Friday, December 31, 2010

cell phone shots from our holiday trip

I just figured out the best way to get my pics off my new phone so figured I would throw them on here too! Various pics from the trip to TX and CO

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His TREX pillow pet!

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Christmas morning – Jeff, Greg and Justin in the kitchen; Tom, Justin and Mal on the couch

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Justin and Jeff

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Mal eating a plastic donut

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Rachel and Sky

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

trip home and more presents

We left early and stopped by moms to pick up 3 puppies who would be riding to TN with us! What an adventure that was!

We made it an hour down the road and one puppy didnt like being alone in a kennel and was sick. So we stopped, cleaned her up and she road the rest of the trip on the front seat! LOL the tiny puppies were in a kennel together and did really good. We never heard from them!

my quiet passengers! lol

So we left moms at 7am and met Jaclyn in Mboro at 9pm to drop off a puppy to her!


As soon as we got home we worked on unloading and matt immediately saw the presents that Santa had left him!

He was so excited to get more things “that he has always wanted”!

We unloaded, and unpacked and around midnight we were finally ready for bed! A long travel day to end a fantastic holiday road trip!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

last night in tx

Our last day in TX was another lazy day hanging out at moms then we went to town to get a few things accomplished like showing an apartment and looking at new trucks!

Then Gran met us at TX Roadhouse for supper. She even got half a hug from Matt on the way in

TX Granny and GG

GG and Amy

Grandpa Jodie got done early enough to meet us too!

Jeff being silly

a pic courtesy of Matt. I think there was a fingerprint on the lens which would explain the haziness!

Back to moms to visit for a while before heading to the apartment to get some rest.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

lazy day at moms

whataburger for breakfast! yummmmmm


Mom had to do some work so we went down to her house to hang out with Gray. We cleaned his room then he worked on his Harry Potter Lego Castle.

Matt played video games

We all pitched in to feed the birds

Jeff, Gray, Matt and I then went to the mall to look around and try on hats






before meeting everyone for some hibachi!

Grandpa Jodie, ShyAnn and Utah, Jeff and Matt waiting to be seated

Amy and Miami

Gray and his new hat!

Grandpa Jodie and TX Granny courtesy of Matt

Utah and ShyAnn

Grayson, Matt, Miami and Amy

a cell phone shot of everyone playing on their cell phones! lol




Supper was so much fun! Matthew ended up riding home with TX Granny to spend the night. Jeff and I hung out on the couch at the apartment watching TV all night! We got into a lifetime channel movie and stayed up til 1 am! haha we are such dorks!

Monday, December 27, 2010

on the road back to TX

After getting some rest we loaded up and left the hotel at 5am Mountain Time.

We got to see the most amazing sunrise in Northern New mexico

It is scenery like this that I fall in love with! I love the desert mountains

We drove and drove and drove and before long we were crossing the TX state line

We took a detour in Amarillo and headed to Canyon to drive thru the Palo Duro Canyon State Park. The Palo Duro Canyon is the 2nd largest in the US! What a breathtaking site it was!IMG_3333 logo

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this is what I love. the rocks are gorgeous, no trees blocking the view… as much as I love and miss West TX, the panhandle-plains are just as wonderful!

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mule deer safe in the state parkIMG_3411 logo

We got to mom’s about 7pm Central time and once there it was time to open more presentsIMG_3425 logo

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By this time we were beat! We went to the apartment for the night!