Road trip to the funny farm

This last weekend the boys and I took a little road trip to Lindale, Texas! Oh yeah. Hunkie hubbie had to stay back home and work but the boys and I tried to make the most of it. We packed up our normal suitcases, loaded up the jag and headed on our way.

First stop? Texas' antique capital! Forney, TX is a cute town filled with unique antique shops and definitely has that comfy atmosphere.






This South Park bus grabs your attention while driving down highway 80 that's for sure. "Respect my AUTHORITÉY!"





It was fun for us to look around and I truly wanted to buy something funky for the farm but before we were even able to go inside Dylan tripped and skinned his knee. Of course he screamed and cried as if he were going die a tragic death. I kissed his head, helped him up and then we got back in the car to head to our next stop.

Second stop was a little special surpise for my 2 little handsome men. The Russell Stovers factory! Well, at least that's what I thought it was but it was in fact a distribution warehouse with an outlet store. Eh, good enough. As long as we got some of that milky chocolate in our mouths I knew we would all be happy.
Everything was very reasonably priced so we bought some Valentine goodies for some of our favorite family people as well. I bought The Pecan Delight for my grandmother and I. The boys picked out little Valentine hearts that had a puppy chocolate lab on the covers. It reminded them of Roxy, our amazing superdog.





The third stop before arriving to our destination was the Tanger Outlet Center in Terrell, TX! The truth is I needed a pair of sunglasses for the one pair I had was broken by a rambunctious 4 year old boy that lives in my house who calls me 'mom.' To my luck they had a Sunglasses outlet store! We got in and I bought a decent, affordable pair then we got out. Uh oh. What was next door? Well, why it was the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory of course! I instantly start dreaming of several chocolate covered strawberries begging me to devour them.

Me: "Boys, we are going to go in this store but if their chocolate covered strawberries are more than a dollar a piece, we are walking right out? Is that clear?"

Boys (in a grumbly tone): "Yes, ma'am."

We go in and the boys fill with excitement as they drool over the stock of lavish chocolately treats. I focus in on the prize. There they were. Big, beautiful and practically perfect in every way. But wait! There's no pricetag. That can't be a good sign, right? So I ask the lady at the counter how much for them. "Two dollars and fifty cents." Shit. Oh well. I order 5 for us to share and we head out.

We arrive to the farm just in time to feed our cows. Now, I know it may not sound interesting, but this is indeed a big highlight of our lives. In fact, we love feeding our cows so much that they are probably the fattest heffers in all of Smith County. They are damn big. Healthy big though.


Everytime I pull up to this, a sense of peace comes over me. I'm now on country time, no longer the busy Dallas time and that my friends is a very, very good thing.


My proud Uncle Keith and his new tractor. One extremely cool tractor that deserves an entire post to itself. Another time.


My Dylanmeister. Ain't he cute?


Cocoa and Red


This is Sox who is the hand whore. A cute one at that.

We played Wii, ate a lot and just enjoyed being together. Before I go, there is one last little cutie I must introduce you to. Her name is Ruthie. She is a Chug (half Chihuahua and half Pug). Ruthie is my grandmother's dog and is a good traveling dog as long as she has her doggy bed. Well, my grandmother was riding with us on the way back home so I loaded the jag up again, putting Ruthie's bed in the trunk. I started to head back in the house to get another load but Ruthie came running out of the house like a speeding bullet, jumped up in my trunk and right into her bed. haha! I had to get her picture. Funny ass dog.

Thanks for reading. Until next time, Terrah.