So, I had big plans to blog while I was away from home – I even took my camera and fresh batteries. Yeah, the camera never got used once. All those cute pictures of my niece Kate – you’ll just have to imagine (or go see her parents’ blog – Weston & Erin). Not to mention the pictures of the snow storm, or my younger son on one of his rages, or my daughter with her amazing block castle… All those great memories, NOT captured for all time. Anyhow – two weeks ago I packed our Pathfinder with: two kids, aged 9 and 10 three duffles full of clothes (including a few grocery bags of mending – I did do ONE constructive thing at my parent’s home) two laptop computers (one is mine, one is a really old one my brother Alex passed on to us – loaded up with all the old kids games that...
I don’t even know where to start – and my sister, Erin, has already done a terrific job documenting all the significant events in our extended family – so… I’ll try and talk about some of the things our family has done lately. I took Andrew and Haley out to Utah a few weeks ago to help my mom with some home improvement projects. I had a lot of fun – it’s nice to do something like this when you don’t have to take care of all the regular chores too! But, talk about tired! Saturday (we arrived on Wed.) I just sat around and napped. I was feeling 40 for sure! A highlight of my trip was visiting my good friend, Shannon Simmons. She and her family moved to Woods Cross last year. She was my walking buddy and personal therapist!! I have sooo missed her this past year. She met us...
Well, we’re in Monroe, Utah for a quick visit with family. We left Denver on Friday afternoon and pulled into town about 1am Saturday morning. Mom had a nice room set up for Andrew & Haley to sleep in – but did they sleep? Oh no — they stayed up all night long, dragging enough toys into the room to make it seem like an explosion in a toy factory, and then they went hunting videos to watch on the t.v. in the room. Jennifer & kids were at my parents too, and they woke up their cousins around 6am. I wouldn’t have believed they would have done this, but now I know! Needless to say they both had naps after lunch – Andrew slept about FOUR hours. Unfortunately Tom & I were upstairs and didn’t hear any of their exploits or there would have been major scolding going on and children sleeping...
Well, I don’t have any photos to upload (yes, I did bring my camera but no, I have not taken it out of the bag yet!!), but I thought I would give a little update on what we’ve been doing (we being me, Haley, and Andy). We left Colorado Wednesday morning – uneventful ride – we listened to “Henry Huggins” by Beverly Cleary – and also some misc. music. We arrived in Monroe about 4:30pm and got to visit with Erin and play with Kate (my new niece) before they had to head back up to Provo. Kate is adorable, by the way – and so little!! Thursday we just hung out and visited with Mom & Dad & Aunt Winnie. The kids were loving being able to get out and play in the back yard. In the afternoon I headed to Walmart to do some shopping and then made dinner (I know! What a shock!). Friday...