Highlights from today: (click here for pictures)
Not much happened this morning trip wise for us. Since it was our last day, there is only 1 picture. Our hotel last night was about 1/2 mile from the airport so after waking up at 5:30 we were ready to see our kiddos. We opted for the rental car shuttle instead of the hotel shuttle since we figured that one would be more reliable. We had to check my suitcase because we had brought our parents back some jelly (which is a liquid according to the TSA) and at the last second decided to check Robby’s bag too. He quickly unzipped it and grabbed his big camera out. The security line was fairly long but moved well. Our flights to Dallas and home were quick and without events (which I am thankful for since the last 2 days we have listened to flight stories on the news-severe turbulence and blowing a tire). When we landed in LR, the Dennie’s were already waiting to pick us up. My bag came but we waited and waited on Robby’s bag. He finally rummaged around his backpack until he came up with the luggage numbers and headed to the Southwest office. As he walked up, someone came walking out with his bag-they had forgotten to get it off of the truck.
Our trip was wonderful. Soaring Colorado was our best adventure (closely followed by sand dune sledding) and Soaring was also our best meal. We drove just over 1500 miles and saw just about every part of New Mexico. Even though it was a good trip, we were glad to come home and see our kids.
We quickly unpacked our stuff and then headed to Nonna and Pop’s house. Reagan and Graham were awake and glad to see us. Campbell was sleeping in the back room and continued to snooze until Mom finally woke her up. Anderson was sleeping in Pop’s lap and when Mom picked him up he snuggled with her for a little bit. And when he woke up, he was in a pretty foul mood. He didn’t like the bracelet Mom had given him (green one with aliens-Mom hopes he will take off his pink one and trade it in for the new one) nor did he like the shirt from Mom.
However, Reagan loved her stuff and Graham took off his old shirt to put on his new shirt. He willingly followed Reagan into the dark bathroom to see if his shirt would glow in the dark like hers. Campbell was very happy to see Mom and Dad after she got up. She has gained 15 pounds and looks more like a one year old (well, maybe not 15 whole pounds). We loaded up everyone and all of their things-which was a lot of stuff.
When we got home, they were very happy to see their house-Reagan actually hugged the doorpost and said “I missed our house.” They played with most of their toys and actually played happily together the entire time. Soon it was time for supper at Grannymom’s house. They played more there-Campbell sat at the table during supper and ate her baby food. I think she thought she was a big girl.
Afterwards, we played Candy Land-which was the first time that I have ever seen Anderson play an entire game without losing interest. Then we played a rousing game of “flower, flower, butterfly” Nonna and Pops took the kids to Lilly’s 6th birthday party this morning. We hear there were butterflies everywhere. They even came home with ceramic butterfly banks to paint. They did that this afternoon. Graham took lots and lots of time doing his-sticking his tongue out and concentrating hard. He worked almost as hard as Reagan-Anderson on the other hand worked for a few minutes and then was done.
After Grannymom’s house tonight, we came home and started the bedtime routine….until we realized we didn’t have any milk in the house. Dad ran to the store to pick some up and the kids played more until he came home. Graham was more excited to see the milk jugs than he was to see Dad when he walked into the door. Reagan was exhausted tonight and fell asleep quickly, Graham didn’t fuss at all, Anderson is fairly quiet but pretty bored since Reagan is already asleep and Campbell is snoozing on the couch beside us.
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