Friday, January 1, 2010

The Lone Star State.

This year for Christmas, Dan and I headed south to Texas. My family moved here shortly after I left for college and I haven't had a chance to come down and see their new home. They live right outside of Dallas so there is quite a bit to see and do down here.

This was the approach over Denver. The snow is so pretty when you don't have to deal with it and you can just look at it.
Although I almost never drink Ginger Ale at home, it is the only thing I get when flying. I guess it's a sort of tradition. It calms my nerves... now that I am of age I could get something a little stronger, but I think I will stay with my Ginger Ale.
Before we left we had done absolutely no christmas shopping. I figured since we were going to be in Dallas there would be a lot more to offer than little Moscow Idaho. The problem is I did a lot of looking for myself and had a hard time concentrating on what I should get everyone else. I did find these amazing shoes. I couldn't get them (to expensive) but I am still in love with them. I wish I could go back and get them.

I also found these hilarious cat bookends. I could only think of one person when I saw them... the lovely Ashley Reynolds.
Dan finally found an Irish driving hat that has taken him years to find. Of all places we got it at Target. I think he looks quite handsome in all of is Irishness.
On Christmas eve my nephew Landon and I made cookies for Santa. We got to do this last year on Christmas eve and it was nice to be able to continue our little tradition together. He had a ton of fun being able to mix the ingredients, cutting out the cookies, and putting flour all over my face.
Once they were done we decorated them and picked out a few to leave for Santa. The icing kind of ran together so our designs didn't turn out that well... but I don't think anybody cared.
Landon was super excited for Christmas and was actually happy to get into bed because he knew in the morning Christmas presents would be there.


This shirt reads "God save the boobies" Dan really wanted it, so here it is.
Christmas was really nice. I got these beautiful mittens from my sister and the cute plaid hat from Dan.
Later that week we went bowling. After bowling Dan and my dad played a couple of games of pool.

We also went to a few amazing record stores. This one here had absolutely no organization and when I asked the guy how to find things he said it was a combination of luck and patience. We ended up not finding much at this store but went to another one called Forever Young and found quite a few very good albums.
Dan pointed out that every vacation that we go on we end up going to Ikea and this trip was no different. It was a little bitter sweet since we knew we couldn't get anything (since we couldn't exactly bring it back on the plane with us) but it was still cool to see all of the stuff that Ikea has to offer.
On our way home we saw this mass of birds. I mean there must of been a 100,000 thousand birds all moving together. I was really freaked out, but everyone else wanted to get out of the car to get a better look at them.

Other than the big things I have been loving my sisters Kindle. It is the coolest piece of technology and I really want to get one.
This is also the find of our trip. I was looking for wallets every where and when we went to Urban Outfitter I was disappointed I couldn't find one there either. Then Dan comes up to me and says do you like this one. It is so pretty and I am so happy that he found it because I was ready to give up.

Well we only have a few days left, but they look to be eventful. My dad's 50th birthday, Six Flags, and this neat exhibit of human bodies. Hopefully it will be a lot of fun.

Love.

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