Spring Break Update

Although I (Jenn) have had to work all week it has been nice to see Ben when I am not working, usually we tend to miss each other with our normal schedules. We have made two road trips this week on my two days off and they were both really fun.

On Sunday, we started the week by going to brunch with Ben's scholarship donors. A man who was Class of '49 and his wife met us at Pebble Creek Country Club and treated us to brunch. He said that he always liked to meet the students he is sponsoring, and we were not going to pass up the opportunity. Besides having a great time meeting them and listening to a few Ol' Ag stories it was nice to go back to the place we had our wedding reception. As we were walking up to the Club we both commented on how weird it was that it had been two months already.

Right after we had finished brunch we left for Pittsburg, Texas. Two of our great friends Adam & Claire were getting engaged that night and Adam had asked Ben to be part of a saber arch for Claire. It was an eight hour drive round trip in one day but totally worth it. Claire was completely surprised and of course said "Yes". She kept saying she couldn't believe we were all there because it is quite a drive from Aggieland. Their parents treated us to BBQ and cake afterward and then it was back on the road to go home. It made for a wonderful day off and we are so very excited for them. Here are a few pictures.

On Wednesday it was Ben's buddy, Jason's, Birthday, which happened to be on St. Patrick's Day. After I got off of work we met them at The Tap for a drink and that was an experience. It was our first trip to the Piano Bar and it was crazy crowded due to the holiday. We had fun celebrating with him!

We just got back last night (Thursday) from our Houston Road Trip which was also a blast. Our first stop was The Woodlands to see Haley & Zack's cute new house. The boys grilled burgers and we watched the Basketball Tournament for a few hours. It was nice to catch up with them a bit, we had not seen them since the wedding. As we were leaving we both realized how much we miss them and hope to trips down more often.

Then it was off to Ben's brother's house. James & Holly live in Richmond which is about an hour south of the part of Houston we were in. We hit a little bit of Rush Hour traffic but it wasn't too bad (Ben was driving). Holly made lasagna and we got to hang out with our nephew Mason and catch up with Ben's mom who was also there. It was nice to see everybody and great to be able to make day-trips down to see them.

Ben has filled the rest of his days with golfing, fixing things around the house, job hunting, tournament watching and sleep! (not too bad of a spring break). Neither of us can believe that the week is quickly coming to a close. We are looking forward to our next couple of days off which will be for Easter, we plan to make a Portland Road trip but more on that to come later. We will see what this weekend brings first.