At Home in the Lone Star State!!! :-)

So picking up where I left off, the fam headed over to Kerrville to visit Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw on Saturday around noon. It was a quick trip over (thanks to Dad and his 90+mph driving with Mom cursing him the entire way....) and we had a great BBQ brisket dinner after we arrived. It was good to just chill out and relax and gorge on food (HA!). I even got some "official" Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream (which was truly squeezed from the clouds of Heaven). DELISH!!!


We got up on Sunday morning and had a huge traditional Dooly family breakfast with all the trimmings and then the girls and I took Maw-Maw down to Walgreens to show her how to download digital pictures from her camera and have them developed. Then after that it was time to pack everything up and head back home. We were treated to ANOTHER 3 hours of 90+mph driving by Jim-Bob during which Mom was holding onto the side of the door and cursing him again, and then arrived back at home.

We celebrated Jamie's birthday at Tony's restaurant and she even got to wear the sombrero hat and have whipped cream shoved in her face in honor of the special day. She loved it as I'm sure you can tell from the pictures! :-)

Tuesday was the day the girls and I decided to head over to Splashtown for some fun in the sun (and water). We had a great time, although we were rained out around 2:30pm in the afternoon. It was SO cool though b/c I hadn't been to a water park in years. I was the only one brave enough to try out the "Texas Freefall" which is a steep body slide (see pic - I'm actually going down the slide in the pic!). I almost chickened out at the top, but then looked down at Jamie and Kelly and knew I'd never hear the end of it if I walked down the stairs and didn't ride. It was REALLY fun though, although it gives you a major wedgie at the end - HA! We also rode the "Tornado" several times and that was cool as well!

The rest of my time in Texas was spent just hanging around the house with the fam, going up to Mom's school, running errands and shopping. Oh yeah and stocking up on some of the food I've been missing since being away! (i.e. - Whataburger, Taco Bell, Luby's, to name a few....) It was also nice riding around in HUGE vehicles again for a change - you don't realize how much you miss them and depend on their space until you don't have one! :-)


I also got in some good times with the dogs, Maggie and Lily, while at home. Maggie is still a pig and Lily is still as curious as ever and they're a scream to be around.

Although I was sad to leave home again, I was excited to be returning to London again! Can't wait for more adventures!!! :-)