Trip Wrap-Up

So, for the rest of our trip. Well, Wednesday we took Josh lunch at school (Taco Bell, per his request). Wednesday night, Jason went to church with my family and I went to Melissa's lingerie shower. It was fun, but Melissa was SO embarassed! And we were really pretty nice to her!

Thursday Mom took the day off, but we didn't get to spend as much time with her as I had hoped. She had quite a bit of stuff to do for school and also had some shopping to do. We had lunch with Dad at Subway. Thursday afternoon, we picked Josh up from school and took him shopping. He bought a cool pinstripe blazer at American Eagle. Then that evening, we had a bunch of people over for a yummy dinner! We had brisket and all sorts of "fixins." Our guests included: Mamaw and Papaw, Mamaw Chrissy, Aunt Maggie and Britney, Uncle Joe and Aunt Phyllis and Morgan and Jake, and the Beavers (I am sure I've forgotten someone). It was so fun! Mamaw Chrissy's birthday was Saturday, so we had a little celebration that evening for her. She was surprised and had a good time! Oscar loved Aunt Phyllis, because she would let him sit in her lap while she pet him. He is such a spoiled pug!

Friday we took the pugs to my mom's class to visit her kids. We dressed them in their Halloween costumes, which they did not appreciate. But they looked pretty cute! One of these days, I plan to redress them and take a picture to post on here. On the way to school, we stopped at Starbucks. I got my favorite-white chocolate mocha with raspberry. As we were driving to the school, I picked it up and the lid popped off and it exploded all over me! Thank goodness we had some towels in the car, and thank goodness I was wearing a pink sweater and black pants!!! You couldn't really see it all that much, but I felt so sticky. We went on to school and then went home and changed. We went and helped Melissa decorate the church building a little and then went home to get ready for the rehearsal dinner.

The rehearsal went well, and we went to Luby's for dinner. There was some sort of mix-up (we were supposed to be served a specific meal), so we ended up going through the buffet line. It was kind of fun, because we picked anything we wanted, as much as we wanted--so of course we pigged out. I love Luby's! We went home full and happy!

Saturday, of course, was the wedding. I went to Holliday early that morning to watch the band march through their show before they left for Area contest. Then I did wedding stuff the rest of the day. The wedding went well, and Melissa looked beautiful! After the festivities were over, we headed to Casa Manana for dinner with Nessa and her friend Lindy. Nessa came in for a weight lifting meet on Saturday, so we had fun with them. The band, who marched at Hurst-Euless-Bedford stadium (Pennington Field) advanced to the State contest Saturday evening, so the rest of the family arrived home very late (or early).

Sunday morning we woke up early and left around 8:30. We had a fine (boring) trip home. Shame on us--we only brought 3 CDs for the entire trip, and those got old fast! We ran into some rain/snow between Denver and Colorado Springs but overall it was a great trip. We were exhausted and glad to be home!