Our Weekend In San Angelo, TX

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The Langum Family went on its first big road trip this past weekend. We headed to San Angelo, TX to visit our family and to attend our Uncle David and Aunt Gaynell's 25th Anniversary of pastoring Word of Life Church. We had such a fantastic time getting to be there for their special event (not to mention it being Gaynell's birthday too!!)

We headed down to Dallas on Friday evening and had dinner with our friends Jim and Kim Sharp. We decided to only drive 3 hours our first night since it was our first road trip and we didn't want to push our luck with the entire 7 hour trip in one drive! The kids were SO excited to get to stay in a hotel. We stayed at the Westin and they even gave the kids a little kids' pack just for them with a night light, a rubber ducky for the bathtub and a treat! They thought they were so special. It took a little while for them to fall asleep because they were so pumped about their big hotel bed!

Our 4 hour drive from Dallas to San Angelo actually went better than expected. The kids never napped and got a little bored, but they watched movies and looked for cows and really didn't complain too much! We only had to stop once for a potty break.

The time we got to spend with our family in Texas was priceless. It has been almost 3 years since we visited with them...way too long! Tate and Smith warmed up to everyone really quickly. Tate was especially fond of Jason who she started calling her "little buddy". Smith was especially fond of Gaynell, or in his words "Guh-Nell". After she left for church on Sunday morning, he looked at me and said, "Mommy, Guh-nell's so pretty." They also couldn't get over all of the pretty things in David and Gaynell's house. Apparently, our house must be pretty bland!

The kids had the best time when they got to play with Gunner, Seth and Sterling on Monday afternoon. Jason's kids are 9 and 5, so they all played really well together. They played in the fort, on the plasma cars, colored pumpkins and just had a fantastic time. Tate was so sad when we had to leave that she even cried. We decided that we can't wait another 3 years to get together again. We just had way too much fun to put it off that long!

We left San Angelo around 6 o'clock Monday evening. Stopped to eat in Abilene and then put the kiddos in their pajamas for the rest of the ride home. Tate was asleep fairly early and slept the entire rest of the drive home. Smith watched his movie and then was snoozing soon after we turned the DVD player off. We arrived home a little before 1:00am. Needless to say, we were a little tired but the trip was well worth it!!!