Look! We're Social!

I lamented here about how much we miss our friends. Pity party's over — we've been out socializing, y'all! Two Saturdays ago, we had lunch at Tim's boss's house and enjoyed some adult conversation. The next day, I went to a cookie exchange through meetup.com; the group is for ladies who are looking to make friends. I had a really good time and am looking forward to doing more with the group.

This past Saturday evening we drove to Frisco for a Christmas potluck with a group of families who have adopted children from Ethiopia. We had
such a great group of similar families RVA, so we were really excited to find these guys online. Turns out, most of the group lives in Dallas and beyond, but we did meet a really nice family with a 4-year-old boy that actually live about 4 miles from us! After the party we made a quick stop at Frisco Square to see its Christmas decorations. Supposedly next weekend there's a parachuting Santa, but it's quite a drive for us so I don't think we'll be back for that.

The next day, Sunday, we met a Plano couple and their young son (friends of my former coworker/friend in California) at Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine. Great Wolf is an indoor water park/resort, but they have some free stuff in the lobby that we checked out. We had a great time and would love to see them again soon.

Speaking of Plano, we're going there Saturday to see Tim's great-uncle and great-aunt again. We hope to make a quick stop in Dallas to see the famed window display at Neiman Marcus.

We don't really have much going on this week other than storytime at the library. We're hoping to check out some more Christmas lights, too. From what we've seen so far, folks in FW aren't super big into holidays lights. But Tim's boss clued him into this neighborhood that looks promising!