our long weekend in Texas

We got back yesterday from a really good weekend (besides the game) in Dallas.  We got to see mostly all of our family and a lot of friends too.  Friday morning we got up around ohhh 4 AM to get ready for the day and make out 7 AM flight.  We got to D-town around 10 AM and my sister Amy picked us up.  side note:  we were freaks with washing our hands and the hand sanitizer so no H1N1 is going to attack us!  We went to where else but El Norte for lunch with my dad and Marilyn.  We were borrowing my dad's car for the weekend which conveniently enough needed to have the inspection done (don't miss living in a state that has that).  So after we did that we stopped by Lisney's house then headed to downtown plano for some drinks with my mom.  Downtown Plano has really stepped up its game.  There are actually some fun restaurants and decent bars down there.  We even found a place that had Boulevard on tap...so we went there ;-)

Then we headed to Top Golf which is the most brilliant idea ever.  Stuart, Kyle's step brother, had told him about it and instantly Kyle wanted to go...so we did.  We ended up playing there for a couple of hours enjoying some golf, beer, friends, and family.  Kyle's mom, step-dad, other step-brother and his girlfriend drove in from Tulsa for the game and met us up there too!  We then headed to Uptown and quickly realized we were not going to make it much longer.  Being up since 4 had just about worn us out.  We managed to grab some dinner and drinks but headed home pretty early.  We went back to Plano to stay at Kristin's new oh-so-fabulous-house!  She just moved in last weekend and we were so honored to be her first house guest.  

 

I don't even think Saturday really happened.  Is the first game this weekend?  We live in denial around here.  No, okay, so the stadium is cool and all that however I would have taken our first home game in OUr own stadium over that.  We just hope that Sam Bradford gets better and didn't ruin his career by being a loyal Sooner (unlike a greedy Adrian Peterson).  We tailgated for most of the day and after the devastating loss we headed home.

We spent all day Sunday with Alyson,  Ryan, and miss Laney.  Kyle got to hold her for the first time and it was adorable.  I think it finally hit him that she is his first niece.  We just hung out at their house (maybe all took a nap when Laney did) and went to Chuy's for our last Mexican meal of the trip.  It was so wonderful to see her and I'm sad I won't get to see her for quite some time.

 

Monday morning we had breakfast with Kyle's dad and step mom (this completed seeing all 4 sets of parents thank you) and it was soon time to head out.  We got to spend some time with Laney in the car on the way to the airport too!

Now we're back home and just found out we won't even get to watch the OU game this weekend.  It's on PPV and even the bar that they have the Sooner watch parties at are not going to purchase it for us.  haha.  Gotta love Florida.  So it looks like we'll be listening to it on the computer.  But we are looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend at home.  

Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Labor Day weekend!  

Love,

The Paynes

p.s. the opening game of the season will always be special win or lose because that is when Kyle proposed.  (3 years ago before the UAB game...yes we're obsessed)