Arriving three hours early via Uncle Jacob and Aunt Andrea’s Honda, cousin Davis wearily staggered out of the car into Texas early this summer. During his stay, while he was not playing video games with cousin Aiden, swinging in the backyard with cousin Lilly, hanging out in the playhouse at Aunt Jenni’s house, he could be found floating in Grandma’s pool. Davis ruffed the rugged Texas terrain twice during his stay. Once in Gaines County with Grandpa Randy and once with Uncle Kenneth at White River.

Davis reported that his favorite part of camping was riding in the back of Uncle Ken’s pickup while Ken drove through giant puddles. While camping, Davis discovered that funyons roasted over an open flame taste like hot funyons. Cousins Lilly and Aiden pointed out native wildlife such as jack rabbits, wild turkey, and Aiden’s favorite, frogs as they explored the campsite and lakeside.

Davis even got the opportunity to walk alongside Aiden and Lilly with Aunt Jenni across Texas Tech campus to visit with her Professor. (A good two mile trek – round trip) Although he and his cousin Aiden moaned about the death that would surely come from such activity on the way back to the car, as soon as the doors were unlocked and windows rolled down Davis called out, “Now can we go to the park?!”

Before Davis left Texas to spend the remainder of his vacation in sunny California, his cousin Aiden asked Aunt Jenni if Davis could stay and be his brother. Needless to say, Davis’s family in Texas, looks forward to the next time he visit’s the lone star state.