Our trip to Fort Worth!

Wesley and I left on Thursday for Fort Worth, Texas for a friend's wedding. Christine, the bride, was in our nursing school class at Auburn. She and Wesley sat together all throughout nursing school and became close friends. This was Wesley's second trip to her hometown, and so I was really excited to experience all the things that I have heard about the past few years. We flew from Birmingham with Cami, another good friend from school, and her boyfriend, Matt. Thursday night we ate at a famous Mexican restaurant called Joe T. Garcia's. The waiter told us that the restaurant can seat around 1,600 people at one time. IT IS HUGE! There are only 2 items on the menu: enchiladas or fajitas. It is mainly an outdoor restaurant and the place was crowded! The food was delicious but the atmosphere was even better!


On Friday, Wesley and I headed to the Stockyards and got to see the bulls come down the street! It definitely made me feel like we were in Texas!






The rehearsal dinner on Friday night was at a restaurant called Grady's. It was delicious! I had some of the best beef tenderloin that I have ever eaten! It was a very special rehearsal dinner. Christine and Austin have been dating since middle school, over a decade! It is rare that someone marries their middle school sweetheart, but it was obvious that these two were made for each other.



Saturday Wesley and I exercised on the trail that surrounds Fort Worth....I walked....he ran, but with the 100 degree heat, we both got a good workout! Then we ate at a famous BBQ restaurant called Angelos. The BBQ is beef, not pork like here in Alabama. It was delicious, but was an experience to see all of the "real cowboys" eating in the hats and boots!




The wedding took place on Austin's parents ranch, The Five Aces Ranch, in Aledo, Texas. They said their vows in a pecan grove and then the reception was across from the grove in a HUGE white tent! Everything about the wedding and reception was beautiful and unique. Austin played college baseball in Virginia, and he asked that the wedding start at 7:05 (like most baseball games). They served Toomer's lemonade since Christine graduated from Auburn. We were all hot and sweaty in the Texas heat, but had a wonderful night!