WOOHOO! To no surprise Paul managed to work things out and Thursday afternoon climbed in his truck to make the 9 hour drive to Crystal Beach! His plan was to pick up his sisters, Jayme and Amy, along the way then grab me in Houston and off to the beach we would all go! We had spent a lot of time talking about our families in Vegas and since we had been back and therefore had come to the conclusion that they were quite similar; both loud, fun, crazy and full of excitement. Never a dull moment with either of them. I will never forget when Paul got on the road to drive down he said, "I know this wont be a problem for you but, just don't be nervous. If you are nervous, they will eat you alive." Thanks to my family, I felt amply prepared for a weekend with the Stafford clan! (And the Faulkners, and the Grangers - hey - just go ahead and get meeting everyone out of the way in 3 days, right?) As prepared as I felt for the sarcasm and jokes that would be thrown my way - I am not sure I could have prepared myself for my initial introduction to Lori, Paul's mom, at 2 am when we arrived at the beach "So you're the girl who whisked my son off to Vegas, huh?" Ha ha - I knew right then we were in for a fun weekend.
The next three days were an absolute blast! Paul wasted no time in sharing his nickname for me, moonshiner (because he thinks everyone from southeast Texas makes and drinks moonshine), and Sherman quickly came up with his own, Vegas. Good food, great friends and lots of laughs. Oh, and FIREBALL! The weekend even consisted of a prank war between Paul and Sherman (I won't get in to the details about that because Lord knows it is far from over yet!) I think a highlight of the weekend was Paul and I attempting to jet ski together. I warned him ahead of time, "if you try to throw me off - I promise you are going down with me!" Sure enough, I think he managed to throw me off twice, and BOTH times he ended up in the water with me. I actually STILL have a scar on my right foot from one of the falls. Above all, I think we are two of the only people in the world who have somehow managed to flip a jet ski completely over with us. Not sure if we should be proud of that one of not!
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