Initiation and GNO

In case you have not read the evites yet......Friday November 7th is Initiation at the Delta Beta house in Commerce. We will be doing a mexican potluck dinner for the chapter so if you can attend, please check out the evite and sign up to bring something. A bunch of us are planning to make a weekend of it and you are welcome to join us. Friday night, we will be staying in the Commerce vicinity (University Inn as of now, possibly to change). Saturday morning, we are going to get up and tour campus, raid the KA house and have lunch together. Saturday afternoon/evening we are going to Lone Star Park to watch the ponies race. Afterwards, we are going to get a hotel room in the area and catch up/veg/rest.

There are two evites - one for Initiation and one for Saturday's activities. Please be sure to view them both and let us know if you can join us.

Simply Fondue

We finally pulled off a successful dinner club after almost a year of trying. Eight Delta Beta Phis gathered at Simply Fondue on Lower Greenville Ave. in Dallas for a fondue cooking lesson (thanks Candace!!). Although seven of us were fondue beginners, we still managed to cook some really good food. Candace, Heather, Kara, Hewette, Rachel, Stephanie and Kim made quite a long night out of it (by our old lady standards) and left Dallas at about 11:15. There were talks of going dancing or getting tattoos afterward but I think once all the food hit our bellys and we realized how late it was - it was decided we would save our energy for Initiation and look for a good tattoo artist in Commerce in November! See you there!!

Simply Fondue

Hey all - just a reminder that we are doing Dinner Club at Simply Fondue in Dallas on Friday, September 5th at 7pm. Any of you "Dallas" gals will need to help the rest of us figure out the best way to get there and where to park. I know the lower Greenville area gets pretty lively on the weekends so I'm hoping we can park easily.

Right now, we have 11 signed up for dinner so hopefully we will have a nice sized group. I'd like to make reservations so if you have said you are coming and change those plans - please let me know so I can reserve the right sized table(s).

Outing Update

The Blalock, Cermak and Wunsch families had a great time this past Saturday at the Dallas World Aquarium. We experienced lunch at Cafe Maya (including turkey watching or watching turkeys), giant alligators, penguins, SHARKS and so much more! Being a novice to the DWA, I was surprised to discover that Dallas even had an aquarium and that it was so full of such great creatures and educational opportunities. It was super crowded which was the only downfall of the day - I guess everyone was trying to find things to do indoors since it was 105 outside! The kids really seemed to enjoy each other's company and all the sites. Evan had such a full day, he managed to stay awake for a total of 3 minutes once we were in the car! I really wanted to nap with him but figured I should do the driving.

I am totally open to suggestions as to where our next outing should be. I'm all for 'girls only' or 'family' outings - just need some ideas. Any excuse to 'gather' is a good one! Don't forget, Kris is having a Southern Living party at her house this Saturday so if you can get away from it all for a few hours - head to the Plano area!!

Aquarium

Due to lack of interest - the time for the gathing at the Dallas Aquarium is being moved back to 11am (instead of 1pm) to better fit the schedule of those planning to attend. If this fits your schedule and you can join us on Saturday, please let me know so we know to look for you and your family at the entrance.

FYI - for future gatherings: Dates and times are always negotiable so please let me know, when you get an evite, if another day or time would better suit your schedule. It does not always mean the date or time will be changed, but I do try to take the majority into consideration at all of the functions I plan. Camp is the only thing with a set weekend and that is because it allows us all to plan our year around that 3rd weekend in June every year!! :-)

The past two Dinner Clubs have been cancelled due to lack of interest and the Aquarium trip is down to 3 families at the moment so I'd rather move these events to get better (or any) attendance if I know ahead of time that they don't work for you. I know things come up last minute and none of us can control that - I'm just talking about the things we can control.