Weekend With The Parents

This past weekend my parents came up to Dallas to visit us and get away from H-Town. Tina and I had planned this for a couple of weeks. A cold front adjusted our plans a little for Saturday, but it was a good weekend.

Friday we all had a nice dinner and spent some good time talking and catching up about what had been going on in Houston and Dallas. On Saturday we had breakfast before we drove downtown to see the Sixth Floor Museum about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This museum was set up nice and was very informative. The museum made you feel like you were a part of that time even if you weren't born during that time. We took some pictures of downtown afterwards even though the temps were in the 40's with 20+ mph winds. After the picture taking downtown, we were able to drive by President George W. Bush's neighborhood and took a picture of his house. We then drove through parts of Plano and Frisco and then drove to church for the 5:00 PM service. After a long day of driving we called it an early evening. On Sunday we met up and went to the Dallas Arboretum. My mom loved the pictures from a previous posting on the blog and wanted to go to an arboretum one day. So Tina and I figured why not take them while they are in Dallas. The weather was PERFECT for an outing. Apparently the rest of Dallas had the same idea to go to the arboretum too. General parking, valet parking , and the off-site parking were almost full. The arboretum is so spread out that even with all the people, you didn't feel cramped amongst others. After we left the arboretum, we had lunch and then took my parents to the airport to catch their flight back to Houston.

Weekends go by TOO quick, but Tina and I enjoyed their company and the time we got to spend together.

Pictures from the Dallas Arboretum

Spring Is Coming! Time To Get Out!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Tina's Spring Break was last week, so Scooter and I had the pleasure of her presence with us all last week. The weather was nasty the first part of the week, but we still had a good week together. I enjoyed Tina's cooking while she was here. I am very fortunate that she is a great cook. On the rainy evenings we played board games like Checkers and Trouble. I beat her in checkers and we still have a tie-breaker game in Trouble that we didn't get a chance to play. When the weather finally cleared up this past weekend, Tina and I ventured to the Dallas Arboretum. We both loved the setup and the various flowers that were there for this month. Tina, my professional photographer, took lots of pictures of the various flowers. (Pictures to be posted from her soon). We got a membership to the arboretum and plan on going back at least once a month to see the different flowers that are put out. We have been walking at a nearby park that some friends from our Dallas Small Group told us about. When we went this past weekend the bunnies were out. Scooter was Elmer Fudd trying to sneak up on them.

Work is going good for me. I have been there almost four months now. Time is flying by fast being that this company is busy. We are venturing out more now that there is more sun in the evenings. Besides the membership to the arboretum, we also have a membership to the state parks in Texas. Tina and I are looking forward to baseball and soccer starting soon. We will try and make an effort to see a Rangers game, an FC Dallas game, and a Frisco Rough Riders game (Rangers AA Team).

Hope you all are having a good week. I miss all my family and friends back in Houston.

Jon

Daylight Saving Time (Don't Forget To Change Your Clock!)

Well we change our clocks ahead one hour to start this period of time where the daylight goes well into the evening. The only drawback is that we will lose an hour of sleep tonight while this time period changes. Either way I don't mind because I like to have sunlight while I am leaving work. I don't like to just see the sunlight while locked inside the office. Now there will still be sunlight even on the days that I stay late at work. Please remember to change your clocks tonight before you go to bed so that you won't be late to events on Sunday.

In other things, Tina will be up here all next week for her Spring Break. I am very excited about this because this "bachelor" life is BORING. I can't wait until the middle of May when she will be up here permanently.

There has been a lot of sports news going on. I see the Texans traded Sage Rosenfels to the Vikings. Then they picked up the scrub QB from the "WINLESS" Detroit Lions to back up Matt Schaub (Brilliant idea). The Cowboys let go of Terrell Owens. There has been mixed reactions up here. I must admit he is a very good receiver but winning games takes a team, and not just one receiver. Don't cry that one of the best Tight Ends gets a good number of receptions as well (That is why I have Jason Witten on my Fantasy teams when I can). I hear the Rockets are doing good without crybaby T-Mac. The Mavericks on the other hand are losing. Mark Cuban is sounding like a threatening owner by saying things like certain people won't be back next season.

Work is going good for me up here. Life in Dallas is good even though my wife is not up here.