Going Home

Thursday morning we had to pack our suitcases. That was sad. My mom and dad had to leave at about 9:00 to get to the airport. We ate breakfast with them and then sent them on their way. We fetched our luggage and headed north. When we arrived in Las Vegas, we took the kids to M&M World. They've often heard Randy and I talk about it, but they've never been there. We took the opportunity to make a quick stop and collect some blue and orange M&Ms.

Then we went to my brother Jade's home. My kids got to play with their cousins Bennett and Hannah, and we got to enjoy more of the beautiful Vegas weather. I love my relatives with pools, by the way.

We spent Thursday night just being with Jade and Liz and even got to enjoy the home teachers. (Sometimes, even the Bishop's home teachers come on the last day of the month.) Liz fixed wonderful food and it was a bummer we had to leave. Friday morning we faced a 10 hour drive to get home so we left early. Randy was trying to beat the rush hour traffic in Salt Lake and we ended up having to pay Fillmore County a hefty chunk of change.

We were gone for seven days. We drove over 1500 miles and listened to the same book on tape twice. We saw two brothers and their wives, two cousins, and Nana and Papa. We ate way too many peanut butter sandwiches. (I hate peanut butter sandwiches. If there were a stronger word than hate, I would use it.) We had the best vacation we've ever had.

And when we got home, my kids still had two weeks out of school. Do you have any idea how hard it was to go back to school after three weeks out? It took two weeks to get back into a routine.

But it was worth it.