Amarillo, Texas

Edward and I recently got back from an incredible trip to Amarillo.  At first I was apprehensive about the trip because it is an eight hour car drive and we were simply doing a quick weekend getaway.  Well, for a quick weekend trip it sounded like a lot of driving to me.  However, I smiled, got in the car, and trusted that Edward had made the right decision of driving all the way to Amarillo just for a weekend.  Now, I am so happy that we went.  We could not have had a better trip!  Our weekend was jammed pack with activities and seeing friends and family.  We are so blessed by our relatives and close friends who truly made our weekend extra special.  We arrived their on Thursday night  around midnight and went straight to the hotel.  We were so exhausted from the trip we thought it best to simply go rest.  On Friday we woke up rejuvenated and ready for a fun weekend.  We spent the day with the Melius family (Edward's sister, Heather, and her kiddos, Hayden, Hayley, and Hannah).  We ate lunch, went to the zoo, and even had enough time to check out Cadillac Ranch.  We LOVED getting to spend time with our nieces and nephew.  It was truly a blast!  Friday night we headed out to see Edward's best friend, Jeff, who lives in Hereford, TX (close to Amarillo).  We spent the night at his place and then woke up the next morning and helped him on his farm.   We shot Edward's new rifle, rode a 4-wheeler, fixed some sprinklers, and just talked.  As a city girl, I learned lots of new things about cotton, wheat, and corn...go ahead, test me ;).  Saturday night we headed back into Canyon (again close to Amarillo) and went to an awesome event the museum was doing called "Night at the Museum."  It was super cute and all the nieces and nephews loved it.  The museum turned out all the lights and had real people in some of the exhibits.  All the visitors had flashlights and we toured the museum at night just like in the movie.  Hannah, Heather's youngest daughter, kept asking all the people in the exhibits how they got there and how they came to life.  She obviously was thinking of the movie, while most of the people had no idea what she was asking.  It was adorable and super funny.  Our last day in Amarillo was on Sunday.  We spend the afternoon at Katelyn's 6th birthday party (Desiree's daughter).  Desiree (Edward's other sister) did an awesome job at having a fun filled birthday party.  There was an awesome blow up water play area, great food, a beautiful cake, and the ever famous pinata.  We felt so blessed to be able to celebrate Katelyn's birthday with her.  Since we live so far away we don't get to spend much time with our nieces and nephew so we feel extra special that we were able to celebrate with her on her special day.  After the party, we headed to Wonderland.  Wonderland is an amusement park with lots of fun rides.  We rode to our hearts content and got to spend lots of time having fun and playing with our family.  The trip was truly incredible and by far the best vacation we've gone on in the last year.  It was well worth the drive.  I feel so lucky to be able to have such awesome in-laws.  I was the only daughter in my family growing up, so it is always nice for me to spend time with my new sisters and start a sisterly bond them.  I can't wait to head back up there for Heather's college graduation in August!  

Amarillo Zoo

Cadillac Ranch

Helping Jeff on the Farm

Night at the Museum

Katelyn's 6th Birthday

Wonderland