There once was a really big house....

I had the wonderful opportunity to stay at this gorgeous house last Friday night. My sweet friend Stephanie from church asked me a couple of months ago if I would want to go on a girls trip to Dallas with her mom (Patsy) and her mom's friend (Beth). I really wanted to go but wasn't sure about leaving Meg for the first time. She then said we would be staying in a beautiful house in the same neighborhood as George W. The George part sold me! Beth's sister Sara and her husband Buddy live in Dallas with their son Walt. They were all such nice people and I had the most wonderful time. I missed my kids, but Brody was well taken care of by Bryson and Meg was spoiled by my mom, Hannah, and Kena!
We met Patsy and Beth at the Allen Outlet Mall around lunchtime on Friday and managed to get around the entire mall is about 3 hours....amazing. I found some great things for Meg and a couple of things for myself. After we shopped we headed to Dallas. We hung out for a little while and then got ready for dinner. When we walked outside we saw this limo waiting for us. We were shocked. We rode in style to Javier's and had one of the most delicious meals I have ever eaten. It was actually not outrageously price so I hope to one day go back with Bryson. He would love it. Our limo driver used to be a secret service agent and provides some security to George W. on the side. We all wanted to sit down with him and hear some stories!
This is Buddy and Beth. He was so nice and friendly and put up with all of us girls at dinner!

After dinner we came back home and went to the basement and bowled a little bit. Yep, they had a two lane bowling alley downstairs along with a huge Wine Cellar. They called it Grapes and Gutters. They even had every shoe and bowling ball size imagineable. I bowled terrible and everyone else kept getting strikes....oh well!

Dining Room Beautiful Staircase

Sara's Office
Another Dining and Living Area

Kitchen
This was all the alarms. They are able to lock all of their doors just by pressing a button. Crazy! They also had these little screens on the walls in a lot of rooms that you could change the temperature in each room to your liking!

The server

This great bible verse was in their game room. It was quite obvious to me that they follow this. I hope if I ever come across a ton of money that I will be as generous and kind as Buddy and Sara are. A glimpse into the closet in our bedroom. They really take care of their guests. They each had robes, extra comforters, and an assortment of pillows.

One of the extra bedrooms. Sara is a terrific decorator and pays such close attention to detail. My pictures do the house no justice.

I loved how they displayed various items that are sentimental to them. These were all ties that were worn by her dad and grandpa. I plan on doing the same with some of my dads!