Lubbock Road Trip!

The girls and I went up to Lubbock to visit Ashley and her new baby, Cash. Cory was originally going to go with us, but he was invited to go to Sturgis at the last minute. He has always really wanted to go up there, so of course, he jumped on it. I was a little nervous to embark on this journey with them alone. 8 hours or more in the car...yikes! I had high hopes of it being a smooth trip. My thought was that if we just keep moving, maybe they won't even realize how long we had been in the car! I had back up plans for if things went horribly wrong. Back up plan #1 - We could stop in Abilene at a state park to swim. Back up plan #2 - Give them as many toys that make noise as possible, as those usually keep their attention. Back up plan #3 - Movies, lots of movies. Our car DVD player had broken, and I really didn't want to spend the money on another one, so we rigged up the computer to play a few movies, but it wasn't an unlimited supply. Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast were on there, so I figured we could blow through those a couple of times, if needed. Anyway, we packed up, and headed out. About an hour and a half into the trip, Adilyn had to go to the bathroom. I really had hoped that we wouldn't have to stop until Waco. Here it was, College Station and we were all unloading just for the restroom stop! We got back on the road, and things were going great. The girls were pretty content with their dolls and their music. Around I-20 (about 4.5 hours in), they both started to get a little whiny and antsy. I figured that now was a good time for a movie. Adilyn chose Cars, which surprised me. About halfway through, she decided it was not a good movie, and she wanted to watch Cinderella...that's more like it! Kacy fell asleep, and all was well. We got to Ashley's after only one more stop for gas and restroom break exactly 8 hours after we left. I was so happy that the trip went so well because it could have gotten ugly, very quickly! The girls were crazy when we got there! They were running everywhere, playing hide and seek, and getting into everything. We loved seeing Cash! They kept calling him Baby Cash, and Adilyn said, "I just knew he would be super cute!" Both girls got to hold him, and they felt so proud to be his big cousins. We hung out around the house, went swimming, and watched some TV. It was great to finally see Ashley and Gerad's new house, and see them as a sweet little new family! Our way home was pretty easy, we stopped in Fort Worth (only a five hour trip), went to Terilyn's 1st birthday part, and spent the night at Pops and Mimi's house. Nammie drove back to Houston with us the next day to spend the last week of summer with us. Overall, I was so proud of my little road warriors!