with their youngest son, Aaron (two and a half years old). Russ was
here for a medical conference, but Geneal and Aaron were free to play
all weekend long, so that's what we did. Here's the lineup of
activities:
*Thursday night went out for Kincades hamburgers, a famous local spot.
*Friday our Aussie friend, Sandra (Donaldson) Johnstun came over from
Plano and we spent the majority of the day wandering the Botanic
Gardens, including eating lunch at the garden restaurant and enjoying
the beautiful weather. (Lunch was ideal since we ate out on the patio
where the kids could still run around).
*Friday evening Geneal and co. went to Sandra's house in Plano while I
had an evening at home reading. (Joe was in San Antonio that day
giving his grueling yearly presentation to his PH.D. board).
*Saturday morning was the most fun—Joe drove back early and we took
Geneal on a tandem bike ride to Trinity park where Aaron and Miriam
fed the ducks and played at the playground and we had a Subway
sandwich picnic (courtesy of Joe the delivery man) before riding back.
*Saturday afternoon at the stockyards, watched the longhorn parade,
heard some bluegrass music, and bought some original Dr. Pepper
drinks.
*Saturday night: Risky's Barbecue for dinner and Joe was nice enough
to watch the kids while Geneal and I went on a shopping spree. I
bought some Christmas presents, some new shoes, a new workout shirt,
and Miriam's next year Halloween costume at 75% off! (a doggy costume
for a whopping $3.75)
*Sunday went to church in the morning and to the Water Gardens in the
afternoon before the Utah folks headed home.
One additional thing to note is that Aaron was a good boy and very
nice to Miriam all weekend, even when crammed like two little sardines
in the bhike trailer. He even picked out a balloon for her and
insisted that it be pink. I think he got a little jealous of her at
church, but managed to contain himself. I'm very proud of him. I knew
they'd be friends some day.
