Back from the Lone Start State

Wow - what a great vacation!! Sure is hard to face Monday after 4 days of road trippin' with my husband. We had such a blast in Texas! We saw tons of old friends, reminisced, relaxed, and just enjoyed talking to each other without 3 little ones at our feet. It was amazing, rejuvenating and MUCH needed. I must do a usual shout out to the grandmas and grandpas that babysat - as always you guys are all the best - we wouldn't be sane (or at least as sane as we are) without you!! Thanks so much!

Now, onto the trip...here's a picture of us driving down to Texas last Thursday...

Yes, I said, "driving down to Texas" not driving up to North Dakota...we actually drove thru a blizzard on our way to Dallas. Well, a Texas blizzard. Nothing stuck a whole lot since it was 65 degrees the day before, but that didn't stop those Texans from thinking the world was ending. Of course, everyone left work/school early to get home quickly (Texans forget you should actually drive SLOWER in the snow). So, we ran into quite a bit of traffic in Denton. There were several inches on the ground, but it melted very quickly and just became a mushy mess. We got there with no problems, but the trip took 10 hours instead of 8.

Here's a pic of one my great friends that I use to coach and teach with at Colleyville, Susan. Can our smiles be any bigger???

We did do one touristy thing while in Texas...we went to the Gaylord Texan - a huge hotel that was being built when we moved. It was pretty cool -

We also got to watch the K-State basketball game at a K-State watch party with Brandon, one of our good friends from college. We were so happy to get to spend time with him and David Diedrich and Jesse. Spent most of Saturday hanging out with those guys.

Our condo, I mean hotel room....was HUGE. Shawn did priceline.com the night before we left and we ended up getting an awesome hotel room for $44/night. It was amazing. We even had a dining room table and kitchen - we could have had a dinner party! Crazy.

All in all it was a wonderful long weekend getaway and I can't wait to do it again next year...I'm thinking Phoenix...yeah...definitely.

Hope you are having the time of your life!

ST

ps - here's a pic of my girls...aren't they cute?