Weekend in Big D

This weekend my brother Ross came and spent the weekend with Ryan and I. Friday night we went to the Rangers game. We made it to the top of the 8th inning before it started raining. As soon as I felt a few sprinkles I headed for the covered breezeway by our section. Ryan and Ross decided to wait it out a little bit longer than I did. It started to rain heavier and then they bolted as well as many others. We waited almost 40 minutes and then decided it was just time to leave. Thankfully on our way to the car it was only sprinkling. That made for a very adventurous night!

Saturday we started the day off by going to eat breakfast at one of our favorite places, Breadwinners! They have fabulous food and everything is homemade and made right there in their very own kitchen. Before it was a restaurant the location was an old Victorian style home with many rooms and a large garden/atrium area. Now it is a very cute restaurant! After breakfast we headed to the Dallas World Aquarium. None of us had ever been there before and it was quite impressive. Lots of different sea animals and some zoo animals. I think a few of my favorites were the jaguar, flamingoes, and penguins. After the Aquarium we headed into Oak Cliff to the Bishops Arts District to a store called The Soda Gallery. The man who owns this shop said it was his retirement project. He offers almost every kind of bottled soda known to man. At least 15 different kinds of Root Beer, Grape, Strawberry, Orange, Cream Soda, and many others. We stayed there for a few minutes to drink our soda and then we headed down to the JFK museum. Ross had never been there before and well, let's just say this is one of Ryan's favorite things to do in Dallas and he has been several times. I opted out of this adventure since I have been twice before. When we left the JFK museum we went over to the West Village and walked around the shops for a little while. For dinner we went to Chuy's since Ross has not been there, and it was quite tasty! We also wanted to show Ross one of our favorite spots for dessert so we took him to Yogilicious! Yogilicious is a frozen yogurt store. You walk in grab the size cup you want, and then they have about 10 different flavors of yogurt to choose from. You fill your cup up with whatever flavor and with as much as you want. Next, you proceed to the topping bar. The first topping bar is full of fresh fruit and the second topping bar is full of all kinds of sweets. The best part of this place is they only charge you by the ounce! After dessert we needed to stop by Central Market and get some cheese and a few other things. We finally got home and all laid down to watch "He's Just Not That Into You!" Such a great movie!

We were glad we were able to spend the weekend with Ross since he will be leaving us in a couple of weeks to go to college and then be leaving us for 2 years in January to go on a mission. We love you Ross!!!

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