A Dallas kind of weekend

This past weekend Drew and I ventured down to the Big D to hang out with his Dad.

Originally the plan was to take Mom and Nana down with us. Patrick had gotten Kenney Chesney concert tickets for Mom for Christmas and I was first informed it was this weekend... Great! We will just make a weekend out of it and all go down and have a good ole time! Wrong! The weekends got mixed up and the weekend I had planned everything for ended up being the weekend before the concert. Anyway Drew and I just drove down by ourselves because his Dad had already purchased us some tickets for Saturday night's Rangers game and if you know my Husband at all you know we were not missing that game!

We got into Dallas late Friday night and after what I felt like was a justifiable amount of time chit chatting with the Father-in-law without being rude,  I headed to bed. Saturday I slept in a little bit and woke to the smell of bacon and coffee. Delish! We had a great breakfast together before heading out to the Farmer's Market in Dallas.

Have you ever been to a Farmer's Market? I have always wanted to go but I am not one to wake up early on a Saturday for that type of thing. Luckily Dallas' is open all day. They have the most beautiful flowers there. I mean a TON of gorgeous flowers. I would have brought them all back if I had space. They also have herb plants... I never knew I wanted to grow my own herbs until we got there. At one point I had about 5 in my hand and was picking 5 more up when Drew kindly reminded me how tiny our car is. We decided to look for some here instead.

By the time we got to the Farmer's Market my breakfast was wearing thin and looking at all the amazing fruit and vegetables made me hungry! Drew and I spotted a 'Corn-n-Cup' vendor and we snacked on that while browsing.

I settled on some squash and zuchinni to bring home along with some whole green beans that looked great. Would you believe though when we were leaving Dallas we left them behind. Oh Well Drew's Dad will have some great veggies to eat.

After the Farmer's Market we went home to change into our Ranger's gear and head to the ballpark. We purposely didn't eat lunch so we could feast while there. I love the ballpark food! Drew and his Dad had one of those humongous hot dogs, ok I did have a few bites too. My real favorite though was the garlic fries... sooo good!!! The Ranger's started the night off with a home run and finished with winning the game! They played Boston which was fun to watch since I always go see the Yankees play the Rangers. Now I got to see the Yankees rival!

Drew and I headed home Sunday but not before stopping at Pappadeaux for an amazing meal!

I always have a hard time traveling to DFW because it makes me think of my Dad. All the places we went to together and the many many places we didn't. My thoughts were constanly replaying memories I have of us there and all the good times we had. I don't think there will ever be a day I travel that to DFW and don't think about him.. I hope there isnt!