Dallas

We spent a long weekend in Dallas last weekend (our fourth year going) and had fun enjoying our time there - we're hoping to make it back again before year's end.

Thursday night we got in just in time to grab dinner at our favorite place, Nick & Sam's, which is always delicious.

We hit the road early on Friday to make the drive down to Waco to visit Magnolia Market!  Derek and I both love Chip, Joanna and the show so it was a fun visit for us - more on that tomorrow.

Once we got back to Dallas we stopped by Highland Park Village to do a little shopping and grab lunch at Mi Cocina.  We spent the late afternoon exploring the Texas State Fair - our first time!  Usually our Dallas visit falls after the fair but we wanted to take advantage of it this time - I mean, deep fried cookie dough?  Delicious.

We went to a new to us restaurant, Saint Ann, downtown for dinner and not only did it have a nice vibe but it had great food too.

The Dallas Big.. definitely looking like tourists.

Another favorite that we always visit is Top Golf.  We played a few games, watched football and split some appetizers to start off the day Saturday.

We passed by the old Cowboys Headquarters on the way to our next stop...

We've seen most of the attractions in Dallas on our previous visits so we were hoping for some fall events this time and after doing some searching at the hotel we saw there was an Octoberfest in Southlake which wasn't too far away.

I didn't think I'd be lounging by the pool in October but it was fairly warm by the afternoon time so we found ourselves relaxing on the rooftop at The Joule - like past years, we love this little boutique hotel.

We decided to run down and change for dinner then enjoy a drink back up at the rooftop bar as the sun was going down before dinner - Italian at Patrizio's.

On Sunday the game wasn't until 3:30 and even with going over to the stadium early, we still had some time to kill in the morning so we went over to the Dallas Arboretum to see the fall displays.

We had the best time at the game and saw a huge win - more on that later this week! 

At Home with Chip & Joanna

Just about everyone knows Chip & Joanna Gaines from HGTV's Fixer Upper - they are the best!  It seems just about anything they touch turns to gold - the show is super successful, Magnolia Market at The Silos is always crowded, their book is being released this month and Joanna has a wallpaper line on the way amongst many other things they've created.

They create all these amazing fixer uppers on the show and I've seem glimpses of their farm house in each episode of course, but never decided to take a tour for myself.  It was of course a fixer upper and every little touch inside it is perfect.

Have a great weekend! xx 

Penn State vs. Minnesota

Saturday we added another win to the year - an overtime win over Minnesota.  

We had a big group in State College this weekend - in addition to the five of us in our family we had two of our friends from out of town and my aunt, uncle and cousin (who's first game it was!) up for the tailgate and game. 

Saturday morning started off pretty rainy but we still headed down to tailgate - rain pants, boots and all - under the canopy with a condensed amount of things.  The rain pretty much let up right as we got to the lot other than a quick ten minute downpour and things were dry for the game other than a little mist/light drizzle here and there.

On the menu this week was meatball sliders for the main course.  We started off with an assorted cheese platter, chick fil a nuggets, tailgate dip, buffalo chicken dip, peppers and finished off with a cookie/game day pretzels tray.

The first half was pretty quiet and the last few minutes were a whole new ball game ending in an overtime win - it was an exciting night in Happy Valley! 

Despite the weather it was a great weekend and a great win.

Looking forward to our next weekend in State College!