~Spring Break in Texas: Part 1~

I decided to be crazy brave and take a road trip down to Texas for Spring Break. With my three kids.  All. By. Myself. 

Yep.  I'm nuts.  Somehow it all worked out though.  Long days in the car, one night in a Wichita hotel, lots of movies and snacks, lots of patience and organization and then we made it!  Dearest Robyn and her clan welcomed us with open arms and we were very excited to be there.

The Mons were our good friends in Iowa until they moved last Fall.  It was a hard shock to Alec's system to lose his best friend.  I wondered how they would do after not seeing each other for 8 months but they just picked right back up where they left off.  Alec was in Heaven!  My girls were spoiled rotten by Miss Riah (Mariah) and everyone had a wonderful, relaxing time.  All I wanted to do was hang out with my dearest Robyn in her giant house, laugh, listen, and let the kids play, so that is pretty much exactly what we did.  It was perfect.  

It was a fantastic few days and we were all sad to say goodbye.  I am so grateful for the good friends I have made over the years and the friends my children have made, even if we can't always live close.  I think one of my favorite memories was when Harrison was saying family prayer one night and he said "we're thankful that our cousins could come and visit us".  I'm pretty sure my heart smiled.  :-)  I'm so thankful for the friends like family, the Iowa cousins we've been blessed to have in our lives.