What to Eat Dallas: Dallas Grilled Cheese Company

Attention Dallas residents: Eat at Dallas Grilled Cheese Co. located in the Bishop Arts District in Oak Cliff. That is all. Okay, no. That's not all. Can we just pause and look at the above piece of art work? I am figuratively (because actually would be gross) drooling thinking about that billion calorie sandwich, right now. It's amazing.
Here's some more pictures of that goodness. Zachary and I have gone twice to Dallas Grilled Cheese Company and every time we order the Reuben with sour kraut and the P.F.s Favorite. Or P.D.s Favorite. Somebodies favorite. Both are equally good in different ways and so we can never (the two times we've gone) choose which one to get, so we get them both and split them. Seriously, after eating the above, I don't have to eat anything else for the rest of the day. Not because I shouldn't considering the amount of calories, but because it's just so good and satisfying, and what else can compare that day? Nothing. That's all. An entire post about a grilled cheese restaurant. :)

Loboc at Night: The Fireflies

 One of our favorite memories in Bohol was our time on Loboc River at night. Our hotel had 'firefly tours' that took off from the tiny dock connected to the resorts dining room. We scheduled a tour one night and waited for our tour guide by the water. Zachary had fun testing out the night shot options on our camera.
Once our tour guide arrived, we jumped into his tiny boat, and headed down the river. Our tour guide, the same guy who took me to feed the monkeys, was one of the sweetest people we met. He spoke 0 English, but was always all smiles. The river was beautiful & peaceful during the day but even more peaceful at night. It was smooth as glass, lined with mangrove trees & pitch black except the moonlight. We made our way down the quiet river in search of all the trees filled with the famous Bohol fireflies.

I couldn't get a good picture with my camera but upon a quick Google search I found a few that give you a small glimpse at how beautiful these twinkling trees along the river were.

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It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. They lit the trees up like decorated Christmas trees. It was magical really. That ride down the river at night was such a peaceful, worshipful experience. It was impossible for us to be out there in the beautiful water and not think about God!

 Should you find yourself in Bohol, take a night cruise down the river! Do it on a tiny, private boat out of Loboc River Resort. They're are tons of dinner cruise options with bands & dinner available on them but don't waste your time looking at the fireflies on one of those! Do that activity a different time. Trust me. You'll treasure those peaceful moments on the river, viewing the fireflies.
 

The Color Run 2015

A few months ago I had this great idea. Braggy much? I know. I can't hep it though, it was a REALLY good idea! My idea was this: have all my siblings come up to Dallas, have a fun-filled weekend all together & do The Color Run! Well apparently all of my precious siblings thought it was a good idea too, because Friday, March 27, the day before the Color Run, they all drove up to Zachay's parents house in Dallas & we began our fun-filled, completely awesome Sibling Weekend.:) Friday night we stayed up past our bedtimes painting our nails in neon colors (the ladies did at least) & headed to bed, so we could make our 6 am wake up call!

The Siblings minus Sophie, who's 3. Too small now for our shenanigans. Left to Right (Your Left, not the computers, just to be clear because it's always really confusing to me, and I usually wish someone would clarify for me.) : Again, Left to Right: Zachary, Meeeee, Harley, Brittany (Zachary's sister), Lauren (future-sister-in-law), Jacob & Justin. And of course Chara, in bliss, because so many people filled Zachary's parents home. More hands to pet her! 

Load it up! The boys got in one car (Don't worry, we had Lauren move before we drove off)& the girls got in another.
Not to brag or anything but the girls' car was awesome. It was filled with lots of singing & dancing, and general 6:30 am, sleep deprived, festivities. Later we heard that the boys car was filled with some singing, but no one could really get into the Opera they were playing.


After, the music filled ride, we arrived at The Color Run, which was located on the Texas State Fair grounds.
I love races. They're is always so much energy. Everyone is just so pumped up & excited to be there. I feel that way at all races but even more so at The Color Run. There's it claims to be 'the Happiest 5K on the planet.' Because it is! People are energized & eager for all the fun to begin!
We love our mommas!
Check out these festive sunglasses I won from the Alcatel Onetouch booth. I guessed a color, spinned a wheel that landed on that color. Easy peasy, free glasseasys. They are now Zachary's back up glasses in the car when he forgets his. Sometimes he forgets he is wearing them and starts to walk into places with them on. It's cute.

The course! A 5k filled with color stations, where you get covered in color! Ending at a Color Party!
Reader, please note, there is a billion pictures in this post. I know a lot of bloggers say that and then they only post like 10. That is not the case for me. The short blog post around these parts includes 10 pictures. Most, include about 100. Also, Reader, please forgive my vanity. Half of these pictures are of myself. I can't help it. I was holding the camera and desperate to document this Run. Also, to document myself all Neon-fied & Color Run-fied, I guess. It gets excessive. And you could say, why not just post a few? Why not delete the majority of the pictures of yourself with your arm in half the picture, revealing you are taking a selfie? That is a good question, Reader. A question to which I have no answer, except to say that I must really like the way I look with a neon flower headband & colored flour all over my face.
Please observe the nails. The nails, people.
He's festive. Love them. :)
They're skipping. They're cute.


For the Dallas color run, ColorCancer was the charity highlight. Find them on Facebook here. ColorCancer provides free at-home care supplies to cancer patients in need. On the day of our packet pick up we were given ColorCancer wrist bands, where we could dedicate our run to someone we knew who has cancer or who has died from cancer. Zachary's cousin, Patti, passed away from cancer a few weeks before the run. We dedicated our run to her.
Up comes yellow! Our first color of the run.
If you've done a color run before, you know that at each color station things get crazy! Colored flour is flying everywhere. There are people on each side of the treck with buckets & squeeze bottles full of color. As you run by, or stop in front of them if you want to get really dirty, they throw the color on you.

He's so serious. We all had just a little bit of yellow on us! It wasn't until the next color station that we figured out how to get really drenched in color.
I loved the big Texas Ferris wheel.
Next up, BLUE!
We really got dirty when it came to blue!
Harley getting blued!
Smurfs!
Please note, Harley, the best photo bomber ever. Ya'll I had to keep taking the same picture over and over because of the sun & shadows.
Justin doesn't do things half way. Please note other selfie taker in the background. Also, #3 of this basically exact same photo of this post.
Like  I said, best photo bomber ever award goes to Harley. And we're off to orange.
The suspense.
For real, the happiest.
Lauren getting oranged.
Harley getting oranged.
It's hard to say what's going on here.
That's better. They're like models. Thug-life.
The best station of all, PINK!

Real men wear pink.And last but not least, the Shine station! The Shine Tour 2015 is the name of The Color Run this year because of glitter. :) Also, some shiny color packets we got at the after run party. The glitter stayed in our hair for ages! We saw Lauren weeks later and she still had that glitter clinging to her curly locks!Glitter!

At the finish of the 5k there's a huge 'after party.' There's lots of dancing & color throws. Everyone grabs a color packet at the end of the race and throws up their color at one time! It creates awesome pictures like this. 

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Once the festivities are over everyone lines up at the Shout booth to be 'cleaned off' by leaf blowers.  I don't think it did much but it was a good thought.

Waiting in the Shout line!
We couldn't help but laugh after Justin wiped his face off & was left with blue eyebrows & a blue mustache! By the time we got home, around 11,  Zachary's parents had set up a slip and slide for us! Everyone sat out, soaking in the sun & relaxing after our fun filled morning! It was hard to believe that it was only 11 o'clock! It's crazy all you can do when you wake up at 6!Chara girl joined in the slip and slide fun!
We had a fantastic time at The Color Run Shine Tour '15! All the rumors are true, it is amazing and of course, 'the happiest 5k on the planet!' Siblings, I freakin' love you guys. It wouldn't have been fun without you!