This past weekend I went out of town with the Sedillos. We went to New Mexico for Josh's cousin's graduation. The trip was fun. The drive was not so fun.
We left Thursday night at 7:30. We drove ALL night long. A lot of sleeping, a lot of movies, a lot of rain, a lot of twizzlers, a lot of pumping gas, a lot of wondering how much longer. That is how that drive went. Arrived in New Mexico at 8:30am. We all snuck in Pretty SkinnyAunt Connie's back door and went up to her room and surprised her. She thought we would be there about noon. Her and Kristin were dead asleep when we got there. We had breakfast burritos. Then we all took a nap. We had A Lot A Burger for lunch. Dave has to go there at least once while he is there and it was pretty good. Hung out at the house with all the guys while the other girls went to lunch. Read some magazines, played pool, met other family members as the came in and out all day. Had a huge dinner at Connie's house that night. Met some more family, ate some good Mexican food, played some pool, watched a pretty cool thunder storm. At 11:30 we headed to the hotel for bed. Everyone was sooo tired we all slept really good but had to be up early for the graduation ceremony.
Saturday morning came fast. Josh had set his alarm but hit snooze. We woke up to Dave knock on the door at 8 we had to leave at 8:15. Made it on time to Pretty Skinny Aunt Connie's and barely made it on time to the graduation. It was so humid this day from all the rain and extremely bright outside. After graduation headed back to the house to hang out. Ate left overs, socialized, went to Wal-Mart with Grandma Connie and Dale, played some more pool. The graduation party was that night and went into the wee hours of the morning.
Sunday we had an awesome breakfast as always. No meal is disappointing when Aunt Lilly makes it. Hung out, went to Uncle Mel's Sunday service, listened to many jokes and different ring tones, and then headed to White Sands. It was so beautiful there. The sand was so white Dave and Josh joked that I blended in. We played with these disks. You climb a big hill and slide back down on a disk. Jen and I decided that the walk back up wasn't worth we slide down. Plus the 1st time I went down Dave pushed me and nearly traumatized me. We then headed over to Aunt Lilly's and Uncle Mel's for a BBQ. Had hamburgers, potato salad, hot dogs, watermelon, and homemade guacamole. The kids went swimming and everyone just hung out. Josh and I left and went to Wal-Mart. No day in Alamogordo is complete with out a trip to Wal-Mart. We got ice cream for everyone and headed back. We made milk shakes and then Josh and I drove to Kristin and Joeys house where we stayed that night. They have such an awesome house. Way cute. The guys played video games and Kristin and I laid on the bed and talked until we nearly fell asleep.
Monday we woke up early and Jen and Dave came to pick us up. Not long after a stop and a convenient store for breakfast we were on the rode again. The drive home was a little more tedious than the ride there. More stops and a lot more nerves on edge. We finally made it home 14 hours later.
A fun but way too quick of a trip. Hopefully we will be able to go back to visit sometime soon. Here are some snap shots of the trip...
Josh and Dave pumping gas. Something was wrong with the gas tank. It took as 25 minutes to fill up this time.
Dave was too tired to even sit up. 
Jake at the graduation party. He thought he was gangster.
Josh acting like he was sleeping so I wouldn't take his picture. See the smile.
The bridge at the Damn. Not sure how my first ride across that will be or if there will be a first.
Sounds like a good trip. (not the long drive part though)
ReplyDeleteDid it really take those 2 men 25 minutes to fill up the gas tank? ;)