TEXAS!!!

From Carlsbad Caverns, we headed into Texas. The speed limit on the small highway was great- 80 mph! And we definitely drove friendly, the Texas way (just like the welcome sign asked us to!). We made a pitstop at Fort Stockton (to break up our drive to Austin). There wasn't much to see there, but our Super 8 hotel did have Texas shaped pancakes!




From there, we drove to Austin, TX where we were reunited with Drew and Jennifer!! First we arrived at Drew's house and hung out and caught up until it was time to pick Jennifer up from the airport.

Drew seeing Jennifer for the first time since August!

Before this trip, Jennifer and I had been talking about making "Family Reunion" t-shirts and surprising Drew with them. Of course, there wasn't any time at all before we moved and Jennifer had such a busy weekend on duty that I didn't think she would have the time to get the shirts sorted out (plus, I'm pretty sure I asked her about them on Tuesday and she said there were no shirts for us. Sad.). In any case, Jennifer surprised all of us with some FABULOUS shirts! I am so excited to wear them this weekend!! Thanks to Mitch, Stephen and anyone else who helped out!



We had dinner at this totally fun Tex Mex restaurant (Trudy's, I think?) and then ended the evening WCF style- with a LOOOONG game of Mexican Train Dominos, which we continued tonight...and must continue again tomorrow night to finish up all the rounds. Currently Adam is dominating at the dominoes!

Jennifer looks excited, but I'm pretty sure we were in round 6 of the game and all of us were dog-tired...except maybe Drew! Lol.