411 The Walters Bunch

First off, A and I had a wonderful time seeing the Great Gatsby, even at Fair Park. We arrived with only 15 minutes to spare. Thanks to traffic it took nearly 2 hours to get there. We knew something wasn't right when we went inside and the doors hadn't opened yet. The doors open 30 minutes before the show starts. It actually started about 30 minutes late, which meant it was almost 8:00 pm when it finally started. By the time we made it out of the parking lot, we didn't get home until after midnight. Poor A had work the next morning. Getting out of the parking lot is ALWAYS the worse part of going to Fair Park. A won the lottery for $35 tickets plus free parking so that helps make up for the horrible, horrible, horrible issue of trying to leave. Almost. It was a really good musical though and I highly recommend it. Our next show is when we all go see Back To The Future next month. I think the boys will like that one, though they really liked The Outsiders. A and I might go s...

  We picked a great day to play. Mid 70's, light breeze, and no sun. For Christmas we all got upgraded pickleball paddles. The kids were able to go play once since then, but because D and I were busy with the deck and dealing with the ice storm this was our first experience trying them out. Wow! What a difference a higher quality paddle makes! We had a lot more control over the ball. We always have fun playing, but it was extra fun with the new paddles! The kids still won, but we gave them a run for their money. T went to his church camp this weekend. Unfortunately for him, it rained all day yesterday. Pretty much all the activities are outside so I am not really sure what they could do. I had him pack the game A got him for Christmas so they would have something as an option. I look forward to hearing how his weekend was later when he gets home. A and I got to deal with his crazy big baby of a dog. I have no idea why the slightest hint of moisture sends him into a crazy frenzy, bu...

We made it to the AAC and are ready to enjoy our night!  Since we haven't been able to go on T's senior trip yet, he has been using some of the money we set aside for each of the kids senior trip to go do some fun family activities that we don't normally do. He wanted to go to the AAC and see a Mavericks game. We really wanted to go when the Lakers were here to show Luka some love, but the ticket prices were absolutely insane. It's probably their most expensive game now that everyone wants to see Luka when he's back home. That game happened to be on the same day the crazy ice storm came and still 90% of the people who bought tickets came! We ended up going when the Celtics were here. We had a great time and the seats weren't nearly as bad as we thought they might be. I mean it was scary as hell having to go up and down the stairs and stand up in your row, but once safely sitting down the view was fantastic! We were at half court so we could see everything that w...