Off to Dallas

Last Monday, the boys were crazy before school.  

Go to school.  You are their problem now.  

Tennis time.

Ariel wanted to participate.  

On Tuesday, I flew to Dallas Texas.  

Saw some cool looking sites on the way.  

There's Dallas!  I had never been to Texas before and was excited.  

Lots of Cowboys stuff to buy at the airport.  I debated buying Aden something.  He would have burned it.  

I was hungry so of course I had to stop at In n Out.  

The burger was good.  Not sure about the fries.  

I was there for work with a bunch of guys.  We were all staying together in 2 really nice townhouses close to downtown.

Dallas is huge!  It was a long drive from the airport.  The driver said a million people move to this area every year.  

It was beautiful!

We went to a very nice dinner at Del Frisco's.  

Seafood tower!

Lamb for me.  

It was a long day.  I was ready for bed.  

 

Canning

Last Sunday, we did not get to sleep in.  The twins had to go to Hebrew School.  After, we all headed to Ali and Todd's for brunch.  

Babkas everywhere!

It was nice to get to spend time with their families.  And eat lots of leftovers from the party.  

The twins wrestled while Nate played the piano.  

Of course Eli found Mickey.  

Some props from the party.  

Eli and his buddy.  

Ariel went canning that afternoon.  Her cheer team is raising money for the trip to Florida.  

Hugs!

The girls set up a table and sang and danced for anyone coming by.  

They even did some stunting.  

Some guys from work headed to Dallas early to go see the Eagles beat those Cowboys.  

 

Sammy's Bar Mitzvah

Last Saturday was a fun day.  I drove Ariel to cheer practice at Airborne where he had a parent meeting.  

Then we watched the girls a little.  

My first time seeing the Generals in action.  

Eli went to the market.

He found some fun Christmas decorations.  

That afternoon, we got dressed up and headed to Sammy's Bar Mitzvah.  It was a 4:30 service at Shir Ami.  

They look great!

I grabbed a few quick photos from the service.  Sam did a great job.  He seemed very calm and in control.  

Their 2 year old nephew wanted some attention to himself.  

Yay!  What a relief for Sam!

Cocktail hour.  

Ariel had some close buddies there.  

I was on team pink too.  

Amy with Melissa and Alyssa.  

The boys.

Remember those days long ago that Todd and I were always with Chad.  

Melissa and Mark looking stylish.  

With Ali, the mother of the groom, I mean Bar Mitzvah boy.  

We went into the room and saw the airplane decor.  

Shelly the party planner did great.  

These girls were ready to party!

We got to dancing right away.  

It was a fun crowd.  The dance floor was constantly full.  

Even Aden came out to dance a little.  

Sammy up in the chair!

Look at this hot couple!

Sam got to shoot the CO2 gun.  

All the kids.  

Around 60 of them.  

Look for Ariel!

Coke and Pepsi.  Noah asked me to do it with him.  The dj came over to me and told me to give him the sign whenever I wanted to lose and be done with the game.  That was nice of him but not necessary.  We got out pretty quickly.  I was worried Noah might cry but they gave him a prize.  He was thrilled.  

Noah had a slow start to the night but then he danced like crazy!

Ariel, Harper and Emily never stopped dancing.  

Eli liked collecting all the prizes.  

We danced till 11

Ariel and Sammy have been friends since they were born.  

It was a fabulous night!