Lone Star Adventures

A few days after Christmas we loaded up and headed to Texas for our first visit in too long 20 months.  The drive was way too long but we got a lot of visiting in and while we feel like we had a great visit with those that we got to see, once again we ran out of time to see many of our friends.

We based ourselves at my parents house, which was awesome.  These boys don't get to see their grandparents much so it was nice they they got to wake up and go to sleep at their house.  Matthew enjoyed his first Pop-Tarts, played at their neighborhood playground,  watched Toy Story 3 a thousand times, enjoyed his magic (fold out couch) bed and taught Kimber about the stairs and all the adventure they hold. They also got to meet new cousins and make some memories.

We did the typical Mexican cuisine extravaganza that always occurs on these trips....Joe T. Garcia's, Chuys and Uncle Julios all in a matter of 48 hours.   We celebrated Christmas with my family.  We got to meet the two newest babies.  Baby Ashton, completely precious and has his big sister and brother completely wrapped around his finger.  Miss Millie, wow, so full of spunk.  I can just say that she is adorable but I don't envy her parents, I think she will be quite the challenge in her teenage years.  We went down to Johnson County and visited Miss Ruth and her goats as well as my sister and her family.  We attended William's grandparents 70th wedding anniversary celebration We hung out with our oldest and dearest friends Ronny and Nicki in Dallas.  We celebrated New Years with good friends.  We had a great time and cannot wait to do it again....as soon as we invest in a bigger car...or teleporter (that drive is BRUTAL).

Kimber, Matthew, Millie & Sammy

 Joe T's

Kimber's first visit, Matthew appears to be showing him the ropes.

The much anticipated train ride on the TRE from Fort Worth to Dallas.  I am not sure if Matthew was more impressed by the actual train ride or the bathroom aboard the train, which we visited 3 or 4 times.  We actually missed our stop coming back and had to hop trains to get back to where we were parked, which was kind of funny....except that we were all famished...tired....and a wee bit frazzled.

 

 The cutest space ranger ever, 

on New Years Day after spending the night with the Uhlenhakers in Frisco.

A picture of Nana with all of her kids and grandkids.

Some special time with the godparents...and a horse ride of course!