on the road again...

charlie and i left Houston late thursday evening and drove to Louisiana.

my grandmother, momie, hasn't been doing well for the past week

and we took time off to spend with her

since we spent most of the time in the hospital i do not have any pictures from

cajun town.

momie's spirits are up and she is looking forward to having her hair fixed.

She even told us we were turning her into a "pretzel" because she couldn't have any water

due to the stroke making it difficult for her to swallow on her own. 

momie will probably be moved into physical therapy at the end of the week

and will hopefully be on the way to recovery.

after our visit in Louisiana we made a wonderful pit stop in Elysian Fields

to see the wonderful woodleys.

katilyn and adam are super luck to have baby deer come and visit their back yard!

{kati named the deers, tabitha, clovis and cleo...how cute is she?}

we spent some porch time...

and saw the best stick bug we've ever seen!

{charlie said he was such a good stick bug that he almost walked right past him}

the lloyds and woodleys met up with Jeremy in Longview, for a Tex-opean lunch

i.e. it lasted two hours and it went by in a flash.

Even with all of that time we forgot to take a pic...sad day!

After lunch, we high-tailed it to Dallas for a Michael and Anica's wedding.

Steph and John were also amongst the invited...

{can you tell i just finished jane eyer :)}

we loved the grounds of house where the ceremony and reception took place

take oneandtake two

the wedding was beautiful and very romantic

charlie was able to meet his cousin for a ranger's game on sunday

while steph showed me all of her favorite places around the Fort Worth area.

{funny street in "dirty d"}

it was a whirlwind weekend to be sure

but the time spend with family and friends made all of the driving worth while!

reading Jane Eyer...this pic reminds me of Edward & Jane

yup,yup

(Source: chelseapikex

1,000 mile weekend

west texas sunsets sure are purdy...

this is the view outside of Charlie's grandparent's lake house in Del Rio.

Charlie and took a little evening stroll after our long day out on lake amistad.

The next morning, we got up bright and early, had some peach pie for breakfast and then

made our heading for college station.

everyone reading this knows our lone star state is quite large and diverse.

we encountered several interesting situations on our said road trip.

the first of which would be border patrol.

charlie decided to pull over onto the side of the road and grab our camera

from the trunk so we could take a quick pic of the patrol officers...

my concerns of our pull over raising eyebrows was well founded

and while they didn't take us out of the car and frisk us, we encountered some thorough questioning.

moving right along after our stint with the junction brothers

we see this large object lying in the middle of the highway...

road kill perhaps?

oh, no.

just a lil 'ol bag of Keystone cans and empty amo shells.

...you know you're in the hill country when...

but non the less, the drive was just as beautiful as we remembered it to be

as we were moving along our merry way, we notice what looked like huge

thunder storm clouds looming ahead of us.

come to find out, those aren't storm clouds,

or the makings of a tornado; which also crossed my mind

{what are we driving into}

it was a huge wildfire

started when a dead tree fell on to power lines

the fire  made several jumps and soon the whole area was

covered in gray smoke.

definitely not something you see everyday.

after several detours, highways closures and reroutes we were able

to make it to aggieland by the second quarter.

the aggies made it all worth while when they pulled out the win against SMU.

PHEW!

border patrols

7 hours of non-stop driving

a wild texas brush fire

and a successful football game

i'll say we've had an eventful labor day weekend

goodness gracious