We went on a trip!

We didn't get to go anywhere all summer because Dave was so busy with school and we are poor students, so I got kind of excited when we were able to get out of town. Even if it was only for two days. At least we got to stay in a hotel. (I'm pretty easy to please these days.) Dave had some law school business in Dallas on Friday, so B & I got to accompany him. We got to eat at some good places we don't have in Lubbock, like Einstein's bagels, Chipotle...and I think that was about all the places we ate at. It was good enough for me. Needless to say, nothing we ate was even close to healthy.

Of course I didn't document the trip. When do I ever do that? I remembered to snap some pics on car ride home though.


In keeping with the food theme of the trip, we finished it up with donuts on the way home. (Despite the fact that Texas has a donut shop on practically every other corner, we don't eat them very often.)





And here's a kolache for those of you who have never had one before. I had never even heard of these before I moved to Texas. You can get them with fruit or meat inside - Dave loves the cheese & sausage ones. They're not a favorite of mine, but I'll eat one every once in a while.






B in a donut stupor. By this time, he had already had almost three donuts and one kolache. He fell asleep not long after this pic was taken.




We went through a lot of tiny towns on the way back. This sign actually rendered us speechless. We started laughing a minute after we drove past it, so we had to turn around and take a picture. If that sign is true, those people are talented!







B & I went to a museum to keep ourselves entertained while Dave was busy. This was the only good shot I got of him the whole time. Have I mentioned he has started running? It's amazing that I get any pictures of him at all.
(Steph, this was the same museum we went to with you guys. The one where you can "dig" up dinosaur bones in the sand. Didn't Dean pee in the sand or something? I can't remember. :) )








Dave's brother William and his wife Rebecca (the two on the left) came to visit us over Labor Day weekend. And a few weeks before that, Dave's cousin Ben and his wife Kaylene (sorry if I misspelled that!) moved in (literally) right across from our place.(They're on the right.) It's a party!





A pic of all of us, except Lorraine & Jack. (Lo was taking the picture.)





I had to throw this picture in here because it looks like B is about to pummel me on the head. He didn't end up hitting me - I think he was trying to get down. It made for a fun picture, though.






What "hiding" means to an 18 month old. His other favorite place is behind our shower curtain. It's cute now, but I can see it turning not cute in the future. Like when we are out in public. He will stay quiet for a long time, too!






He thinks he's hilarious!





I planted him in front of this one day, and he stayed put for 25 minutes! I cleaned the whole kitchen while he was coloring and eating pretzels. I wish I would have known this a long time ago.



He is saying so many words now. I have been waiting to hear him talk ever since he was born! It's always fun to hear what their little voice sounds like. A few of my favorites are "nac",(snack)"pees", (please) and "tash" (trash - although he says this sometimes as he is throwing food off his tray onto our carpeted floor. Not cool OR cute then.) My all time favorite word of his (and first phrase) is "tay oo, mommy". (Thank you, mommy) He even uses it at the right times and says "tay oo, daddy", too. How cute is that?