I arrived around 2 on Friday afternoon and we drove to my parents house and then went to eat at Uncle Julio’s for dinner. We all shared some queso and Troy and I shared the chicken fajitas. We each got our own Swirls, which were really really good. After that we went to the Kimbell Art Museum to see the current exhibit called The Impressionists. My parents wanted to see it since they went to the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. and saw a lot of paintings by Van Gogh and Renoir. After that we went back to their house and ate some chocolate cream pie from the Swiss Pastry shop and watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Troy was also very intrigued by my dad’s iPod.

On Saturday, we went to eat at El Fenix with Troy’s parents and then played on their new Wii. After that we went to visit Troy’s grandmother, who was actually sick at the time. Thankfully we did not catch her cold. After that we met at BJ’s Restaurant in Arlington for my Uncle’s birthday and we saw the extended family. We visited for a while at my Uncle’s house and then went to hang out with Andy. We went to Dairy Queen and then hung out with Sofia and played a fun game called Taboo.

On Sunday, Troy and I went to our old church where we got married and we talked to our pastor after the service for a little while. He was very happy to see us and was glad we visited. My mom made a big meal for us that included baked ham, potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, corn, and rolls. It was all really good and Troy especially liked the ham. My dad showed us some photo albums from trip him and mom had taken to Seattle and San Francisco and he showed us some articles he’d kept that talk about things to do in those cities. After that we went to eat sushi with my sister at Edohana. It was actually pretty good. It was nice to hang out with my sister some. Then we went to hang out with Andy, Sofia, and Bryan and we made cupcakes and watched more of the Olympics.

I had a lot of time to myself on Monday and Tuesday afternoon since Troy had to work. I went to see my old co-workers in Dallas for a little while and they were excited to see me. They asked me all these questions about Seattle and how much we liked it and everything. It was nice seeing them again. After that I drove to Fort Worth and ate Perrotti’s pizza for lunch and hung out at my parents house until Troy arrived in Fort Worth via the TRE. We hung out with David and Andy Monday night and ate at Cousins for dinner, which was also very good. It was nice to see David since we hadn’t seen him in like 2 years. Tuesday I had lunch with Megan at Freebirds and then I hung out with Sofia at Hulen Mall. I picked up Troy again from the TRE and went to see my parents one last time. Then we went to Adam’s apartment to see him and everyone else.

Wednesday we went to the airport around 9:30 and finally landed in Seattle at 4:30. We took the bus to downtown and then had very good timing and caught the 70 bus that goes right by our apartment. We arrived around 6:15. It was a pretty long day and a long trip overall.