Trip to Indiana

We are about to head home from a trip up to Indiana to see relatives. I am not gonna lie I was hesitant about coming up, not because I didn't want to see my Uncle but because my best friend had a pretty big event last night that I really wanted to go to. Despite being disappointed about missing [epic.] last night I had a really wonderful trip. We came up on Friday afternoon to Evansville just in time for dinner. It's kind of a funny situation because my Uncle Perry got married to a lady named Teresa and we haven't met her so we just came up and had a new Aunt! The cool thing about it was that she is just really awesome. I like her a lot! So we had dinner friday night and everyone pretty much just went to bed. I stayed up that night and skyped with [epic]. We were up till like 3 am conference calling. :) Then I was up at 7am Saturday morning and went for a run. It was so nice but ridiculously cold. When I got home everyone started getting up. Aunt Teresa made us breakfast and then we got ready. Then it was time for wedding. Aunt Teresa has a daughter just a year older than me who came to town named Amanda... So I officially have a cousin my age. lol I was pretty excited because no one told me that the rest of the family was coming in! So I got to see my Uncle Steve, Aunt Stacey, little cousin Hannah, and Grandma. It was wonderful. We've never been part of a "close" family. I see family every couple years or so. Hannah is 7 now and I've met her all of three times? haha. So it was really good to see the whole family. First time I've gotten a picture of us all in a LONG time. So the wedding was simple but really pretty and after the wedding we all caravaned out to Owensburg, Kentucky. It was a fun dinner. I really bonded with Hannah. She is SO sweet... She wanted to come home to Tennessee with me. I attempted to trade her for Gracie but noone else would go for it. :) After dinner me, mom, and Aunt Teresa went to check out the department store right by Uncle Perry's house. It is called Gordman's and it was really awesome! I wish I had money cause they have some AMAZING deals. I got a pair of jeans for $20 that fit amazingly and they are 14's in Juniors. Yeahhh a good find. :) We came back and visited for awhile. I stayed up and talked to Aunt Teresa for quite awhile. It was really cool. Then I was up working on this silly blog most of the night. I got up at 8 and slowly everyone else woke up. We had breakfast again and I think we are starting to pack up to leave now... This really has been a great weekend. I don't consider myself a family person very much but growing up we lived like 10 hours away from ANY family. So it was really nice to bond with family like I never have before. Definitely glad I came up. I'm planning on making a trip up myself this summer and visiting each part of the family since it's 3 hours up to Uncle Perry and Aunt Teresa in Evansville, then 3 hours over to Uncle Steve and Aunt Stacey in Charleston, IL and then finally 2 hours up to Grandma and Grandpa in Hoopeston, IL. I could just spend a day or two at each place on the way up and back. :) :)

And on that note... I'm ready to head home now... I miss my friends far too much. <3