3 And 4 Legs

The trunk was packed to the ceiling
Thank goodness we have a large trunk!

We fit all of our stuff inside of our van by the skin of our teeth. We had things placed in every nook and cranny possible in our car with hardly any room to spare. Our family decided it would be much easier to get Christmas shopping done for our kids early and avoid mailing them. Luckily we came out with three small bags allowing us to transport all of the goodies. After packing it, I couldn't believe how ridiculously spoiled my kids are!

White as far as the eye could see
near El Paso, TX

Wake-up call was about 3 am this morning. We had intentions on leaving early, but Weston woke us up a tad earlier than normal. He has a terrible cold so instead of lying in bed I got up to get an early start. I took the first of the three legs since I was sort of wired. (well I thought so) At about 6am I was struggling to stay awake. I had my i pod blaring and my diet coke next to me to keep me company. The first "leg" of the trip everyone slept until about 7:30am which was great compared to our venture to Arizona.

Passing cars on the road with snow---so weird.

We saw on the weather reports where Dallas had snow yesterday, which is crazy. Come to find out much of West Texas got their own mini winter land as well. There was snow from El Paso to Fort Stockton, nearly 300 miles! I was snapping photos right and left since it was so odd to see a blanket of snow on our drive home. It looked like some parts of Southern Utah on the I-15.

Everyone was so happy to eat Rudy's
Yummy!

Doug took the 2nd shift of the drive for about 7 hours and I finished up the last leg pulling into our favorite bbq Rudy's. This was the 1 of 3 meals that we all seemed to eat, even Weston (so you know it was good :) We arrived in record time today with only 3 stops total, which means 1400 miles in 14 hours. The kids also traveled so well today making the drive quite bearable. The kids were so excited to be back at home, especially my two young boys. All the kids ran straight for the backyard to greet our furry family member. With the cold yucky weather San Antonio had, Bones was due for a bath.

Bones enjoying a bath

Doug volunteered to bathe him while I finished unpacking stuff. So after our lengthy 3 legged trip we all agreed that we are happy to be back with our 4 legged friend! (I think he missed us as well and got bigger) Special thanks to our great neighbors and friends who tended Bones while we were gone. And it looks like I finally need to pull out my winter clothes it's down in the 40's. BRRR. Tomorrow I'll be playing catch up with all of you and lots of laundry!


good deed Saturday: got some gift certificates for our neighbors.
good deed: took the first shift of driving.