2019 Dallas

dallas • pool day

What a difference a day makes! We woke up to sunny skies and beautiful weather. We got a jump on the memorial day travelers by heading there a week early. We had the resort and pool nearly to ourselves. We had a late afternoon/evening flight which gave us most of the day to spend at the pool. The girls LOVE a good lazy river and this pool did not disappoint.

We had a few snacks and some froofy drinks by the pool. We spent every last minute we could there before heading to the airport.

We cleaned up, packed up and had to say goodbye to our Dallas adventure. Despite a little rain, we all agreed it was a pretty fabulous time and we can check off another ballpark in our baseball adventures.

dallas • rangers vs cardinals

We were quite nervous that the weather was going to give us a lot of trouble today. It rained…and rained…and rained some more. There were flash flood warnings and power outages. We waited out the storm at our hotel and kept our fingers crossed that the game wouldn’t be cancelled. 
After a two hour delay, the game was on! A little dreary and wet, but game on none the less. It was our first visit to Globe Life Park in Arlington and since they are building a new stadium this year it will be our last. It’s not an old-stadium but it does feel a bit run down. 

We grabbed a few hats, visors, baseballs, etc. We like to have our souvenirs. 

And then it was game time!

The Rangers played the Cardinals, which was fun because St Louis is my hometown. It felt like there were more Cardinals fans there than Rangers fans….but that feels true for the Cardinals wherever you go. 
Annabelle found this beauty…The Grub Tub! Nachos and a soda all in one glorious container. Disgusting or genius? 

Those outfield seats are standing room only and reminded me of a horse track. 
A view of the cranes building the new stadium next door. 
View of neighboring AT&T stadium

With our ticket purchase we had access to the Capital One Club. These were great seats inside with awesome views and access to special concession stands. Unfortunately because of the rain delay they ran out of food so the access wasn’t quite as sweet as a typical game.

After the game we went back to the hotel for dinner. We grabbed a table at the Italian restaurant that we could see from our balcony. See those girls waiving down to us?

The girls ran back and forth between the room and our table between courses. It was great they had a little freedom and we could kick back and relax and enjoy a little wine and dinner.

The day may not have gone quite as planned, but it was a good one!

dallas • storm warning

We woke up to a pretty dismal weather forecast. There were heavy downpours and floods projected for most of the day. We were worried about our baseball game getting rained out and we couldn’t take advantage of the outdoor pool, but we were happy there was still plenty to do inside while we waited out the storm.
A quiet breakfast on our patio
Gwyneth requested a braid so we got creative with it…
Our hotel had a Peter Pan theme going on in the courtyard so we explored all the cute little attractions:
B found us a good table for lunch right on the indoor river walk. This picture cracked us up because the girls and I were just sitting on a bench on the over side of the river and didn’t know where he went. He was sitting there at that table – right across from us! – just waiting and laughing. What a goofball!
We enjoyed some much needed Tex Mex while we waited out the storm. 

awards ceremony

We were back at school the very next day for the year end awards ceremony.  This is one of my favorites of the year as they celebrate each and every kid who attends the school.They find a gift in everyone and it is applauded.
Our girls were horribly embarrassed to be called up in front of the crowd but we were very proud of them. Annabelle received the language arts award for 6th grade. She is an excellent reader, writer, speller etc. Gwyneth received the reading award for 5th grade. What an accomplishment for our little dyslexic gal. It’s been a good year, but we sure are ready for summer. 
We had a late night flight out to Dallas that evening. We were all pretty exhausted from the late night travel. We didn’t get to the hotel until after midnight, but we were all pretty excited to get our mini-vaca kicked off. 
These gals fell asleep for about an hour on the plane. I love traveling with them. They are such great travel companions.
The view from our room. Maybe because we looked so disheveled when we arrived, they upgraded us to a pretty great room with a view of the courtyard. Even though we were all dead-tired we had to spend a little time on that balcony enjoying our view.
After a great night sleep we were ready to tackle Dallas!