Well the very 1st day of 2009 we had a special guest come to stay for almost a week. Sarah had met Adam when she went to IHOP in KC back in July. They became fast friends and he was a big source of strength, encouragement and help to her while she was in Kansas City those 3 mths. Adam had never been to Texas and we needed a way to get Sarah's car and stuff back to Texas and being the servant he is, he offered to make the trek to Texas! He had just ended a job so he was able to stay a while so we tried to give him the Texas welcome and show him some sights!
Also on New Years Day (actually around 2 in the morning) Mia and Blaire came to visit from Mississippi!! Blaire was a surprise because we thought only Mia was coming for the long weekend, so that was awesome. They stayed with Megan at her place. So, Adams 1st day we had hang out time with our family and friends - dinners, movies, xbox, wii, playing music and talks - you know the stuff we do at The Bakers!
The weather could not have been any more perfect then it was while he was here. Coming from Kansas City and some already really COLD and SNOWY days this winter - he was in heaven with the Texas weather. So the girls wanted to take him to see the Dallas sights, it was Friday the 3rd. Mind you some of the sights my kids had never seen so some of them they all saw for the 1st time together! They had a LONG, full day that started out with BEAUTIFUL weather and ended up a little chilly. It was the 3 girls (Hannah was at a wedding that Austin was in) and then somewhere in the day Casey met up with them. She actually became the city guide and was a lifesaver!
The pictures are pix of their DAY IN DALLAS!!
1st stop was West Village
SILLY LOOKS!
Adam couldn't stop!
Coffee stop at Gachets
The 6th floor museum - place where they believe the shots came from that killed JFK!
Place in the road that JF Kennedy was shot in his car.
They went to the AA Center HOPING to get cheap tickets to the Dallas Mavericks game that was going on. NO GO!
AA Center
They ended their evening at Cafe Brazil for dinner.
After dinner they went to Emanuel's apt. to see Travis - it was his birthday!
This is Adam and Liv on Emanuel's balcony - NICE!!
They saw many others things that they didn't take pictures of. They actually found a House of Prayer somewhere near downtown. Sarah and Adam ran in, because of parking they didn't all get out but I think that was his highlight. He loved how quaint it was and he really felt the presence of the Lord. SO, I think their Dallas trip was a success and Adam got to enjoy a little piece of our GREAT STATE!!
The next day was FORT WORTH!!! We started a little late of course but we ALL went so enough said. Actually everyone but Mr. Grant because he went to a cousins and then went to a sleepover/birthday. So it was the rest of us, Adam and Austin. Everyone was STARVING so our 1st stop was Joe T. Garcia's, which is a very popular Mexican food restaurant in Ft. Worth. We waited for a table outside and it was WELL WORTH THE WAIT. What a beautiful day again it was - the Lord shined down on Adam, literally! He of course wanted to have Mexican food on his visit and he was not disappointed at all. Here is a couple pix. of us there and our wait - pix. taking always helps the time go by when you are waiting for a table.
This was the Fab 3 in the back of the van - I think they stopped long enough from playing on iphones for a picture!
WAITING...
This was the spot we ate - we had favor and had the BEST spot in the patio/garden!
This is the cute couple trying out a "new pose"!
SO, after a VERY long lunch that was filled with visiting and LOTS of stories we thought we would head to the stockyards. We tried to hurry the lunch so we could all hook up with Austin's 2 sisters and their families that were already down in the stockyard area. We wanted to see the cattle drive that is re-enacted every day down there but we missed it. The street is Exchange (i believe) and while driving down it we spotted Austin's family. So everyone but Ray and I jumped out to go see them and visit for a bit. We couldn't find anywhere to park so we went around a few times and then they met back up with us. Adam saw from the van the famous Riscky's Barbeque and the place where farmers still buy and sell cattle downtown. He saw many Cowboys - no Indians and who knows if they were "real" cowboys! We also drove by all the buildings downtown - its so pretty.
Here is the street that is famous and to be honest - I have NEVER been down that street! I have for the most part lived here all my life and I have never been there! LOTS of great places to take pictures so I will be back.
This is really cute pix. of Austin with his niece Ashlyn at the Stockyards.
SO, our "Day in FORT WORTH" ended a little quicker then planned. Our intentions were to walk around in the downtown area - go to the HUGE Barnes and Noble, maybe go to Starbucks and stay gone long enough to take Adam to a barbeque restaurant to have Texas barbeque for dinner. WELL, the girls weren't in the walking way, if you know what I mean - ALL 4 of them!! SO we headed home! It wound up great - Blaire and Mia came over and the piano & guitar magically appeared. Austin sang for us and made us very happy - Blaire and Sarah sang for us and made us very happy so it was a SOLID day! WOW, I am tired thinking and typing it all!
The next day was Sunday! Sunday was the Benjamin/Baker gathering at our house. It was the 1st time since Hannah and Austin have been dating that we have all been together. Every Benjamin came, we were all here of course, Megan and Jenae (she is actually the person that is responsible for us meeting Austin and then his family - thank you Jenae). We had such a wonderful time with them all. We had dinner and visited the evening away. Sad to say, NO PICTURES!!
So that concludes a few days... We had such a nice visit with Adam. Ray enjoyed SO MUCH talking about the Lord with him every morning, as the rest of us slept. Grant had a ball doing boy stuff. He is such a great guy and he will be a family friend for hopefully a REALLY long time!! So that is 3 of the days that Adam came a visiting to TEXAS!!
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