Dallas Trip

We made a trip to Dallas over July 4th weekend. We visited my engaged son and his fiance, Ben & Amanda. Picking a place to have the rehearsal dinner was on our agenda for the weekend. Also, meeting Amanda's family in the area - her mom,Linda, and her daughter, Ella. It turned out to be a great weekend with no melt-downs or family crisis moments (that I noticed)!
Linda was very generous to cook for all of us for dinner on Saturday night. She met the whole crew: Ben's mom, step-dad, dad & girlfriend, sister & brother-in-law. The only one she didn't meet was Ben's brother (Sam) who she's probably already met. We had a nice time at her home, and the food was great! She is such a great person. I felt right at home with her. She even let me copy a recipe for the dessert she served - it was sooo good! Dessert Pizza - with cool whip and fruit. MMMMMMM.
Ben and Amanda had a BBQ on Sunday afternoon which was delicious. We got to see Amanda's cozy home and the garden that Ben & Ella built. The garden is overflowing the boxed frame it's in, it's doing so well. Ben steamed the fish he caught on his outside grill. It was excellent. Amanda made corn on the cob and dessert was a red/white/&blue cake! I liked that special touch for the Fourth of July!
Later, we all went to a nice grassy park to watch fireworks with about 300 other people. That was fun to just lay on the ground and look up and watch fireworks! Someone had prepared music to accompany the fireworks. It was playing on some giant speakers they had set up on the grounds. It was very inspiring with the music. All in all, a great weekend!