Chief-er…..we are going on a road trip…whooo!! (reference)
Friday morning, I dropped off meals…attended the 5:30am class (which ended up being women only)…
800m Run
5 Rounds
10 Alternating DB Snatches 55/35
15 Sprawls
20 Ab Mat Sit Ups
800m Run
I grabbed a quick shower….set the GPS and Chief and I were Hot Springs, AR bound! I was bound and determined to listen to a book the WHOLE way, but I got sleepy driving so I pinged back and forth between book, podcast, LOTS of Amazon Music. I don’t know the way I went to AR, I just put it in Waze and Google Maps and listened to what she had to say. Chiefer slept the whole time. Believe it or not, I only stopped ONCE in the 7.5hr drive up there and that was because I needed gas, not because of my tiny little bladder…hey, I’m impressed!
We arrived Friday at the William’s house a little after 2:30pm. Judd had the grill going and Kim was working the oven, chicken and veggies for the win. As the kids and dogs played, we ate and caught up on life. They have a beautiful piece of property so in the middle of lunch I let Chief out to play off leash and the little turd ran off, so we spent a good 20mins looking for him (in the rain). He must have LOVED what he was after because I was whaling on that shock collar. He finally returned and we went back to eating. Then I gave the boys their boots (I had sooooo much fun picking these out). It made me happier that they looked so good in them and that Hudson just LOVED his little guns! How cute are they!?
The weather started to clear up so we chanced it and changed into our swimsuits to take the boat out for a bit. It was wonderful! Did you know that boats need plugs? (inside joke). After we got off the lake, we returned the boat, dropped Chief at the house and went out for dinner, but I have to admit, it was good, but it wasn’t as good as Kim and Judd’s cooking (no kidding). We came home and attempted to sing a little karaoke, but I fell asleep along with the babies so we went to bed.
It felt good to sleep in. Kim and Judd were already up by the time Chief and I woke….Judd was even at the store (he came home with flowers, it was sweet). We had a lazy breakfast…coffee and gluten free pancakes and started watching the weather so we could go out on the boat again. We changed into swimsuits just for it to storm, so Judd grilled lunch and we had an amazing salad from a recipe Kim found off pinterst). We saw an opening and decided just to go to one of the beach areas so Hudson could swim. After a little bit of swimming, Judd’s parents showed up via golf cart and we followed them to their house and went cruising on their boat. The weather was beautiful and so was the company (Judd’s Dad played Chris Stapleton on the radio). We made it back in as it went dark, made it back to the house where Kim and I and the babies hung out for a bit and then went to bed. Judd went back to have dinner with his parents and to go night fishing (he was still asleep when I left the next morning).
Sunday morning Chief and I got up and started gathering our things and loaded the car. We said our goodbyes and were on the road by 8am. The trip home was SUPER long due to weather and wrecks and bad driving, we finally pulled into the garage a little after 5pm.
The trip was 100% worth it and we WILL do it again in a heart beat! Thank y’all for having us…I love y’all!
Kim and I became FAST best friends in 5th grade when I was living in Conway, AR. We attended the same church, school, country club pool, same girl scout troop (aka drama club) and lived within a short biking distance from each other. It was rare that we were apart. After 8th grade me and my family moved to Beaumont, TX, but Kim and I stayed in touch visiting back and forth. She even became friends with my BMT friends. Life got busy as life does and while we didn’t talk as much for a while we were still able to pick up right were we left off…not missing a beat. I will always refer to her as my sister and I am more than happy to be Aunt Karen to her beautiful boys (and any other children she might have). Love You Sis!
The picture on the left has 19 years difference, summer of 8th grade till last weekend.
