Yippee! Our fun weekend started out with dropping our darling off at the baby sitter's on Friday night for some exclusive husband/wife time. Our date was cool. We took a driving tour of all of Allen's historical sites which included old downtown buildings, train station, cemetery, and dam. The small dam was constructed in the 1870's to allow for a water stop for the train that passed through this area. Did you know that steam locomotives had to take on water about every 7-10 miles to keep going? Neither did we. We had fun spending time together and learning about our local history. We finished our tour just before sunset and then went and got an ice cream at Cold Stone's. Mmmmm.
On Saturday was spent at the Dallas Arboretum meandering through the spring gardens. We came with our friends the Goode family. We all enjoyed the plethora of bulb flowers. There were many children there with their Easter best on for photos. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed a picnic lunch. 
There were topiaries of a big cowboy hat, longhorn cattle and a large Texas star, lest we forget we are in Texas! We were lucky enough to see some performers square dance as well. They were dressed in all their Texas flag colors as they promenaded and so forth, lest we forget we are in Texas! It was a more mature group but they sure did get their exercise. We really enjoy walking the grounds and we were in good company.
Sunday morning we attended church meetings as usual. Later, we visited the Goode household again to celebrate their daughter, Ella's, 2nd birthday. We enjoyed catching up with all our friends, but especially the Andersons, as we had not seen them for a while. Carly's homemade strawberry ice cream cake was tops!
After arriving back home we were pleased to have Opa Rudy and Oma Becky over for a visit. Sophie scored with some Easter goodies from them. It was good to catch up with them. Sophie enjoyed dinner with her Oma and finally went down for the night when she was so tired she was crying and laughing and then crying and then laughing all on the same breath. Hope she gets sorted out by the time she wakes tomorrow.
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I hadn't checked your blog in awhile (blame it on the craziness of being in CA for a bit). When I returned I was STOKED to see four awesome posts to check up on. I loved them! Sophie is so darn cute!
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