Saturday, March 20, 2010
My poor momma...
We almost lost our mom today. She is having a rough recovery. Now she has C-div, a bacterial infection in her bowel. Her blood sugars dropped to 43 today. She should have been in acoma and/or died. Colleen and the nurse were able to get her blood sugars regulated for now. She is home resting, since Thursday. She fell Friday, had this set back today, but we are hoping for a good outcome If you are reading my blog, please pray for Sherry. Pray for Colleen and me too, if you would. It is a rather stressful time in each of our lives for different reasons, but then throwing mom's trouble's on top of the other issues, we are pretty emotionally taxed. Love and Hugs to All!!!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Pray...
So, after I posted the last post, I decided that I would like to add...
If you feel so inclined to keep me and my family in your prayers, please do. Prayer can only help. At times I have felt so alone, but know that we all struggle with something. Pray. Trust in the Lord and in our Father in Heaven's plan. Things will all work out.
If you feel so inclined to keep me and my family in your prayers, please do. Prayer can only help. At times I have felt so alone, but know that we all struggle with something. Pray. Trust in the Lord and in our Father in Heaven's plan. Things will all work out.
A Yucky New Year...
So far, 2010 is turning out to be more exciting than I had anticipated. My mom has been in the hospital or rehab since February 7th. She had surgery on her throat/neck in January and it should have been an easy outpatient thing but has turned out to be quite an ordeal for her. I still don't know when it will be "over". My sister and brother-in-law have spent quite a number of hours serving mom and helping her through this ordeal, as well as my sister-in-law and I filling in a couple of times. She has a long road of recovery ahead of her and I hope she has the determination to get stronger and see it through.
Along with mom and personal family issues, Joshua slipped on ice February 13th, at Scout camp and broke his radius and cracked his ulna at the growth plate in his left hand. After two weeks in a splint, xrays showed that the bones were slipping and that it would require surgery to place a plate and screws in his wrist to stabilize the bone. So, two weeks ago, he had that wonderful surgery. Today, March 15th, he was able to get those stitches removed and got a cool lookin' cast on. He will be in the cast for three weeks and then will move to a splint. He probably could go without anything, but for the Doctor's peace of mind and mine as well, we will cast and then splint, just to protect his wrist and give it more time to heal up. He will get the cast off on April 5th and will get a splint for a couple of more weeks after that. He will have the plate and screws in for 6 months to a year. Then he will probably be in a splint for a few weeks following the removal of them, which is yet to be determined.
There is a lot more I could write. It has been a difficult few months. But, some things should be kept private, therefore the more part I would like to write will have to be contained in personal writings here at home. Things are somewhat looking up and I know the outcome will be okay. But, sometimes in the midst of trial, things look/feel much more bleak than they actually are. Trial is good and necessary and is a part of life. It is what we have to do here in this life. Trials should be viewed as opportunities. They help us learn about ourselves, others, and life, if we see them for what they are. They are here for us to make us grow and learn and especially turn to our Father in Heaven for guidance, wisdom, and love, and to grow closer to him and to our Savior, Jesus Christ. And also to help us understand His atonement better and to trust in Him. He has paid the price and knows our joys, our griefs, and our sorrows. He knows our sickness, pain, and suffering. He knows temptation. He can teach us. He can heal our hearts. That is the part I struggle with the most. Letting the Atonement work in my life. Perhaps that is why I am going through what I am.
Things will get better, they just take time. So, you take each day as it comes, each hour, each minute, each second if need be. This too, shall pass!
Along with mom and personal family issues, Joshua slipped on ice February 13th, at Scout camp and broke his radius and cracked his ulna at the growth plate in his left hand. After two weeks in a splint, xrays showed that the bones were slipping and that it would require surgery to place a plate and screws in his wrist to stabilize the bone. So, two weeks ago, he had that wonderful surgery. Today, March 15th, he was able to get those stitches removed and got a cool lookin' cast on. He will be in the cast for three weeks and then will move to a splint. He probably could go without anything, but for the Doctor's peace of mind and mine as well, we will cast and then splint, just to protect his wrist and give it more time to heal up. He will get the cast off on April 5th and will get a splint for a couple of more weeks after that. He will have the plate and screws in for 6 months to a year. Then he will probably be in a splint for a few weeks following the removal of them, which is yet to be determined.
There is a lot more I could write. It has been a difficult few months. But, some things should be kept private, therefore the more part I would like to write will have to be contained in personal writings here at home. Things are somewhat looking up and I know the outcome will be okay. But, sometimes in the midst of trial, things look/feel much more bleak than they actually are. Trial is good and necessary and is a part of life. It is what we have to do here in this life. Trials should be viewed as opportunities. They help us learn about ourselves, others, and life, if we see them for what they are. They are here for us to make us grow and learn and especially turn to our Father in Heaven for guidance, wisdom, and love, and to grow closer to him and to our Savior, Jesus Christ. And also to help us understand His atonement better and to trust in Him. He has paid the price and knows our joys, our griefs, and our sorrows. He knows our sickness, pain, and suffering. He knows temptation. He can teach us. He can heal our hearts. That is the part I struggle with the most. Letting the Atonement work in my life. Perhaps that is why I am going through what I am.
Things will get better, they just take time. So, you take each day as it comes, each hour, each minute, each second if need be. This too, shall pass!
Fire, fire, fire! Not!
Today we thought our house was on fire. Doug called me to ask if I would go and check and see if our house was on fire, since he was at work downstairs. I quickly looked outside, checking to see if someone was maybe burning something. I couldn't smell anything. So, I went downstairs and checked all the rooms and couldn't find anything. I checked the place that made the most sense...the utility room where the water heaters and so forth are located. I couldn't see smoke, but it sure smelled of smoke. So, I went to tell Doug that I could smell smoke. He was in the middle of teaching a class. So, he told his class he had to leave that our house was on fire. His office smelled of smoke and the utility room smelled of smoke. We couldn't see any smoke or flames, so we didn't know what we should do. I was afraid of a fire in the wall or something. So, I called 411 to get the non-emergent number for the fire department. When I called them, they told me I should call 911. So, it was like I called 411 to get the number for 911! (Sorta! LOL) So, they told us to evacuate and wait outside until they went in to inspect and give us the all clear. They showed up with their HUGE new fire truck with the driver on back. They took their infrared equipment inside and checked everything out but didn't find anything. It turns out that some neighbors a few houses down were burning leaves and things and the smoke came in through an outside vent and in through an a/c in the window of Doug's office. So, it all turned out well and everyone is okay. It just made for some excitement in the Bassett neighborhood for a few minutes. I am thankful for our firefighters and their willingness to help. I felt a little dumb afterwards, but it is better to be safe than sorry!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Our Awesome Family Vacation-Summer 2009
I had intended to try to import a journal entry from one of my files into this blog, but with my limited knowledge, I am not sure how to do it. So, I am going to re-type my entry. Bear with me, as it is pretty long. I will try to expand on a little more detail later and also try to incorporate pictures at some point. Some days where little detail is given, I just tried to give the highlight of our day.
Journal Entry, Dated: Sunday, August 2, 2009
I had intended to try to journal events as they happened while we were in Hawaii, but we were having so much fun and were out so late every night, up early and going, that I didn't have the time to write down exactly what we did each day. Things started to meld together after a while, especially when you do so much in so little time and on so little sleep. So, with the help of receipts as reminders, and a few pictures we took, I am doing the best I can to remember our trip. Almost immediately following our trip to Hawaii, just Doug and I, we came home and left with our six children and went to San Francisco, California and then on to Wyoming. To the best of my recollection, here is a schedule of the things we did:
June 18th: Doug and I flew to Phoenix, Arizona in the evening and stayed the night in Phoenix.
June 19th: Doug and I caught an early morning flight to Oahu, Hawaii. We got our rental car and checked into our hotel. We went to Waikiki Beach, looked for shells, and enjoyed the scenery. We walked around Honolulu/Waikiki. We went back to our hotel and went for a swim and enjoyed watching the trade winds. Interesting! We spent a night out on the town walking around, window shopping and taking it all in.
June 20th: We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center. There, we took a boat ride where the different Island villages were represented. We ate Puoy, did the Hula, watched a show, went to a Luau where we were publicly recognized for celebrating 19 years of marriage. We watched a show at the Luau-Hula dancers, etc ate "Kalua Pig", rice noodles, puoy, puoy dinner rolls, a pina colada smoothie served in a Pineapple, and enjoyed a special show that evening of hula dancers, fire dancers, and were treated to an evening of fun and experiencing the dancers representing all the people of the different isles. It was great!
June 21st: While driving around on the Island, we came upon a Macadamia Nut farm. We decided to stop and check it out. They had all different varieties of flavors. They were all very yummy! We had to bring some back with us. My favorite were the wasabi coated nuts, the honey roasted nuts, and the regular roasted macadamia's. Later, we found some chocolate covered macadamia's. Yum!!! We continued up the coast of Oahu and drove up North Shore and stopped and ate at a shrimp shack. These were the best shrimp I have ever eaten. They were fresh, right from the shrimp farm beds about 20 feet away. Once you got past removing the heads and tails, they were great! (K, don't get too grossed out. At least we didn't get the prawns! They were scary lookin'!) After lunch, we went up the coast a little further and watched some surfer's for a little while. After that, we went to the Laie, LDS Temple and Visitor's center. The temple was under significant renovations inside and out, but is expected to reopen in the summer of 2010. (July, I think.) When we were through, we headed further up the island and drove to the Dole Pineapple Plantation, just in time for it to be closing in another 15 minutes. But, we had a quick Ice cream, which was very good, and bought a souvenir spoon, just in case we couldn't make it back.
June 22nd: We took a boat ride out to the Atlantis submarine. We went in the sub and dove down to 106 feet on the ocean's floor. We saw numerous fish, a white tipped shark, about 3 or 4 Sea Turtles, Coral, and had a great time. I didn't want to leave. I was hoping we could drive around a while.
June 23rd: We visited the USS Bowfin site, but didn't actually board the vessel. We toured the gift shop and saw various missiles, torpedoes, etc. that were typical of the 2nd World War era. We toured the U"SS Arizona Memorial and museum. This was a very interesting experience. I will write more about this experience later. We visited the Dole Pineapple Plantation again, and had some very yummy Kalua Pork Casadillas, salad, and a yummy pineapple ice cream treat topped with fresh pineapple. We took a train ride out on the active plantation, and went on an abbreviated garden tour. Then, we headed back to Honolulu and were back on the streets of Waikiki for shopping, people watching, and walking our feet off!
June 24th: We did some last minute shopping for souvenirs and then headed to the Honolulu airport. We flew to phoenix, Arizona and stayed the night, which was a short night. Only about 4 hours of sleep.
June 25th: After our short night sleep, we had to be at the airport by 8 am. We caught our flight home to Salt Lake City. We returned home to our children who were waiting patiently for us. We handed out some gifts and in our zombie like state, I started laundry and packing for 8 since we were leaving the next day for San Francisco. I got to bed at 2am.
June 26th: We loaded up the car and headed to the SLC airport with our 6 children in tow. Amazingly enough, we were out the door a little before 9am. We checked in curbside with all our baggage, which was a lifesaver. We checked into our gate and all was smooth sailing. About 11:30am, we all boarded our plane and were headed to Oakland, California. After a 2 hour flight, we landed, got our rental car (a 15 passenger van), got lunch and headed for Fairfield, California, where we used to live. We arrived at the Jelly Belly factory just in time for an early closing, due to a Newt Gingrich event that day. I guess we were not important enough to attend! We headed to McDonald's for an ice cream and potty break and then drove around Fairfield a bit. We saw the places we lived when we were there, including our first apartment there and a home which we rented. We had our first two babies there in Fairfield, and left just after our second son Zachary was born. We drove out to Travis Air Force Base and saw the AFB hospital where Rob and Zach were born. Then, we headed to our hotel located in San Rafael.
June 27th: We visited Six Flags Discovery park, in Vallejo, California. We had a great day! The kids had a blast riding the roller coasters. We stopped at Denny's and then drove the long ride back to our hotel after being so tired. It was all good!
June 28th: We drove across the Golden Gate Bridge. What a sight! We drove through Sausalito and drove to the Muir Redwoods, but decided since everyone on the planet had the same idea and there was not any parking, we would just drive up the coast. Apparently all the people on the planet that couldn't find a parking spot had that same idea too. So, we drove back towards the Golden Gate Bridge. We ended up taking a wrong turn, but it ended up to be a good thing. We were headed up a hill that took us to an amazing overlook of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance. So, it was a good turn after all. We came down the hill and found parking and walked under the Golden Gate Bridge and then onto the bridge a ways. It was VERY windy and a little chilly. I must say I was a bit surprised by that. I didn't expect it to be so windy up there. The kids mostly enjoyed being on the bridge. They were a little cold and bored. But, when we looked down into the water, they saw a sea lion swimming around and they thought that was pretty neat. They also liked seeing their spit fly over the bridge and hit the water. What can I say, kids will be kids. After the bridge, we went to Fisherman's wharf, bought some coats for the kids since we left ours at the hotel, went to dinner and then decided to call it a day because everyone was pooped out and grumpy. So, we drove to the hotel and went to bed.
June 29th: We went back to Fisherman's Wharf and did a little shopping and then took a boat ride out to Alcatraz. It was very insightful! Interesting! & Fun! We came back to the wharf and tried a sourdough bread bowl with clam chowder. It was good, but not as good as expected. We did quite a bit of walking around, some shopping, and walked our feet off. Robbie went to the aquarium by himself, Doug, Zach, & Josh went to Rippley's Believe It or Not, and me and the little one's went shopping and to the Boudin Sourdough Bakery. They made cute little animals out of the dough. From little crabs and teddy bears and sea turtles, to alligators and larger crabs. It was really something. Their work was quite intricate. I just wished they wouldn't bake the bread quite so long. I like my bread soft. Theirs was hard. It was still yummy though!
June 30th: We visited the Jelly Belly factory again, and this time it was open. It was good fun and interesting to see the changes they have made since we last visited in about 1993. It was Robbie's 17th Birthday this day. We went to Six Flags again and Robbie got o go off on his own. He had a wonderful time and was able to catch all of the shows, ride some rides, and do what he wanted to do without everyone bugging him. Doug went with the older kids and I had Jake and Marissa. We got to see the shark exhibit, pet sting rays, and see dolphins. The kids rode several kiddie rides and had a wonderful time. After a long day, we went to Red Lobster to celebrate Rob's birthday. It was very good food and we were glad to sit down to a good dinner after such a long few days on our feet. We drove all the way back to our hotel. The kids and Doug were crashed out in the van all the way back.
July 1st: I dropped off the kids and Doug at the airport and returned the rental car and caught back up with them again. We got through security and waited to board our flight back to SLC. We arrived home in the evening, just in time to wash and repack our bags to head out to Wyoming the next day.
July 2nd: We got up and loaded the van and drove to Riverton, Wyoming. We let the kids go for a swim in the hotel pool and then stayed the night in Riverton.
July 3rd: Doug took all the kids but Rob, to Thermopolis Natural Hot Springs. Rob and I went shopping while Doug and the kids and our niece, Amanda went swimming. Rob wasn't interested and I was feeling under the weather, so we shopped and went and saw buffalo at a ranch/range behind Thermop, and then prepared lunch for everyone else. We then picked up the kids and Doug and then headed up to Sheridan, to see Grandma Wells. On the way, I got a speeding ticket! Yuck! I had forgotten what the speed limit was after passing a vehicle and had to reset my cruise control. I made a booboo and thought the speed limit was 75. I set it about 76. The speed limit was 65! Oops! I got a $15 discount since everyone was wearing seat belts. I still had to pay $63 and have that glorious thing on my now less than perfect driving record. Not to mention the embarrassment I felt and the wonderful mood I was now in. Fun! We finally reached Granny's apartment and she took us out to eat at a Chinese Buffet, which our kids love! We did a little shopping at Walmart and then checked into our hotel.
July 4th: We got up a little late, went to breakfast and then it was off to Gran's for a visit. We had a nice visit with Gran...it was short, but it was nice to be with her. I only wished we could have stayed longer. We drove to Buffalo and met Doug's half sister for the first time. Her name is Tracy Spratt. She met us at a park in Buffalo, and was there with her mom, Leona. We were supposed to meet up with Doug's Sister-in-law too, but we were too late and she had little ones she needed to put down for a nap. So, we missed her. Before leaving Buffalo, we stopped by the liquor store where Doug's half brother works and Doug got to run in and say a quick hello. I stayed in the car with the kids. I wished we could have spent time with them, but perhaps another time. We then headed back to Riverton in hopes of seeing some fireworks, but we were a bit too late and didn't know where the action was. So, we got checked into our hotel and bedded down for the night.
July 5th: We went to the "Trailhead" for breakfast and then headed back to Pleasant Grove. We brought our niece Amanda back with us. She was going to go to girls camp with our Young Women's group from church. We did some laundry, packed Joshua for Scout camp, and took Amanda's things over to the YW leader's home to get her ready for girls camp on the 6th.
July 6th: We dropped Joshua off at Terry Hunter's house at 5am for Scout Camp. Then, we dropped Amanda off at the YW leader's house at 8am. Then it was laundry, laundry, laundry time. And, I had yet to clean up our house from coming home and packing up and leaving again. With all our trips back to back, our house looked like a bomb went off! But, it was all worth it. We had a great time!!!
Journal Entry, Dated: Sunday, August 2, 2009
I had intended to try to journal events as they happened while we were in Hawaii, but we were having so much fun and were out so late every night, up early and going, that I didn't have the time to write down exactly what we did each day. Things started to meld together after a while, especially when you do so much in so little time and on so little sleep. So, with the help of receipts as reminders, and a few pictures we took, I am doing the best I can to remember our trip. Almost immediately following our trip to Hawaii, just Doug and I, we came home and left with our six children and went to San Francisco, California and then on to Wyoming. To the best of my recollection, here is a schedule of the things we did:
June 18th: Doug and I flew to Phoenix, Arizona in the evening and stayed the night in Phoenix.
June 19th: Doug and I caught an early morning flight to Oahu, Hawaii. We got our rental car and checked into our hotel. We went to Waikiki Beach, looked for shells, and enjoyed the scenery. We walked around Honolulu/Waikiki. We went back to our hotel and went for a swim and enjoyed watching the trade winds. Interesting! We spent a night out on the town walking around, window shopping and taking it all in.
June 20th: We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center. There, we took a boat ride where the different Island villages were represented. We ate Puoy, did the Hula, watched a show, went to a Luau where we were publicly recognized for celebrating 19 years of marriage. We watched a show at the Luau-Hula dancers, etc ate "Kalua Pig", rice noodles, puoy, puoy dinner rolls, a pina colada smoothie served in a Pineapple, and enjoyed a special show that evening of hula dancers, fire dancers, and were treated to an evening of fun and experiencing the dancers representing all the people of the different isles. It was great!
June 21st: While driving around on the Island, we came upon a Macadamia Nut farm. We decided to stop and check it out. They had all different varieties of flavors. They were all very yummy! We had to bring some back with us. My favorite were the wasabi coated nuts, the honey roasted nuts, and the regular roasted macadamia's. Later, we found some chocolate covered macadamia's. Yum!!! We continued up the coast of Oahu and drove up North Shore and stopped and ate at a shrimp shack. These were the best shrimp I have ever eaten. They were fresh, right from the shrimp farm beds about 20 feet away. Once you got past removing the heads and tails, they were great! (K, don't get too grossed out. At least we didn't get the prawns! They were scary lookin'!) After lunch, we went up the coast a little further and watched some surfer's for a little while. After that, we went to the Laie, LDS Temple and Visitor's center. The temple was under significant renovations inside and out, but is expected to reopen in the summer of 2010. (July, I think.) When we were through, we headed further up the island and drove to the Dole Pineapple Plantation, just in time for it to be closing in another 15 minutes. But, we had a quick Ice cream, which was very good, and bought a souvenir spoon, just in case we couldn't make it back.
June 22nd: We took a boat ride out to the Atlantis submarine. We went in the sub and dove down to 106 feet on the ocean's floor. We saw numerous fish, a white tipped shark, about 3 or 4 Sea Turtles, Coral, and had a great time. I didn't want to leave. I was hoping we could drive around a while.
June 23rd: We visited the USS Bowfin site, but didn't actually board the vessel. We toured the gift shop and saw various missiles, torpedoes, etc. that were typical of the 2nd World War era. We toured the U"SS Arizona Memorial and museum. This was a very interesting experience. I will write more about this experience later. We visited the Dole Pineapple Plantation again, and had some very yummy Kalua Pork Casadillas, salad, and a yummy pineapple ice cream treat topped with fresh pineapple. We took a train ride out on the active plantation, and went on an abbreviated garden tour. Then, we headed back to Honolulu and were back on the streets of Waikiki for shopping, people watching, and walking our feet off!
June 24th: We did some last minute shopping for souvenirs and then headed to the Honolulu airport. We flew to phoenix, Arizona and stayed the night, which was a short night. Only about 4 hours of sleep.
June 25th: After our short night sleep, we had to be at the airport by 8 am. We caught our flight home to Salt Lake City. We returned home to our children who were waiting patiently for us. We handed out some gifts and in our zombie like state, I started laundry and packing for 8 since we were leaving the next day for San Francisco. I got to bed at 2am.
June 26th: We loaded up the car and headed to the SLC airport with our 6 children in tow. Amazingly enough, we were out the door a little before 9am. We checked in curbside with all our baggage, which was a lifesaver. We checked into our gate and all was smooth sailing. About 11:30am, we all boarded our plane and were headed to Oakland, California. After a 2 hour flight, we landed, got our rental car (a 15 passenger van), got lunch and headed for Fairfield, California, where we used to live. We arrived at the Jelly Belly factory just in time for an early closing, due to a Newt Gingrich event that day. I guess we were not important enough to attend! We headed to McDonald's for an ice cream and potty break and then drove around Fairfield a bit. We saw the places we lived when we were there, including our first apartment there and a home which we rented. We had our first two babies there in Fairfield, and left just after our second son Zachary was born. We drove out to Travis Air Force Base and saw the AFB hospital where Rob and Zach were born. Then, we headed to our hotel located in San Rafael.
June 27th: We visited Six Flags Discovery park, in Vallejo, California. We had a great day! The kids had a blast riding the roller coasters. We stopped at Denny's and then drove the long ride back to our hotel after being so tired. It was all good!
June 28th: We drove across the Golden Gate Bridge. What a sight! We drove through Sausalito and drove to the Muir Redwoods, but decided since everyone on the planet had the same idea and there was not any parking, we would just drive up the coast. Apparently all the people on the planet that couldn't find a parking spot had that same idea too. So, we drove back towards the Golden Gate Bridge. We ended up taking a wrong turn, but it ended up to be a good thing. We were headed up a hill that took us to an amazing overlook of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance. So, it was a good turn after all. We came down the hill and found parking and walked under the Golden Gate Bridge and then onto the bridge a ways. It was VERY windy and a little chilly. I must say I was a bit surprised by that. I didn't expect it to be so windy up there. The kids mostly enjoyed being on the bridge. They were a little cold and bored. But, when we looked down into the water, they saw a sea lion swimming around and they thought that was pretty neat. They also liked seeing their spit fly over the bridge and hit the water. What can I say, kids will be kids. After the bridge, we went to Fisherman's wharf, bought some coats for the kids since we left ours at the hotel, went to dinner and then decided to call it a day because everyone was pooped out and grumpy. So, we drove to the hotel and went to bed.
June 29th: We went back to Fisherman's Wharf and did a little shopping and then took a boat ride out to Alcatraz. It was very insightful! Interesting! & Fun! We came back to the wharf and tried a sourdough bread bowl with clam chowder. It was good, but not as good as expected. We did quite a bit of walking around, some shopping, and walked our feet off. Robbie went to the aquarium by himself, Doug, Zach, & Josh went to Rippley's Believe It or Not, and me and the little one's went shopping and to the Boudin Sourdough Bakery. They made cute little animals out of the dough. From little crabs and teddy bears and sea turtles, to alligators and larger crabs. It was really something. Their work was quite intricate. I just wished they wouldn't bake the bread quite so long. I like my bread soft. Theirs was hard. It was still yummy though!
June 30th: We visited the Jelly Belly factory again, and this time it was open. It was good fun and interesting to see the changes they have made since we last visited in about 1993. It was Robbie's 17th Birthday this day. We went to Six Flags again and Robbie got o go off on his own. He had a wonderful time and was able to catch all of the shows, ride some rides, and do what he wanted to do without everyone bugging him. Doug went with the older kids and I had Jake and Marissa. We got to see the shark exhibit, pet sting rays, and see dolphins. The kids rode several kiddie rides and had a wonderful time. After a long day, we went to Red Lobster to celebrate Rob's birthday. It was very good food and we were glad to sit down to a good dinner after such a long few days on our feet. We drove all the way back to our hotel. The kids and Doug were crashed out in the van all the way back.
July 1st: I dropped off the kids and Doug at the airport and returned the rental car and caught back up with them again. We got through security and waited to board our flight back to SLC. We arrived home in the evening, just in time to wash and repack our bags to head out to Wyoming the next day.
July 2nd: We got up and loaded the van and drove to Riverton, Wyoming. We let the kids go for a swim in the hotel pool and then stayed the night in Riverton.
July 3rd: Doug took all the kids but Rob, to Thermopolis Natural Hot Springs. Rob and I went shopping while Doug and the kids and our niece, Amanda went swimming. Rob wasn't interested and I was feeling under the weather, so we shopped and went and saw buffalo at a ranch/range behind Thermop, and then prepared lunch for everyone else. We then picked up the kids and Doug and then headed up to Sheridan, to see Grandma Wells. On the way, I got a speeding ticket! Yuck! I had forgotten what the speed limit was after passing a vehicle and had to reset my cruise control. I made a booboo and thought the speed limit was 75. I set it about 76. The speed limit was 65! Oops! I got a $15 discount since everyone was wearing seat belts. I still had to pay $63 and have that glorious thing on my now less than perfect driving record. Not to mention the embarrassment I felt and the wonderful mood I was now in. Fun! We finally reached Granny's apartment and she took us out to eat at a Chinese Buffet, which our kids love! We did a little shopping at Walmart and then checked into our hotel.
July 4th: We got up a little late, went to breakfast and then it was off to Gran's for a visit. We had a nice visit with Gran...it was short, but it was nice to be with her. I only wished we could have stayed longer. We drove to Buffalo and met Doug's half sister for the first time. Her name is Tracy Spratt. She met us at a park in Buffalo, and was there with her mom, Leona. We were supposed to meet up with Doug's Sister-in-law too, but we were too late and she had little ones she needed to put down for a nap. So, we missed her. Before leaving Buffalo, we stopped by the liquor store where Doug's half brother works and Doug got to run in and say a quick hello. I stayed in the car with the kids. I wished we could have spent time with them, but perhaps another time. We then headed back to Riverton in hopes of seeing some fireworks, but we were a bit too late and didn't know where the action was. So, we got checked into our hotel and bedded down for the night.
July 5th: We went to the "Trailhead" for breakfast and then headed back to Pleasant Grove. We brought our niece Amanda back with us. She was going to go to girls camp with our Young Women's group from church. We did some laundry, packed Joshua for Scout camp, and took Amanda's things over to the YW leader's home to get her ready for girls camp on the 6th.
July 6th: We dropped Joshua off at Terry Hunter's house at 5am for Scout Camp. Then, we dropped Amanda off at the YW leader's house at 8am. Then it was laundry, laundry, laundry time. And, I had yet to clean up our house from coming home and packing up and leaving again. With all our trips back to back, our house looked like a bomb went off! But, it was all worth it. We had a great time!!!
Long Time No See
Wow! It has been awful long since I last wrote. Much has happened in my life since. I will have to get busy and update everything. Life has just got away from me and I decided that I can't spend too much time on the computer. But, this is more like a journal. I really should keep it updated. But, I guess I figured for a time why I even should. It is not like I have a hard copy of this. And, who does it really benefit anyway. Me, I guess. I don't know. I am not up-to-date on all the current techy things people do or think they should do. I am a busy mom of six wonderful kids and have a husband and responsibilities at home and at church and in the community. I have plenty to keep me busy. I really would like to keep up my blog though. I just have to get back at it.
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