Trip Home in a Nutshell...

We loved going back to West Texas to visit our family! The dreaded road trip actually turned into a pretty good drive (thanks to portable DVD players, LeapPads, gummie snacks, and books). However... 

This occurred for probably an hour of the trip.... I'm officially deaf on the right side, but I am sure it could have been worse! 

And this is how I spent my time in the car... Reading '50 Shades of Grey'... Go ahead and judge (after you get past the "sex" it is actually a really good series). 

After arriving in Lubbock we went to see my Dad (more commonly known as "PeePop"). We spent a few days with him... eating. Because that's really all we do when we are with my Dad. We eat LOTS of good food and laugh. I love my Dad. And he is the reason I have good taste in food! He trained my pallet to have extraordinary taste!

THE DANGER OF MOTORCYCLES: Seen 1st hand... 

While driving down Frankford Ave in Lubbock, Texas I witnessed one of the most horrific accidents I've ever seen. A 35-year-old man just leaving the Harley Dealership who had just bought his first bike turned onto Frankford and lost control. He smashed into a parked car in the Dealership on Frankford. I saw the explosion, witnessed the car combust which then resulted in another parked car to combust also. Somehow, probably the mercy of God, the biker flew off the bike before it went under the car and burned to a crisp. He was taken to the hospital with NON LIFE THREATENING injuries. Holy shit balls, y'all! I cried and cried. And of course I had to pull over and video it and take pictures. After all, I am a human. It's our nature to "look". The article can be read here...

The American Flag stayed in tact as the cars and bike burned below it...

GOING OUT WITH NO KIDS!

After departing my Dads, we dropped off the children with the in-laws ("GiGi" and "PawPaw") and had an adult night! Meaning going out with my bestest friend in the entire world, Amber and my bro-in-law, Eric. It never fails that we end up acting 17 again and having the best time ever. Some how Amber and I NEVER have a bad time... I think it's that we are both so incredibly awesome that when combined we turn into a totally tubular bundle of FUN! 

Here are the few pictures we managed to take! And thanks to Instagram we dont look like we should have, or probably actually looked like! (After 9pm pictures are pointless. They usually end in blurry, intoxicated messes rather than pictures.) 

Amber, My Ridiculous Husband, ME, and my brother-in-law:) Love this bunch of fools! 

Mr. Harris (Sweet Friend from highschool), Amber, and ME! 

Happy/Sad....

Besties since 1999! 

On our way OUT! No Kids! 

Isn't she lovely... Isn't she wonderful... Isn't she precious... MY AMBER NICOLE<3

After Friday night and thinking I was still "young & cool" I felt like I got hit by a bus on Saturday morning. That day was wasted and I slept on my MIL's couch ALL DAY! Home made chicken and dumplings for dinner that night which made everything better.

Then this morning, we packed up and headed home to our furry babies and our beautiful home... Seems like we never have enough time back home. Too much to do and never enough time! That pretty much sums up our trip back home to the good ole' Lubbock, Texas! We will forever miss the people there, the cotton fields, and the familiarity of our home town... but it feels so good to be home in the beautiful, big, green Houston, Texas!