Quick trip to the mothership...

Shawn and I decided to make a quick trip back home to Indiana this week.  It wasn't exactly last minute, but we did throw it together fairly quickly (for me - the OCD planner - it seemed last minute).  Shawn's dad lost his job (and would appreciate prayers for finding a new job quickly) and we knew we weren't going to be able to visit them, or them us, for the holidays...so a long drive across the country with our dog began.

We made one quick stop in Indianapolis on the way up to Burlington to visit Theresa (of course)!  Sara came up for a quick visit too.  We didn't get nearly enough time, but that is what happens when we move so far away :(

We planned on taking a bunch of pictures of the fall leaves...I don't think I have appreciated how pretty fall is in a long time!  We forgot the camera battery charger, so we were only able to take a few :(  We certainly saw some really beautiful trees along our drive.  Especially through Arkansas...gorgeous!  We saw a lot of other crazy stuff on the drive too...that's a whole other story though!!

We decided that since we were going to be seeing his family we would bring our new camera and do some family pictures.  The sun didn't really cooperate exactly right, it was really windy, and Patrick didn't want to get his picture taken...but we did get some nice shots.  I know Shawn's parents are very happy with the pictures!

The dogs didn't exactly cooperate in the whole family shot.  Stormy was already pretty tired of Marcie!  Shawn and I were planning to get some pictures for our Christmas cards, but the battery died.  We'll get some in Austin instead...that makes more sense on a card from us anyway!  We did get a couple of cute family pictures though.

We had a nice visit with his family, but we're glad to be home.  Marcie was so out of her routine!  She did great though on the drive and in the hotel.  More so on the way home than the way there, but she'll be a seasoned traveler soon enough ;)  She's the most happy to be home though!