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.