long friona weekend

landon and i planned to go to friona to spend a long weekend with my family. we hadn't seen them since christmas, and i was very ready! we didn't have school on monday (presidents day) and my family didn't have school on friday. we were going to leave friday morning so we were looking forward to a nice long weekend...but not as long as what we ended up getting.

wednesday night we went to bed knowing that thursday at some point it was supposed to snow. we woke up thursday morning to an inch of snow on the ground and the announcement on the news that school was cancelled for us. we decided to go ahead and pack everything up and head to the panhandle. we barely got out in time before it was too dangerous to drive. between denton and wichita falls we actually saw 15 cars either wrecked or stranded in the ditch because of the weather. it snowed on us constantly until wichita falls.

my two younger sisters had a playoff game thursday night so we surprised my family at the game. they weren't expecting us until friday afternoon, so that was a lot of fun and it was SO good to see them! everyone was there except my sister staci. i can't tell you how good of a feeling it is when i see my nephews and they smile and say "hi b!!" it makes me smile just thinking about it!

friday we got up and headed over to my sisters house to hang out with her and my nephews. last time we were home, boston (2) was a little grouch and his favorite word was "NNNOOOOO" to EVERYTHING, including "i love you boston". this visit, he was SO MUCH FUN! he laughed, played, talked, drew pictures, and colored. and he absolutely LOVED landon and always wanted to ride his "horsey". cash seems to be getting bigger and smarter every time we see him. he has such a funny personality! he is so fun to run around with, but i love when he has just woken up from a nap and just wants to cuddle. friday night staci came home to see us and we went to another basketball game then home for some good home-grown steaks (by home-grown, i mean that my dad raised the cow that we ate), hashbrown casserole, and salad...oh man, i've missed that kind of meal!

saturday we woke up and went to ANOTHER basketball game, my sister staci's this time, and then home to hang out with my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew's house to hang out with the siblings! sunday was church and hung out with my parents all day!

monday, since my family had school, we left monday morning to head back to denton. we took a different route than normal, and since we weren't in any hurry to get back, we stopped at historical markers on our way back. we learned some pretty interesting stuff and it was a fun activity to keep the drive from getting too boring. while we were gone, we heard news reports that the DFW area had gotten 12+ inches of snow over the weekend. school ended up being cancelled on friday as well. when we pulled into town, there was no proof that it had snowed other than the random snowmen that were halfway melted in the parks. other than that, there was NO snow anywhere.

we were kind of sad we missed all the snow since we won't see that much snow again...probably ever, but we had such a great weekend with my family! i was ready to be home and sleep in my own bed, but i'm already looking forward to getting to spend spring break with my family!