Thanksgiving 2009 - Dallas, Texas

Tuesday:

Here we are on the flight to Dallas. We were unsure of how Charlize would do on the flight since we hadn't flown with her before, so we made sure to give her a bottle at take off and landing to help pop her ears. She did great! She even took a nap with Grandma and Grandpa on the way. Half of our crew (the Smith family) got stuck in Vegas having been given bad directions on which line to get in. :( They were just stuck waiting till the next flight like 5 hours later.


Wednesday:
We went to downtown Dallas and sat at the Grassy Knoll where President Kennedy had been shot. Nate and some of the others had already been through The 6th Floor Museum of the Texas School Book Depository, so this year we the rest of us went through. It was really cool to go and see all the documentary films, newspaper clippings and information presented about JFK's assassination. My opinion is that its a conspiracy and the man was framed. But, nonetheless sad how it all happened.

Thursday: Thanksgiving Day

My mom got Charlize these pajama's that said, "Everyone is thankful for me!" So cute! We took out time getting ready and got on the trolly to go to the statium. This was the first time we'd been to the new statium and it is gorgeous! That screen is HUGE and so fun to look at! Charlize started to fall asleep on our walk into the statium, but woke up when she heard all the noise.

Nate's parents got us awesome 9th row seats in the lower section!

I love this picture! Charlize is proud to be an American just like the rest of the family.

Charlize took a little nap durring the game and we took her to walk around a couple of times so she wasn't too restless.

Durring the game there were Raider's fans in front of us and a Cowboy's fan behind us heckling each other. They were very loud and it was quite funny to hear them bantering back and forth.

Yes, that is a large drink that she's holding very tightly to. And no, she doesn't like to share ;)

Nate & Charlize
Cowboys won the game! We had alot of fun root'n on the Cowboys and its always fun to see all the fans!

Friday: Fort Worth Stockyards and Downtown

We went shopping in the Stockyards and then went Downtown to see some of the festivities they had going on. Charlize like the music and we ate some yummy ice cream.

What a fun trip! We were lucky it was really warm weather and we had a lot of fun! I need to get some pictures from the Smiths that they snapped of us to add some more, but here's a few for now :) Thanks Craig and Denise for taking us on such a fun trip with you all!