Fourth of July Texas Tour

We started out on a 1,000 mile tour of Texas the Monday before 4th of July.  We started out driving to Odessa to pack up the rest of Shane's things, and see his family.  It was a relaxing time, as it always is there.  Leaving Odessa we headed to Boerne, Texas to visit my Grandma, Aunt and Uncle.  We had a good visit with them, and catching up with grandma for the afternoon.  Leaving Boerne we headed to Leakey, Texas to catch up with some good family friends of mine, the Smith's.  Although as you'll see below it was very dry and dusty we had a great time hanging out.  4-wheeling and shooting seemed to be the theme of our entire trip.  In the afternoon we went to a local swimming hole to cool off.  I didn't get pictures, but all of the guys enjoyed their rope swings out over the river.  We had a blast, and I'm glad Shane finally got to meet some of my good friends.  Though we couldn't stay long because our next stop was Yorktown, Texas to meet up at Shane's uncles ranch with more family and friends.  This trip consisted of even more 4-wheeling, eating, hunting, visiting with family, and probably more eating (I'm beginning to see a trend in blog post, it's amazing we don't weigh 500 lbs after this summer).  Monday (4th of July), we headed back to good ol' College Station to end the tour with a cookout at my sister's house (yes, more food!), with the rest of my family.  Overall, we had a great week, saw so many close family and friends, it was truly a blessing to be able to see them all before we left town. 

 Do you believe me about the dust now?

 My sweet brother who was also covered in dirt.

 Can you tell which one was leading the pack of 4-wheelers?

 Yes, they hearded and caught a goat!

Alex helping his girlfriend Bekah.

 My sweet friend Laura, who also happens to be Ross's girlfriend!

 Laura has more pictures of Shane and I, and I have more of Laura and Ross.  We shot skeet one afternoon at the ranch.  It was my first time, and we all had a ton of fun!