The Long Road Home

Our visit to the Cove served it's purpose, which was to tire out the girls before our long trip back to Texas. After the girls and Michael got a little nap in we said our tearful goodbyes and loaded up the car for the journey home. We had decided to stop in El Paso for the night on the way back so the journey took longer but was so worth the comfortable horizontal sleep at the Marriott Town Suites. Confession, the reason that I don't mind driving long distances is that I am usually unable to sleep in the car. I do get sleepy but I find it impossible to drift off to real sleep. So I very much enjoyed our stop over in El Paso. So a funny "first" for our girls was that they took their first real shower while at the hotel. Our room didn't have a tub so the girls were super excited to step into the shower and wash like big girls. I took a snapshot of the two of them standing side by side but have to crop it to exclude bare bottoms for the blog. lol.


And after showers it was story time with Daddy before sweet sweet sleep. :-)



On Sunday morning we slept in a little before going downstairs for the continental breakfast. The girls enjoyed trying just about everything but especially liked the yogurt.
After eating we gathered up our belongings and loaded back into the car. Driving in the day time requires more frequent stops for little ones to stretch their legs, potty, and eat. So it was an all day drive and we finally reached home at about 9pm. We always enjoy coming home to happy doggies and were grateful that our friend Shauntae took great care of our furry faced friends during this trip. Thanks again to Brent, Randi, and Brenna for hosting us for a wonderful Thanksgiving week. We had a great time and hope to get together more often for play dates, holidays, and fun adventures.