Our Day in Dallas

Hello 2020! We have enjoyed a long winter break, but the girls officially went back to school today so we are back to reality! We already had 4 games this past weekend & our practice schedule started back up last night. It was a blissful 2 weeks being at home with no schedule or activities but now we are back to normal. We spent a lot of time being lazy, watching movies, playing outside - but we did surprise the girls & spent a full day in Dallas together. We started here:

Avanti. This is a small restaurant down on McKinney Avenue where Bryan & I had our first date. The girls enjoyed going to the hotel where we got married so we thought they would get a kick out of going here. They told everyone that worked there our story!

Next stop, down town:

The girls have always asked to go to Reunion Tower & it was a beautiful day so it turned out perfectly. It was a little chilly when we got to the top but we could see all the way to Fort Worth:

Since they are a little older, we were able to point out Fair Park, Frisco, the Galleria, which way to Houston, which way to Austin, etc.

And how could we leave without our free cheesy picture in front of the green screen?!

Our next stop wasn't too far from Reunion Tower - we went to Dealey Plaza to see where JFK was assasinated:

Sadie was so excited because she has been learning a lot about this at school. Our original plans were to walk around Dealey Plaza but to also visit the 6th Floor Museum. It wasn't that bad walking around but unfortunately, they had oversold the museum & weren't letting anymore visitors in. The good news is that you were able to see quite a bit just from walking around outside so we'll have to try the museum again, maybe when they are both a little older. But we could see the 6th floor on the museum & the window where a box was set up for the rifle & they have x's painted on the road where the shots were fired:

Can you see it up there? Since it was a nice day, we walked around & explored old Dallas & you can even see Reunion Tower in the background:

Our final stop was at the Dallas Galleria. We take the girls to the American Girl Store every Christmas because they usually have a gift card or a free gift for their birthday. And we took the girls ice skating!

We have taken them ice skating the past couple of years, but the first year we went to the ice skating rink where the Dallas Stars practice in Frisco. But after coming to the Galleria last year, nothing compares:

This is by far our favorite! The girls talked about going all month so when we finally came they were thrilled! Definitely the highlight of their winter break:

We had such a great time spending the day together & going new places around town. We have already created a list of other places we hope to visit soon!