Utah

Well we made it home a week ago from Utah and I've had yet to make time to blog... Our trip went very well considering we had a sick baby in tow. Sophie came down with a fever on Wednesday and I took her in to urgent care. The dr gave me the green light to travel with her and so it was set. We left Friday at 12:00 in the morning and after packing in the kids with their blankets, pillows, etc we had to then fill up the gas! Ooops..I forgot that part. Well Sophie did cry inconsolably for the first 10 minutes of this trip and then Josh joined her because he couldn't fall asleep. At that point I joined them and prayed that we would not spend the next 11 hours trapped with a cranky baby. Just like that Sophie fell asleep and the journey went well.

The kids woke up at State line and through Vegas around 3:30 am and then again as went through the gorge in AZ. The sun was beginning to rise and it was absolutely beautiful! They settled down to sleep again for a bit. Then around 7 we entered St. George and Trav took us on a short detour so we could drive by the temple there. Yes, you can see it from the freeway but driving right next to it was wonderful.

We arrived in Provo around 11 and visited with a couple that are very important to Travis. The husband, brother McKell, was a teacher of Travs at church when he was just a young pup and left quite the impression on Trav. We visited their lovely home for a good hour and then went onour way to Trav's sisters house. She and her hubby when kind enough to let us stay with them and the kids LOVED being able to spend time with their cousins.

After we unpacked we went to see Grandpa Earl J. He is in his upper 80's and is facing the sunset of his life. The main purpose of our trip was so we could see Grandpa Earl J and Grandma Alice. The kids got to play their instruments for them and Ian was very proud to play the trumpet..the same instrument grandpa used to play. We got to hear the fun story of how Grandpa got his first trumpet, that he still has! The kids also got a demo on latch hooking and enjoyed their visits.

We then traveled home early Sunday morning and all I can say id THANK GOODNESS FOR THE DVD PLAYER! It took us over 12 hours to get home and that thing saved us from many hours of "he's touching me" "She's inmy space!" and such.

On our trip home Trav and I did come to a realization..we actually like Utah...we'd LOVE to move to Cedar City. This comes from the 2 of us who said we'd "never" move to Utah. But the air is so clear, mountains so pretty, ..sigh...it was very nice. I can't wait for the next trip!!!!