Four States Fair

While Chris headed to Louisville for the weekend, Hailey Grace and I loaded up for a trip to Texarkana. But first, Auntie CaCa and her friend Taylor spent the night on Thursday and what a wonderful surprise for Hailey Grace.

We woke to gloomy weather and light rain on Friday so I knew we were in no hurry. Little did I know, this was a preview to our drive out east. After packing up, having a late breakfast, doing laundry and loaded the car, we headed out. Our usual quick trip home turned into a long, scary drive due to all the weather. Hailey G was yelling at the rain and funder to stop. It didn't want to stop. Even after arriving in Texarkana, it continued to storm and we had no desire to get out in it. Hailey Grace's allergies started again on Friday morning (I knew something was up with her super early bedtime on Thursday evening) so I was trying to keep her out of the weather. Finally around 7:30, it wasn't pouring so we headed to Carino's. It is always a must. Pasta, bread and wine. Hailey Grace LOVES having dinner here. Her own garlic and olive oil, her own piece of bread, all the pasta and salad her little belly can eat. Friday was a little different though. After having her bread and oil, she climbed in my lap, buried her head in my chest and was out in less than two minutes. Snoring. Poor little gal was exhausted and stuffed like a blimp. Poppy, Judy, Collins and I continued to enjoy our dinner, Spicy Romano Chicken, a good Malbec and far too much bread. That stuff can seriously be addicting. The rest of the evening was just hanging out at the house watching movies in the nasty weather.

Once again, we woke to rainy weather but added green flying snot. great. again? seriously? Chris called to say that his allergies were in full force and was on the way for some Zyrtec. She has her daddy's allergies. We had a yummy breakfast, ran to Poppy's office, Walmart for allergy medicine and then Sonic for lunch. She was starving and it was fast and easy. Of course, she only picked at it. Her poor throat was pretty red from all the yummy drainage so I am sure it hurt. All afternoon, we debated the fair. Should we, should we not. At 6:30, we finally got showers. 7:30, we pulled up to the fair. Good decision even in the nasty weather. Brooke, Collins, Kyle, HG and I had a nice time. It was a much needed nice time.

We always enjoy going home to visit Texarkana. Hailey G loves being able to play and run (even in the rain) and cries when we leave.

Sunday early afternoon it was a race to get back to DFW and head to the airport. Chris flew in, my cell died so it took getting out at 3 terminals to find the correct one but we still made it before he flew in, and then headed to the Bell's house for a visit. They treated us to a yummy dinner at Vito's in Irving, a little more visiting and then early bed for us all. If you haven't tried Vito's, it is a must. Their pizza is really cheap and huge. Like each slice is 2 slices of normal pizza. I also love their house salad dressing. YUM-O!

Well, that is our weekend in a nut shell. We hope you all had a wonderful and rain free weekend!