A few of my favorite places in Texas!

Well, first off, I passed my final that I had on Thursday! So, I'm still in nursing school and I only have about 8 weeks till I graduate! Now, it's time for Spring Break and I'll be traveling to some of my favorite places in Texas with some of my favorite people! Here's a great song by one of my favorites, Josh Abbott, to go with my blog!



Tomorrow, I'll be taking that Highway 20 ride east to Allen, my hometown! I love Allen because it's where I grew up. It's a big small-town, it has pretty much everything you would ever want, and it's 20 minutes away from Dallas. It's perfect! Some of my favorite things to do in Allen are: 1) spend time with my family. 2) lay out by the pool. 3) go shopping at Watter's Creek (www.watters-creek.com). 4) eat dessert at the Cheesecake Factory. 5) take the train to Dallas' West End and go sight seeing! I love walking into my parent's house, and the way it smells tells me I'm home. Mom loves potpourri and plug-ins and it always smells like cinnamon and apple pie! It's so comforting! I'm always greeted with lots of kisses and howls from my two puppies, Jett and Bailey. They have such amazing personalities for dogs! Bailey is a girly-girl...her favorite thing in the whole world is kissing people right on the mouth! She would rather lay out in the sun or cuddle up next to someone. Jett is 100% boy! He thinks he's a hound dog, so whenever anyone comes in the door, he'll start howling! Anything my dad does, Jett is his little shadow. He loves doing guy stuff. If my dad is headed out the back door with a hammer or some kind of tool in his hand, Jett is right there behind him! I can't wait to see my lil cuties!


I'll stay in Allen all week, then my mom and I will head to Waco on Friday to see my sister and my brother in-law (and my nephew, Toby). While in Waco, we're going to visit my sister at Robinson High School and hang out with her while she teaches one of her geometry classes! I'll also be going to Hillcrest, and Providence Hospitals in Waco, and Scott & White Hospital in Temple to apply for jobs! I'm hopefully going to be moving to Waco when I graduate in May and I need a job as a graduate LVN or an nurse intern. I'll also be going to look at McLennan Community College and maybe Temple College to learn more about their RN schools.

On Saturday, my mom and sister and I will be going to another favorite place of mine, Fredericksburg Texas. Fredericksburg is the cutest little German town and the thing to do there is go shopping! We'll go sight seeing and shopping all day long and enjoy the hill country. That night we'll either stay at a hotel or a bed & breakfast and Sunday morning we'll go to my most favorite place in all of Texas! Gruene.

Gruene (pronounced "green"), is the most beautiful place in Texas in my eyes. It is in the middle of the hill country and it's located right on the Guadalupe River. It's the tiniest little town but full of personality.
There's tons of little antique shops and of course, there's Gruene Hall, a dancehall that all of the great's have played at (George Strait, Pat Green, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and so many more). We'll eat lunch at The Gristmill, an old cotton gin turned into a restaurant overlooking the river. From the lush gardens outside, to the delicious food served on the patio, it's undoubtedly my favorite place. (The picture is the dining on the patio of the Gristmill, overlooking the Guadalupe River).

Then, we'll go back to Waco to drop my sister off and I'll head back to Abilene (hopefully I'll get to go through Dublin to grab a Dublin Dr. Pepper...best in the world!)

That's my spring break at a glance! I'm so excited about this relaxing week ahead of me and I'll try to post pictures from our trip once I get back!

Kelli :)