This is one of those updates that is best explained in pictures. Our Thanksgiving trip to Texas was a fantastic experience. We loved showing off Texas A&M to Rhiannon and Wade and seeing a football game in the new-and-IMPROVED-and-HUGE Kyle Field, spending time with Derrick, Traci and kids in Houston, enjoying a lovely Thanksgiving Day meal with Tom and Lydia and family, and lots of relaxing with Grandpa Rich, Grandma Donna, and Great-Grandma Sue. Any time we spend in Texas is fantastic, but Jason and I agreed that this trip was just further clarification we will retire to the Lone Star State some day!
First up, College Station! In one word--HUGE. That place has grown like nobody's business, and it was massive when we were going to school there!
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| Dinner at Freebirds |
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| Checking out our sweet Aggie purchases |
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| Represent!! |
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| Getting ready for Midnight Yell at Kyle Field |
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| Bell Tower |
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| Cushings at the new-and-improved Kyle Field! It was so fun to be there together! |
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| Future Aggies? We'll see! |
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| Game Day |
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| We were pretty high up but had a great view of the game! |
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| Wade was being silly--he was having more fun than it appears. :) |
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| One of my favorite places on campus! |
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| And Jason's second home! |
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| The Bonfire Memorial was stunning and peaceful and VERY well done. |
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| Construction going on at the Zachary Engineering building |
And then on to Houston! We had a fun time with the Houston Sheens--thanks, Derrick, Traci, Max, Maggie, and Moses for the delicious Thanksgiving meal with friends, a trip to the Houston Zoo, and a YUMMY Mexican restaurant dinner! We had a good time visiting and playing games, too!
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| Moses made me laugh. He was having a lot of fun emptying planters in the backyard. |
Fun with cousins!
Houston Zoo! The place was packed that day, but it was a great place!
YUM!
Our next stop was Grandpa Rich and Grandma Donna's home in Sachse. Boy, we loved relaxing and visiting, eating, playing games, going to the Fantastic Beasts movie, shooting bb guns, going to the Dallas Temple, and playing disc golf!!!! Love you guys!
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| Family Goal--check! |
Frisbee golf was crazy and awesome!
We loved being around Grandma Sue. She is witty as always!
Love you, Grandma Donna! She is so fun to talk to and wants to know every detail!
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| LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture! |
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| And this one! |
On Thanksgiving Day we drove north to Tommy and Lydia's home in Savannah, outside of Denton, Texas. The meal and the company was OUT OF THIS WORLD awesome. Thank you for all your hard work, Tom and Lyd and Rosemary! We had a wonderful time and left there full and happy!!
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| Their cat MJ is pretty cool. I'm not into cats, but if I had to be, I'd choose a cat like MJ. |
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| Beck and Hardy were SOO cute and funny! |
It was a wonderful 8-day trip, busy and relaxing and happy and fun all in one. We loved being with Sheen family!
