I am so glad to see that no one missed me until we were 11 days in to my 16 day leave of absence. And I must say I am so very sorry. I didn't realize that that lovely picture was my last post and that you would have to look at it everyday for 2 weeks. Nice. Now every time you think of me you will probably picture me on my wedding day, all dressed in white, sitting on the toilet.
Anyway, I am back. We have had a very busy and exciting 2 weeks. Steve's sister Heather and her husband, who also goes by the name Steve, and their children Sierra, Tyler and Austin came to visit us from Missouri. We met them in Moab and took them to see Arches National Park. Then we traveled to the opposite side of the state to St. George to see Zion's National Park. Then up to our house to see the sights around here. Then we went to Jackson and then on to Yellowstone to stay in a cabin there for 3 nights. It was a very fun trip. We ended our trip with a visit to Kaysville UT to eat dinner with my parents on our way home. We got in around 10:00 last night.
I have a ton of pictures and stories to share. However we are having computer difficulties. I can't get on the Internet on my computer for some reason and that is where all the pictures are. I am on Steve's computer at the moment. So don't worry, I have plenty of entertainment coming your way. But for now I will leave you with a few things I have learned over the last 2 weeks:
♦ It is pointless to clean out your car before you spend 2 weeks traveling in it with 4 kids.
♦ Bottled water can be addictive.
♦ When they say don't feed babies strawberries, they say that for a reason.
♦ If you are going to pig for 2 weeks, it doesn't matter what capris you put on, you are going to look fat in all of them.
♦ Driving down the interstate in the middle of who-knows-where with no other adults in the car, shoveling honey nut chex mix into your mouth and inhaling to belt out "Roxanne" can be potentially hazardous.
♦ If you are going to be driving through Teton National Park and its ever winding roads with the beautiful lush scenery and only a few hours of sleep behind you and no radio reception you should have something other than a "Mo Tab" CD in you car. For as much as it goes with the view, it does nothing to help keep you awake and alert.
♦ If you are going to take your expensive Temper Pedic pillow, without which you cannot sleep, to a hotel don't take it in a white pillow case. You might leave it behind. (Thank you to my dear husband who has been letting me use his since that grievous mistake was made)
♦If you tell your kids they need to keep their bedroom window closed at night so bears can't get them, they are going to be scared to go to bed EVERY night because they think that bears are going to get them.
♦ Driving back into cell phone coverage after 2 days without and getting a text message from your dad that says "Call 911" can be a little unsettling.
♦ The person who first thought of installing DVD players with headphones in vehicles is nothing short of a genius.
15 comments:
I just spent like an hour catching up on everyone's blogs. I feel so out of touch.
How dare you all go on living your lives without me.
Oh my gosh! I am sooo glad you are back. I was so tired of looking at those toliet pictures. I kept thinking, " tomorrow she is going to post something - anything!" Then I talked to Farrah and found out that you were out of town. It sounds like you had a lot of fun. I guess we can forgive you for leaving us so long. By the way, what was the 911 from Uncle Earl?
Steve's guys caught ANOTHER house on fire while we were gone.
I am so glad you are back! And about cleaning the car before a trip. Yeah, it is ridiculous. That is why I never mop the floor before we have a party. There I said.
And how do they catch a house on fire?
Oh, and why didn't you put Roxanne in your cd player while driving through the Tetons?
It was on the radio. I had reception then.
And they didn't turn the hot water heater off before they sealed the floor.
I really only had that one CD in my car because my CD case got taken in the house when we got back from St. George. I had to pull over and borrow CD's from Steve's sister.
good to see you are back. Did you go to mill hollow? How was it? I have been craving their sandwhiches and yogurt. yum. By the way I am jealous you went to places I love. did you bike? i guess that is not fun with little wee ones.
No we didn't bike. I spent a great deal of time sitting in hotel rooms and the cabin, I will explain later. And no we didn't go to MH. Steve didn't feel like trying to find it. There was a Wingers when we got off the highway so we ate there. I can tell it has changed a lot and they have a lot of new stores and places to eat. I would have sent you a pic of MH if we had eaten there.
Well I am also glad you are back. I was wondering where you were but figured you were having fun on vacation somewhere. Glad your back.
I am so afraid that Pedro is going to catch on fire again! It only happened that one time when he was working for Uncle Earl, but still. By the way, how many times have they caught houses on fire?!
3. this is the second time for this one guy though. He barely made it out both times. Maybe he has learned his lesson now. We will see.
just waiting for one of those great stories from your trip
It's coming. I bribed the neighbor boy with pizza last night and he got my computer fixed. I will get around to it sometime today.
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