And I'm Back!!

Well okay I actually got back from Texas on Tuesday, its just taken me this long to actually sit down and blog. So here's Texas..........Our trip started off with us having a lay over in Phoenix. We're getting off the plane and on our way to the next leg of our flight and we're talking about a friend that is in Vegas for her vacation. So Erin, lovingly says "That Whore!", and the guy in front of us checking his messages turns around and asks "Who's my girlfriend?". I couldn't stop laughing (as I point at Erin). So we find our next gate and decide to grab something to eat, as we're on our way to Chili's we pass this very nice looking lady that has no arms, but a really nice green shoulder bag. This raised all sorts of questions for me and apparently Erin. And luckily we were able to voice those questions later in the car. So we have dinner, grab our next flight and arrive in Austin at 11:35 pm. And Yeah for us!! My Mom and Kim are there to pick us up! I was so excited to see them that I started doing my Happy Dance, which I was even more excited to see that Kim was joining in on! And the guy waiting to pick up his luggage enjoyed the free show. So we leave the airport and head to my Aunt's house for the night, this is the part where we started asking all the no armed lady questions. We get to Aunt Lita's and Taylor and Chase are still awake playing Madden Football. They were excited to see me but really wanted to see Max, who unfortunately had to stay home. So we finally go to bed and about 6 o'clock in the morning my Aunt pops her head in and says "I'm glad you're here and I'm off to work". I go back to bed and sleep until mid-morning. We eventually left Austin and head to my parents home in Killeen. We stopped at a fun little Outlet Strip-Mall, but thought the prices weren't so Outlet. We get to Killeen and get ready for Institute. The next 5 days can pretty much be summed up like this........got up went shopping, took a nap, went shopping, took a nap, went shopping, took another nap. What? We're in the car? Cool! Nap time!! I'm Out! What? We're at the Mall? Cool! Go time!! I do have to say that Thursday was a really fun day! All the girls went shopping and had lunch at Chili's. My favorite part was watching Miss Aubrey order her lunch. She was so polite and so excited to get a Corn Dog. She did have a hard time deciding between the pizza and corn dog, but in the end the corn dog won! I was so glad to be able to spend some time with Kim and her Family. She has the coolest most polite kids ever! Good Job Kim!! I was really happy to spend some time with my parents. Its nice being able to talk to them on the phone, but there's just something about being right there with them that always lifts your spirits. It was nice to see Trent again! He showed up on Wednesday night and left with Blayne and Kim to Oklahoma. I had some fun doing his Texas Longhorns apparel shopping. Hope the kids like what I picked out!! Oh Hey Mom, if you're reading this, I should have picked up that Short Sleeved Polo Texas Longhorns Shirt in Corpus Cove (??) at the Walmart. If you find yourself over there would you pick up the orange one with the white stripe for Trent and bring it with you to Utah next month? Thanks!! All in all it was a really great vacation! It was exactly what I needed! So to Mom and Dad, thank you for letting us invade! To Blayne, Kim and Co, thanks for staying a few extra days so we could hang out! To Trent, I'll do your shopping anytime!! I had a great time!! (And just so you know, Ellie missed me a TON!! Tara said she didn't come out of her room for 3 days and she didn't stop licking my face for 20 minutes! Max missed me too, but he waited to show it until today, he wouldn't leave my side. I think Zona missed me a bit, he spent the next 2 days sitting on my lap calling me "Amber-Bamber". Ireland missed me, but I think mostly because she was tired of taking care of the dogs, but she liked her really cool princess watch!! I'm not sure Broc knew I was gone. But he LOVES his Spiderman tattoo's, yep all 48 of them, hehehehe. And I think Tara missed me, cuz she really needed a nap!).