god bless texas

Last week we set off on a long long road trip all the way to Texas! 

Oh, did I mention we traveled the whole way in a semi? Kinda a weird luxury that Nate can get paid to go where we want to go. 

 I was a little really nervous about riding in a semi because something bad ALWAYS happens.

 Even since I was a little girl. Whenever I would go with my dad something {without fail} would go wrong. Luckily we made it there safe and sound and even had tons of fun the whole way. 

 Some highlights: 

 -Whenever I would get tired, I'd just head on back to the sleeper and take a little nap. Sleeping in the back of a moving truck has to be the most relaxing thing ever. 

-Listening to A Nicholas Sparks Love story on tape. (nate liked it more than I did) HA 

- Everytime we  got out at a truck stop we would race to the door. (Call us children but I had to celebrate the fact that I COULD run after seeing the kind of people we did at the truck stop.) 

-I took my very first truck stop shower and surprisingly, it wasn't bad at all. 

 -Nate's little sister charly rode with us some of the way and kept us very entertained.  We practiced yoga in the sleeper and played plenty of "miss marry mack" 

-We stayed in the nicest hotel once we got to texas because of our bff priceline. (if you're going on a trip do the name your own price option. it seriously has never let us down) 

-We got to stop at a few Indian jewelry shops in new mexico. Yeah, it was right up my alley. 

-We saw more cowboy boots the 3 days we were in texas than I've probably ever seen. 

 -Nate's sister taleas graduated college so that was a big deal and very fun to watch 

-All of us girls layed by the pool all day and got FRIED. holy cow I've missed that feeling. 

 -My parents were kind enough to let me stay with them on the night we got back because nate had to go strait to vernal. I'm lucky. 

 -oh and last but not least. These two songs were our GO-TO's. We sang as loud as we could and listened to them over and over and... over. They are both so good. give em a listen. 

 All in all we had a wonderful time and I'm ready to go on another road trip! But this trip definitely made me realize I'm more of a hotel girl than a truck girl. I like my clean white sheets and a hot shower every night way too much.

so many dream catchers to choose from

It's okay to get a tattoo in Texas. (as long as it comes off in the shower...duh!)

a little babe was trying to photo bomb us. nbd.

lotsa bonding time with these 2 QTS

talk about pride state

this is how excited we were to start a 20 hour trek back home. 

this pic is from last week but it makes me laugh so hard. Lowell loved me but you would never be able to tell by that face. Ha ha