Great barbecue and a walk at the park

The long weekend is almost at an end, and I feel as if I haven't yet had a chance to rest or breathe.  But in a good way, because it's been packed to the brim with family, food, and walks in the warm sunshine.

Thursday we had Curt's family over for a barbecue.  I took over the barbecue and the food preparation and as much as I enjoy just sitting down to chat and catch up, I always feel that my job as the hostess is to make sure that everything is running smoothly, people have food, drinks and anything else they may need.

{ Saturday Thrift store and Lunch at Rafter J }

I spent a very lazy Saturday with my family.

Woke up this morning, got the laundry going, dishes, cleaned up the house a bit and then headed to our local thrift store with hubby.  We like going just took around, and a lot of the time we end up not even buying anything, I guess we just enjoy browsing.



Today however, I picked up a really big teddy bear for Marley, he loves stuffed animals and it was just $2.  He is so happy with it :)

I also found these two containers which I had to get, they were only a $1 for both.  I've been wanting to collect a lot more plain white pieces for my kitchen and at that price, you can't really pass it up.



Then I grabbed this really cute metal piece, it was 50 cents, and it goes really well in my green living room.



And lastly, this canvas for my green living room as well.  I used to sing this to my kids when they were babies.  It was just $2.



So $6.50 for all :)



We drove around town a bit,





then hubby decided to surprise us with lunch at a place he had heard about from one of his coworkers.  Since moving to Texas, we've wanted to find a good barbecue restaurant, I mean, it's Texas y'all!!!


Rafter J is in Iowa Park, about 20 minutes from us.

Loved the atmosphere, and the food was amazing.  We are going back for sure.

Came back home, continued with the laundry, and then watched the movie Split with my husband, enjoyed some of our favorite incense, Jasmine, and had a delicious cup of coffee.





Now I'm going to sit and watch my final episode for one of my Portuguese Soaps and then the first episode of British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley.  Can't wait :)

Have a wonderful Saturday night.