Cousins!

Sometime in the past couple of months (April maybe?) my brother and I did a road trip to Dallas to visit our cousin, Michelle and her husband Brian who live there.  Her sister, Jen (also our cousin - duh) and her husband, Brock, were visiting from Virginia (without their kids) and we decided to have an adult cousin weekend.

Unfortunately, Carl was out of town for the weekend and Missy stayed in Austin with the girls but Chris and I decided to go for the night on Saturday.  Despite a ridiculously long drive due to construction, an accident, traffic, who knows....we made it to Dallas on Saturday evening.

Michelle is an amazing hostess and had food and drinks ready for us upon arrival. She also has some amazing hostess tricks such as chocolates and water in your room and a personalized picture next to your bed, that make you feel even more special.  The six of us then headed out for a night of drinks and dinner. Michelle was interested in some dancing but the rest of us nixed that idea. Instead we went back to their house and watched Saturday Night Live.

Needless to say, it was a lot of fun.  We all grew up in Northern Virginia and spent a lot of time together as kids. We were the only grandchildren on my dad's side of the family and we only span 4 years in age.  They're like best friends in many ways because we can go a long time without seeing each other but it's so easy when we are together again. I just hope next time Carl and Missy can join us, too!