{"id":9821,"date":"2016-03-05T20:28:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T01:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=9821"},"modified":"2016-03-05T20:28:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T01:28:16","slug":"emma-and-eli-february-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=9821","title":{"rendered":"Emma and Eli: February 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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February was a lot of fun for the Strange crew! \u00a0We spent several nights and Saturdays cheering on our NCCS Eagles basketball and swim teams as their seasons wrapped up. \u00a0We had several days of beautiful weather mixed with rainy, bitter cold days\u2026that\u2019s February in Georgia for you. \u00a0We chose to celebrate the sunny beautiful days as a glimpse of spring and summer that will be upon us before we know it.<\/div>\n
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Clint and Emma attended the Father\/Daughter Valentine dance at school and that is always such a special time for them. \u00a0Emma and her friends love to dance and hang out together and Emma loves taking Clint each year. \u00a0Since Eli will start going to NCCS next year, we might crash the party since it is also a Mother\/Son dance. \u00a0I\u2019ll see what the little guy wants to do. \u00a0He might prefer to just take me to McDonald\u2019s, let me pay, and call it a night!<\/div>\n
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The major highlight of February was our Winter Break family trip to Waco, Texas. \u00a0Just like most of America, the Strange family loves the show Fixer Upper<\/a> and the Gaines family. \u00a0We decided that we would do something spontaneous and head to Waco when we had a few days off just to check out what Chip, Joanna, and their family have been up to. \u00a0We had an absolute blast! \u00a0It was so fun! \u00a0One of the best things is that it was a total surprise to our family. \u00a0Emma really didn\u2019t even realize what was up until we pulled up to the Silos. \u00a0She was so excited! \u00a0Between super cheap tickets on Southwest<\/a>, free hotel due to points, and a super cheap rental car\u2026it was really a pretty reasonably priced trip. \u00a0I know that many friends have talked about doing the same thing\u2026so I\u2019ve posted our itinerary below. \u00a0We flew in on a Saturday and back home late Tuesday afternoon. \u00a0It was just the right length of time. \u00a0If we were to do it again, I might suggest adding at least a day to check out Austin, TX as well. \u00a0Special thanks to lots of friends for great suggestions along the way!<\/div>\n
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Saturday<\/b><\/div>\n
Landed in Dallas, Texas<\/div>\n
Whataburger<\/a> for lunch on the way to Waco<\/div>\n
Magnolia Market<\/a><\/div>\n
The Findery<\/a><\/div>\n
Spice Village<\/a><\/div>\n
Checked in to the hotel<\/div>\n
Torchy’s Tacos<\/a> for dinner<\/div>\n
Swimming at the hotel<\/div>\n
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Sunday<\/b><\/div>\n
Breakfast at the hotel<\/div>\n
Driving around Waco<\/div>\n
Crowder house<\/a> (home of the Dr. Pepper Barn) and a variety of other drivebys<\/div>\n
Magnolia House Bed and Breakfast<\/a><\/div>\n
Jake’s Texas Tea House<\/a> for lunch<\/div>\n
Walked around downtown Waco<\/div>\n
Dr. Pepper Museum<\/a><\/div>\n
Swimming at the hotel<\/div>\n
Naps<\/div>\n
Dinner at Manny’s on the river<\/a><\/div>\n
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Monday<\/b><\/div>\n
Breakfast at the hotel<\/div>\n
Baylor Bookstore<\/a> and driving around campus<\/div>\n
Harp Design Co.<\/a><\/div>\n
Magnolia Market<\/div>\n
The Findery<\/div>\n
Lunch at Vitek’s BBQ<\/a><\/div>\n
Barefoot Campus Outfitters<\/a> **awesome source of cool inexpensive Baylor gear**<\/div>\n
Naps, swimming, and workout at the hotel<\/div>\n
Dinner at Shorty’s Pizza Shack<\/a> by Baylor<\/div>\n
Driving around Downtown Waco<\/div>\n
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Tuesday<\/b><\/div>\n
Breakfast at the hotel<\/div>\n
Packed up<\/div>\n
Drove to Dallas<\/div>\n
Shopping at Sam Moon Trading Company<\/a><\/div>\n
Lunch at Raising Canes<\/a> by SMU<\/div>\n
Drove past the JFK memorial<\/a> on the way to Dallas Love Field to fly home<\/div>\n
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February was a lot of fun for the Strange crew! \u00a0We spent several nights and Saturdays cheering on our NCCS Eagles basketball and swim teams as their seasons wrapped up. \u00a0We had several days of beautiful weather mixed with rainy, bitter cold days\u2026that\u2019s February in Georgia for you. \u00a0We chose to celebrate the sunny beautiful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,12,16,32,18,33,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eli","category-emma","category-family","category-marriage","category-north-cobb-christian","category-restaurants","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}