Road Trip

We had a whirlwind road trip to Kansas last weekend.  We woke up early Saturday morning, loaded up, and hit the road headed north to celebrate our niece Lauren's high school graduation. Even though we had to make our first potty stop about 45 minutes into the trip, the girls did a great job and the whining was minimal.  They watched movies on the iPad, colored, looked for cows, and played Road Trip Bingo.  I found these boards for a buck each at Target!

 Surprisingly, not much sleeping took place.  Emma can fall asleep between our house and the grocery store, but was wide awake through the entire state of Oklahoma.  How can that be?  The girls had a great time with their cousins.  Lots of playing, chasing, laughing, silly faces, and a long awaited sleep over!  We're hoping they can make a trip down this summer for more cousin fun.

 Emma latched onto Lauren pretty quickly; I like this pic of the oldest and youngest cousins. We are so proud of Lauren.  She ended high school having had a strong academic and athletic career.  She earned many scholarships and will be pursuing Physical Therapy in college.  She is a hard worker and a beautiful young lady!  I didn't manage to get pictures of Ashlee, Timmy, and Natalee, but they were there, too!

We headed back to Texas on Sunday morning, and by the time we rolled into the driveway, we were all crabby.  Still, we had a great time and it was worth the long drive to spend some quality time with family we don't see very often.  While we were in Kansas, I picked up this sign that my SIL's friend made for me.  Don't you love it?!?  It's not hung yet, but I know where it's going once Steve finds the studs!

 Now we're back in the throes of a busy week ... and more rain.  Sara's field day is on Thursday and my parents are driving down for the long weekend, so I'm hoping for the storms to stop.  We're also back to our home improvement projects ... making slow and steady progress!