Professional Travelers

Friday we decided (I guess I mean I not we) to head out for a fast trip to the Dallas area. My sisters husband was in a soccer tournament and she was also up there visiting a friend. So, I packed our stuff and Doug walked in the door from work and we hopped in the car. I really didn't think he thought I was being serious when he called me up in the morning and asked me what I was doing. I replied saying. I am cleaning, packing, and loading up the car. In which he said, "Seriously its not like we havent driven enough in the car lately."

I figured what the heck. Right now I am in survival mode until school begins. Which means the busier the better. Plus our nephew and his wife live there, so we had a place to stay. We left on a whim around 3:30pm. Stopped off for dinner in Pfleguerville. (Doug loves saying this) kind of an interesting name. Its about 10 miles just north of Austin and happened to be very clean and nice. After we had fed the kids we were off for the remainder of our journey. We got to Mark & Kristi's around 9:30 pm. There house is so cute and they have done (or she has done) a great job at decorating it. I took a picture of one of the guest rooms because I thought it was so cute. Believe it or not she hand painted these strips. Kristi claims she loves to paint so I think I will have to hire her to do my next house.

Too cute!!

Saturday we headed up to McKinney to visit where my sister was staying. Dallas is such a HUGE city. I couldn't believe it took over an hour just to trek north on the 121. It was well worth the trip. We ate lunch at Cafe' Brazil, which was very yummy! We also wanted to check out this area since one of our friends that moved lives there and Greg & Angie are looking to maybe move there. It was such a great community. Everything was brand new with all the ammenties that you would ever need and great stuff/activities for kids and families. I told Doug if there isn't a place in AZ that would be our next place of choice!! (well, if there was a job that is)

Me & Janet

Later we left from McKinney and just drove around the area. The kids were getting a bit ancy being in the car for so long, so we headed back to Mark & Kristi's house. We ended up just hanging out for the remainder of our trip. It was so fun just to sit, talk, laugh and reminence about our family. We finally made it back today. It wasn't too bad since there are cities the entire drive. It took us about 5 hours with stops to get home. That is a cake walk compared to our journey home to AZ!! Anyways, a huge thank you to Mark and Kristi for letting us stay in your beautiful home. Hopefully your ears don't hurt to much with all of the KID noise. At least now its peaceful and quiet. Come visit us soon!!

Thanks guys!!