Easter

We are back from our spur-of-the-moment trip to Texas. Charles did a good job on the road trip. Wednesday afternoon we drove to Oklahoma City. Aunt Heather babysat while Russell & I went to dinner at my favorite Mexican restaurant--Ted's.

We were on the road by 8:30 Thursday morning and made good time until we got to Ft. Worth. I had to stop for a bathroom potty break, which was a blessing in disguise. Traffic had been backed up for 30 minutes so we were able to take an alternate route and avoid the traffic jam.

By the time we were 1 hour away from Bastrop Charles was finished with being in the car. He cried that entire last hour of the trip. Russell jumped from our car into his parents' van with his dad and brother Randy, and drove 2 more hours to San Antonio for an NBA game between the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs.

Russell and Randy got home from the game around 1:30 am and got up at 5:00 am to play basketball with Randy's colleagues. Needless to say they were exhausted the rest of the day.

Charles met his cousins for the first time. Ian and Ashley had fun with Charles. They kept calling him "the baby" and Ian kept calling Charles a "she." They hunted for Easter baskets together and Ian & Ashley weren't too happy with Charles grabbing their eggs.

I had a cold the entire trip and spent every night propped up on the couch coughing. I called the doctor and got the approval to take Robitussin--actually Equate Tussin. I'm better now and Charles' ear infection didn't bother him at all during the trip.

We got to celebrate Grandpa Norman's birthday while we were in Texas. Russ' entire family was together for dinner on Saturday night. We had Sunday dinner with Russ' Uncle Roger and Aunt Debbie and were able to celebrate both Easter and Grandpa's birthday with them.

It was unseasonably cold in Texas. We packed for 60-70 degree weather and the highs were in the 40s with an overcast sky and rain. It even snowed in Temple where Russell's Aunt and Uncle live.

Needless to say it was too cold for Charles to wear his Easter outfit which included shorts and sandals. So, no pictures of him were taken in his cute duds. We'll have to take some pictures when he's dressed for church when it's warm enough to wear those kind of clothes.

Sunday afternoon we headed to Dallas where we met "Crazy Uncle" Joel for dinner. Justin Daily was with Joel but we didn't get to see Kris. After dinner we drove to Oklahoma City and spent the night at my brother's house again. Russ was tired so we slept in.

Our last stop on the trip was to see Grandma Heusel. She was excited to see us, especially and Charles. We took over Randy's job as UPS man and delivered some books she had ordered from the store.

Charles's Easter was more profitable than Christmas! He got 3 Easter baskets full of goodies. There was one waiting for him from Grandma Goentzel when we got home. You can tell from the picture he enjoyed chewing on the plastic eggs.