Labor Day Weekend in McAllen, TX

On Friday, September 4th, Beck took his second flight this year. (The first was to Orlando, FL for Jeff and Jill's wedding.) We took a 1.5 hour flight to visit Jody, Jennifer and Noah in McAllen, Texas. The Rio Grand Valley is a lot like being in Florida...all of the palm trees and stucco houses. After we landed, Jody took us to their house on the golf course (they are located on the 10th hole) then we ate dinner at a fabulous Mexican restaurant (Costa Messa). Authentic Mexican food and they even had a Mariachi band to boot! Noah burned up lots of energy by running up and down the ramp located near our table. We started with a cup of soup and Beck ate the veggies from my soup (carrots, zucchini and potatoes) then he ate a cheese enchilada and loved it.
Our bellies are stuffed so off to the grocery store we go for some weekend food at HEB. Jennifer got cupcakes and Noah enjoyed every bite!The next morning, Beck woke up REALLY early so we took off in the golf cart to keep from waking up the entire house. It was still dark outside...Beck spotted an orange tree and picked one but it was still green...not ready yet.
There's an awesome park near the Mask's house but I think it was to overwhelming for Beck because he didn't play like he usually does at the park near our house. He sat on the edge of the slide, played with the rocks and had fun being on the swing with mommy...When we got back to the house, we decided to check out the pond near the 10th hole to discover that Nutria's live there. Don't know what a Nutria is...well, it sort resembles a beaver. Beck got pretty close to a brave one...
On Saturday morning, Jennifer was going to cook waffles for us but we forgot to get vegetable oil at HEB last night so we decided to cook them the next morning. We ended up not cooking the waffles on Sunday morning because it was too late to cook them and we wanted to hit the road to get to the beach. On Monday morning, we finally cooked the waffles. But, there was no brush to put oil on the top part of the waffle maker so the first waffle was stuck like a truck in mud. Jody made pancakes instead. But, we didn't have any butter!!! The waffles that never happened made us laugh and we will always remember this funny moment.

One morning, Beck and Noah spent so much time on the patio playing with trucks and annoying the golfers. At one point, we had to take them inside because the golfers were glaring our way.