Visiting the Burchells in Dallas, TX.

Nick and I went round to Craig & Bernice's for dinner last Tuesday night for a lovely meal and a catch up with them. On Thursday we went to see an off Broadway performance of Mamma Mia with Neil, Dorothy, Christine & Arvid which was fabulous. I would recommend it to everyone. I think Nick & I are still humming Abba tunes even now. The downside of this night out is that Christine wants Dorothy, herself and me to dress up in Abba like costumes a la Mamma Mia for her 40th birthday in March...watch this space to see if we manage to get the costumes...It makes me smile every time I think about it, you've got to admit it would be hilarious, especially if we sing too.
On Sunday Tom, Lily & I flew to Dallas to visit Iain & Stephanie for a couple of days and tick Texas off our list of states visited. We arrived at their house round about 4.30pm and were just chatting about what I wanted to do while there when we realised that it was exactly 46 years to the day that JFK had been assassinated. Needless to say, we all piled into the car and drove the 5 minutes to that famous site. X literally marks the spot. Unfortunately you run the risk of getting killed yourself because X is obviously in the middle of the road.

Grace, Lily, Andrew & Tom standing on that famous spot.

On Monday Iain & Steph were at work and Andrew & Grace were at school so Tom, Lily & I went for a mooch around the Dallas Botanic Garden and Arboretum (www.dallasarboretum.org) which was really lovely and then on Tuesday when Steph and the children were off we all went to Fort Worth to see a cattle drive. This, sadly did not live up to my expectations (and it was freezing) but the cows were pretty impressive all the same.

Longhorn cattle.

After that we got some lunch and then drove back to Dallas for a visit to the Nasher Sculpture Centre where I got to see sculpture by such greats as Picasso, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. www.nashersculpturecenter.org

Then it was off out to the Dream Cafe (www.thedreamcafe.com) for dinner. If you ever find yourself in Dallas I recommend it. It has a small play area outside for the children and the food is delicious, I had the Garden StirFry which was excellent.

And then it was time to come home and get all our dirty laundry washed and dried in time to pack it all up again so we can drive to New Orleans tomorrow with Nick. Happy Thanksgiving y'all.