Texas Trip

We left Wednesday evening and drove all night. It took us forever to get to Doug's Aunt Debbie and Uncle Byron's house! There was an accident, it was raining, there was lots of traffic and we got a little lost.

By the time we got there Doug only had an hour or two before he had to take the fireman's test. He thinks there must have been a thousand people there taking the test and they only took the top 60 scores. Doug passed the test but he was not in the top 60 so he will most likely not be moving on to the next step. Because he passed the test though he will still be on a list for this year so if those 60 don't work out they will go down to the next 60 and so on and so on. So it is possible that Doug could still get a call, just not very likely.

The rest of our trip was spent enjoying our family. We spent the first two days with Aunt Debbie and Uncle Byron and got to see Priscilla, Aaron, Ethan, Kate, Tanya, Great Grandma Jean and Great Grandpa Bill as well. Logan and Aila loved playing with their cousins.

We spent the next two days at GG's house and visiting with Uncle JD, Uncle Ronald, and Aunt Linda. We left Sunday afternoon minus Logan because he is going to be staying with his Mimi and Papa in Louisiana for 10 days. (I was able to hold it together until we got on the road and then I balled my eyes out! We will miss him but he is going to have a blast!) We drove all night and got home at 7 this morning. Aila let us go to sleep when we got home and we woke up around 11.

We are wore out but it was so much fun visiting with everyone. We miss you all already! Thanks for letting us stay with you! Here are the pics from our trip. I will post the videos in another blog tomorrow because I am too tired to do it right now : ) Nitey nite!


Cousins having fun together:









At the park:




Taking a walk:


Handsome little man:





He kept getting in trouble for doing this. I am so glad we don't have a coffee table!:


Walking barefoot in the grass:


Playing jokes (He was putting a bug on his Aunt Linda's chair):


Visit with Grandma Jean and Grandpa Bill and eating lunch at the Pizza Hut Buffet:

























Mimi:



Mimi and Aunt Linda:


Uncle Ronald (Aila loved all of the silly faces and noises he made):



Mimi and Uncle Ronald showing Logan how to put his pjs on:




GG:




Lunch with GG and Uncle JD (We found a food Aila does not like...briscit. She took one bite made a disgusted face and then took the food out of her mouth and handed it back to me! LOL):


Everyone hanging out at GG's house:


Fun with the cart in GG's yard:












Fun with GG's spinning chair:





Only in Texas will you find mailboxes like these: