Monday, December 6, 2010

Fort Worth Black Friday

We spent our Black Friday hanging out in Fort Worth. First we ate at Joe T. Garcia's, which I would recommend to anyone in the mood for Mexican food.


Cheeeeeeese! This is the face we get lately when we pull out the camera --Bubs gives us an exuberant ,"Cheeeeeeeee".
After lunch, we took off for the Stockyards.
Pretending we can get a family picture in front of a big Christmas tree:

Our family visitors:
Grandpa and Tessa:

Honestly, I have no idea why this photo opp. is there (does it scream Old West?), but might as well take advantage of it, right?
Two rodeo clowns in a barrel:

Window shopping at the Stockyards:
If you want a buffalo burger, a cheap cowboy hat, an old Reba vinyl record, and a Southern cookbook from 1994, then this is the place to go.
There was an elderly gentleman country band playing, so Tessa spent some time dancing. I'll have to get that video up a little later since it's on Jake's phone.
Our pal:

Poor Longhorn Cattle. All the toughness gets wrenched out of you when you get decorated like a Christmas tree.
Fort Worth is a lot of fun. They have a main street with Western stores. You know, like with saddles, knives, hot sauce, fringe vests, and 4,000 dollar custom cowboy boots?
Later, back at the ranch...
Grandma brought the movie Annie for Tessa, so we hunkered down, had some Thanksgiving leftovers and cheesecake, and watched for a while.
Jake, Jonathan, and Darcy took off for a bit to the McKinney Dickens of a Christmas that evening, but not before Cole made himself comfortable:

2 comments:

djensen said...

Anything with chocolate and cream cheese is definitly worth a new pan! I wish I used mine more, they are quite fun. That is what I love about the holdiays, a good excuse to make desserts that are so bad for you! Glad you had a good Thanksgiving!

djensen said...

Love, love, love the toothly grin! Ft. Worth is fun-there is no place quite like it!