Texas Trip - Day 6: Donuts, Shopping, Lunch, Chruch Pickleball, & Family Fun

We woke up planning on playing pickle ball at the park.  We loaded up the cars and drove to the park to find that the court was already occupied.  We let the kids play a little at the park before we realized that the court was going to be occupied for a long time.  We then drove to a different park that had multiple courts, but all those courts were being played on.  So, plan C was to go eat doughnuts instead.  

Nate took us to his favorite doughnut place.  Amy had to take her girls to a doctor's appointment, so it was just Nate and the boys with all of us.  The doughnuts were all very yummy.  It was a nice treat.  We then went back to Nate's house so Nate could call some people in his stake to see if we could use the Stake Center to play pickleball.  

They were able to get ahold of a sister that said we could use the building and get her key after lunch.  Woohoo. 

Nate wanted to get a pickleball net for us to use at the stake center, so Tony, Nate, Megan, and I drove to Sam's Club to see if they had a net they were selling.  They did not, so we then went to a sporting store that was nearby and he found a net there.  Woohoo, again.

We then waited at their house for Amy and the girls to get back and then we all loaded up and went to lunch at Dairy Queen.  Margie told us about the country steak fingers and gravy that she had at the DQ's in Texas, and how good they were.  So, we wanted to try them out.  They were good and it was fun to try something new.  The kids' meals also came with a frozen treat, so the girls all really liked that.  

After eating we were able to go to the Stake Center and set up Nate's new net and get our pickleball play on.  Tyler and Matt played against Tony and Nate first and that was fun to watch the teenagers get really into beating their dads.  

After that set, it was the girls and Josh's turn to play.  They rotated in and out players so more kids could play.  The nursey had a bunch of toys out, so some of the kids played there while others were playing pickleball.  

Then the adults got to play.  Nate and Amy knew the actually rules and taught us well.  They ended up beating me and Tony and we all had a great time.  

We then packed everything up and Nate and the little kids took Matt to his tennis practice at his school.  It was 106 degrees that day, so I felt bad for the kid.

The rest of us went at got shaved ice.  It was yummy, but a little different.  Some of the flavors were kind of weird, but I liked my root beer flavored shaved ice.  

After we ate our treats, we returned the stake center key and then went back to Nate and Amy's house.  We then relaxed in the nice cool house.  I started getting our bags packed and ready to go for the leaving the next day.  

Tony and Nate picked up some yummy Texas BBQ for dinner after they picked up Matt from tennis.  It was very yummy food and we all liked it.

After dinner we relaxed some more.  We watched some World Cup Women's Soccer and just enjoyed each other's company.  Allie started not feeling very good this evening, so we spent a lot of time snuggling and watching soccer.  She went to bed before the other kids (besides Oliver).  Megan and Lydia stayed up chatting with each other and so did the boys.  I really enjoyed watching the kids play together and stay up late talking.  We had such a great time with family and having the kids get four solid days of cousin time was the best.  We love spending time with family and were so glad that we made this trip happen, even during the hottest time of the year.