Thursday morning we packed up and said goodbye to Grandma B and Grandpa Bob (Happy 60th Birthday Dad!). Jules had come over Wednesday night to say goodbye. When we stopped to get gas on our way out of town guess who was there gassing up right next to us? Auntie Jules! Haha it was fun to get last hugs from her. We drove out to Palmdale to visit Aunt Teri and Uncle Mike and cousins. We got there a little after lunch time. It was a really nice day out and we spent most of the afternoon visiting and watching the kids playing out in the backyard. Ian's cousin Todd and his kids, Preston and Brooke, were there.
Aunt Teri is so fun and put together a little Easter egg hunt for the kids. She is smart too and color coordinated it so each kid only found their color of eggs. They loved it and helped Talia and Beckett find their eggs. The kids all played together really well. They set up a car track and had fun playing cars. Weston taught Preston how to play chess. Weston and Davin introduced their cousins to Pokemon too.
Jenni got there after work in time for dinner. Uncle Mike grilled us hot dogs and Teri made delicious homemade mac and cheese. Talia and Brooke were so cute and SO similar. They were cracking us up. They played this game trying to get the jump rope away from Ian over and over.
Finally it was time for bed. Cousins headed home and we put our kiddos to bed. Ian and I stayed up a little bit visiting with Aunt Teri. The next morning we got up with the kids, gathered our things and headed out to drive home. We didn't get going until about 7:30am. It was a different route coming from Palmdale. It should have taken almost exactly the same amount of time as coming home from my parents. It ended up taking quite a bit longer because about 45 miles before Beaver, UT we got a flat tire. Luckily a really nice guy stopped right after it happened and he had a tool we needed to get to our spare. The whole process only took about 20 minutes.
Unfortunately we were too far away from Beaver to make it to the tire shop before it closed, so we decided to just drive slow (like 55 mph with the hazard lights on) on the spare the rest of the way home and get a new tire the next morning in Lehi. It's amazing how slow 55 feels when the speed limit is 80. It took us an extra 2+ hours to get home. Luckily the kids were really good the whole drive. There were a few fussy moments from us all, but overall our kids did really awesome! We made an extra stop in Nephi to grab a little bit of dinner and put some air in the spare tire. We were all glad to be home that night! We had such a wonderful, fun trip and we are so glad we went!
Beckett thought the stop in Nephi was awesome! I did not.
2 comments:
It's fun to go on vacation and it's nice to come home too!
Oh man! Your face in that picture is classic!
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