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Friday - Lunch & Movie

Friday, I took my mom, dad and nephew Bradley to lunch at Red, Hot and Blue in Plano.

Bradley couldn't get over how large the drinks were.
He didn't finish his, I was on my second.

The lunch ended with a free dessert for everyone, because I found a dead cricket underneath my plate when I lifted it up to help clear the table.
The manager did not seem surprised when I brought it to his attention, he just stated
"Haven't you seen the news, crickets have been very bad this year"
YIKES!!!!

Later that afternoon, I took my nephew Bradley to see
The Amazing Spiderman at the AMC Stonebriar.

It was a great movie with lots of action and the audience clapped at the end of the movie.
It's been a while since I've been to a movie that got spontaneous applause!

Pool Fun

Margaritas & Frappacinos

The nigh before everyone arrived we made several batches of margarita mixes.

Here we are in process.

 These are some of the completed mixes, sealed in food saver bags.
Each pint bag makes about 2 margaritas.

Jenny had a special blend :-)

At the end of the week, we went on a Xanthan Gum run...a neccessary ingredient to make creamy frappacinos. Below are the photos of version 1 & 2.

Doug is still perfecting the recipe so the next time everyone visits,
we will have a new treat to try.

Royal Brush - Pottery Painting

Tuesday morning, I took Jill and Makayla to Royal Brush.

The Royal Brush is a charming paint your own pottery studio filled with pieces awaiting your artistic touch.
They have many unique options from which to choose including wine glasses, serving dishes,
ice cream and soup bowls, coffee mugs, candle holders, toys and trinkets

Jill chose a frog bank and Makayla chose a gecko to paint.

Painting Time!

Almost done!

Finished painting - front of the figurines.

 Finished painting - the back of the figurines.

I will go next week and pick up the finished pieces after they have been fired and glazed.

Great Grandparents

This was the first visit by Andrew's Great-Grandparents

This was a nice photo taken by Jenny of my parents at Jackie's wedding.

Four Generation Photo

Four Generation Photo

 

Tour of Cowboys Stadium

Monday, July 2nd I took the boys to tour Cowboys Stadium.

Below is a photo of Dustin & Nathan with the 80,000 stadium behind them.
Josh and Brad and Dwight are further down on the stairs.

 Josh posing with the large screen high definition video screen created by Mitsubishi.
It stretches from 20  yard line to 20 yard line.

 Some artwork near one of the escalators.

A view of the HDTV from the 4th level of the stadium

 

Dee visiting the Cowboys locker room.
Visiting the locker of her favorite player: #94 Demarcus Ware or D.W. as she calls him.

This was a favorite stop for all the guys on the tour.

Dwight and Makayla near the 50 yard line of Cowboys Stadium.

Bradley sporting the latest in Cowboys Fanwear!

My nephew, Nathan on the Cowboys 50 yard line.
I wonder what his favorite Chicago Bears player would say about that? 

My nephew Bradley running out onto the field through the players entrance.

Looking up at the HDTV from the stadium floor.

Another view of the massive HD video screen.

A Green Bay Packer fan in the end zone - Tackle him!!

Nathan doing his best touchdown dance in the Dallas Cowboys end zone.
I think that might be called "Excessive Celebration" by the NFL
Blow the whistle - Throw the flag - that's a 15 yard penalty!


Selling Cookies

We had about 47 ladybug cookies left over from the wedding.
Karen suggested that Makayla and Nathan sell them on the street corner.
So we got out some cardboard and markers and they proceeded on making a sign.

 The finished sign.

The cookie sellers and their chaperones!

Nathan coming back to the house to get more cookies to sell.

Total cookie sales = $25.00