroughly enjoyed our bread.  It seemed that a few birds were waiting for people like us to lure the fish to the surface because a few birds also ended up with lunch.

Even though we did a lot of fun things, Angela and I agreed that our favorite part was just being around the family. This was especially true because it is going to be a while before we are all together again. We were able to build our relationships with each other, and have some good laughs.  We even took the time to have a great family counsel. We really couldn't think of anything better that we could have been doing on our vacation then just being together. There is something powerful about a family that is united.

Medieval Times!

This is Reed. He doesn't smile in the car, rather just stares into your soul. 

Angela brought a book for Jimmy and they loved reading it!