For me the BEST part of this trip was all of the memories. I LOVE memories- hearing or telling stories about a person's childhood, pictures, places, reminiscing. I love it all. I think my husband told me more stories in the half hour of driving through his old town than I had heard our entire marriage before that. My loving Mother-in-law gave me an amazing Christmas gift of photos from my husband's childhood and genealogy. It was wonderful- and continues to be wonderful as I now get to go through those pictures and have a visual of where these stories happened. I also loved getting to spend time with family and catch up with them on life, and how things are going in their world.
I'd say my husband's favorite part of being back in Texas was feeling like he was going home. He got to see friends that he hadn't seen in ten years. He got to spend a LOT of time with his Dad. And he got to test drive an STI (which he keeps insisting was his favorite part).
Alexis' favorite part of being in Texas was seeing family, including the dogs. She was three when we moved to Colorado and away from family. She seems to have some memories of living with them- but she feels like she really knows them now. She has memories of these family members and a mental image to put with their names.
Emily was incredibly impressed with how similar Texas was to the world she knows. "Mom, there is a Wal-Mart IN Texas!" "Dad, they have a park IN Texas!" She enjoyed spending time with family too, and even got to the point she was comfortable with the dogs. She says her favorite part of being in Texas was opening presents on Christmas.
Johnathon loved exploring the house (which he didn't get to do often). He got to meet this side of the family for the first time. He loves them all!
Oh, and the weather was GORGEOUS!!!!!
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