Sunday, March 29, 2009

Colorado

This is several weeks late but better late than never, right?

The kids and I went to Colorado a few weeks ago. Tyler's mom and sister came out here for a clogging competition. Then his brother, wife and new baby decided to drive up to see them. And then another of Tyler's sister came down from BYU-I. It was a full house. They all stayed at our place. It was super fun to see them all, especially for the kids, but it was like living on a houseboat. Luggage, bedding and people everywhere in our little apartment.

Then his mom and sister drove back to Colorado with me. We spent about 5 days in Arvada. I wanted to get a lot of sewing done but only got a little bit. But I was able to get help from my MIL who is a great seamstress. Plus the kids had a great time w/two of their aunts and especially Gma and Gpa.
Plus, I was able to visit with my sister and her husband. She is due with her first child in about a month. It was fun to hang out with her. And we had one of my oldest (in knowing her, not years of her life :) ) friends, Nora, over and visited for hours while our kids played wonderfully together. Just like she and I did for so many years. Then a few days later I met up with another friend, Katherine. She was my freshman roommate over 10 years ago!!! It was nice to catch up with both friends.
It was a great week! I found a great deal on diapers over there and loaded up. The way home, was, well, I won't mention the word. Nothing wrong happened. Just the usual 8 hours of screaming, fighitng, nagging, and a bit of sleeping. I tried not to veer off the road while I was replacing Jocelyn's seat straps--one handed, fill their sippy cups and provide snacks and Clifford on CD. It was amazing that we survived the trip. I am grateful for prayer. Next time, I want to use a DVD player. That would have helped A LOT! I don't recommend driving alone, for 8 hours, with two practically helpless and strapped in toddlers. ugh.
But it was a great week! Fun times with the grandparents.

1 comment:

  1. AHHH I am soooo jealous! I am so sick of Boston right now I would love to get away to Colorado...but then again the trip with my kids would be ...you know the word! We still don't know where we will be next year...but are you guys for sure doing BYU law school?

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