Family Vacay 2011

We just spent a week with Casey's family, and had a little family vacay. We left for Shreveport last Friday, July 1, and returned here yesterday, July 8. We had a lot of fun, but we are glad to be home!

Last Friday and Saturday we just spent time hanging out around Casey's parents house. On Sunday, we left for a small town in northeast Louisiana (Delhi) where there is a quiet state park called Poverty Point Reservoir State Park. It has a very interesting name, but there is not much going on there! We spent from 4:00 Sunday, until 10:00 Tuesday at this cabin. We had a relaxing time, just hanging out, basically! Here are some pics:











We returned to Shreveport, and that evening Casey took us to one of his old fishing spots. We didn't catch very many fish, but it was very peaceful and fun to just spend time together.






On Thursday, it was Casey's 30th birthday! It's hard to believe! I surprised him with a quick trip to Dallas to spend some time with friends, and also just the 2 of us. On Wednesday night we went to the Rangers game with our good friends Marcus, Whitney, and Chris. Casey and I stayed at the Embassy Suites in Frisco (Priceline deal!) and then I reserved him a tee time at Westridge Golf Course (he had always wanted to play this course!) on Thursday. He played through hole 13, and then we both decided it was too insanely hot to continue playing, but we had a lot of fun!









After we left the course, I let Casey pick where he wanted to eat lunch. He chose Fadi's which is this insanely good mediterranean place in Frisco! It was YUMMO! Unfortunately, when we arrived at Fadi's Casey realized he had misplaced his wallet at the golf course. He called, they searched, and they couldn't find it. He and I went back there and thankfully he found it in the golf cart! It was not a fun hour and a half while that was missing!

After this, we drove back to Shreveport and had a birthday dinner at Ralph and Kacoo's, and then birthday cake at Casey's parents' house.






On the way back home yesterday, we decided to have a picnic at ETBU. We hadn't ever taken the girls there, and we hadn't been back in awhile either! It was fun. We got some sloppy Joe's at Bodacious BBQ, which is the bomb.com! We let the girls run around for a bit and then were on our way again!




It was a very full week, but it was nice to get to spend time together before the rest of the summer madness! (VBS, Six Flags trip, Un-civil War, Rock the Desert, ESL Certification test, SBMS workshop...etc.!)