Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Ol' B.Y.
Good times since I last posted. Our Utah portion went very quickly...we sure packed in the fun! I think last time I posted there was an illness issue...no worries, Kyle bounced right back (go with the shot) and so far nobody else has shown signs of strep (or any other illness). Whew. We finished a great week on the lake. We had wave runners again on Friday and everyone just had a great time...the boat had some issues so that part of the adventure ended early but we still had a very full, very fun week of sun and sand! We ate enormous amounts the entire time we were there and still managed to send home enough food to feed an army...amazing! Some of the group headed out Friday evening and more left Saturday. Saturday night it was just Jeff's family, our family, and Kim (along with a couple of stray cousins). We enjoyed some time at the dinosaur museum and a night of cards. Sunday morning we packed up and headed back to Brigham City for a few hours with Dan's parents. We really wish they could have spent more time with us on the lake but we cherished the few hours we had alone with them this trip. After even MORE food in Brigham we decided to sleep in Lehi at Kim's house with Jeff's family since we needed to be south anyway. It was a great time...thanks Hoppie's!
Monday morning brought the much anticipated BYU portion of our vacation. Basically there are two kinds of people in this world; those who love the Y, and those who are not invited to our house ;-) Seriously, good times. BYU is where Dan and I met--we lived there all the way up through the first 4 1/2 years of marriage. That place is steeped in memories for us and it is always a treat to go back. The kids were great and we all had a fun time. The morning was spent on campus...breakfast at the 'Cougareat', a trip to the bookstore for some new shirts and souvenirs, and then meeting friends for a tour of Legacy Hall. Obviously we had lunch at the Brick Oven (tummy pizza) and then off to the hotel. We relaxed for a bit and then it was off again. A trip to Provo is not complete without a drive up the canyon, so drive we did. Bridle Veil falls, and some of our favorite parks were included. It was trying to rain so we didn't spend a ton of time but it was a pleasant afternoon. I convinced the kids to take off their socks and shoes and walk a bit in the water...hehehe! They have never exactly experienced the 'refreshing' cool of mountain spring water...it really feels nice...if you are trying to ice down your ankle. It really did start to rain so it was back to campus for some more walking down memory lane, dinner at Creamery on 9th, bowling at the WILK (Monday night is dollar night...score one for us!), and back to the creamery for the best ice cream ever (I know, Blue Bell fans, it's a tough call. I think we need to go head to head on this one, and I need to be a judge!)
Since we can't move into our new place until Saturday we decided to break up the drive home into 3 days instead of 2 and that allowed us enough time for a bit more of The Ol' B.Y. before leaving town. Dan took Tyler and Kyle to hike the 'Y'. We always plan to do it and it never works out...the last 3 times we've been in Utah something has foiled our plans and we have never taken any children up the mountain. This time we prevailed! We opted to keep Aaron and myself behind for this trip...and Katherine decided last minute that she did not want to go (when she got to the trail head and looked up it was over). Next time we're going to take everyone! Side note here...we were almost unable to hike again today. When we got into the car this morning the battery was indeed dead. Grrrrr. I guess if you are going to have car trouble that's a pretty good option...very easy fix, but still frustrating. We were already running late and then we had to take time out to jump the car. Thankfully the hotel is across the street from a Jiffy Lube and they loaned Dan one of those jumper cable boxes that doesn't require another car to jump start your battery. Whew, thanks guys! Dodged another bullet. After saying goodbye to Provo once more we headed out on the road and here we are in Farmington, New Mexico.
It was a slow drive but basically pleasant. The kiddos enjoyed driving through Moab/Arches the most...it really is impressive. One of these times we are going to have to take time to add southern Utah onto the itinerary as well, lots of good camping to be had down there. Anyway, we hit some rain but saw some amazing rainbows...the pics didn't turn out but they were great. We experienced the joy of driving through the Indian reservations...and are thankful that our car functioned properly the whole way...and here we are at the Towne and Place Suites in Farmington. We all enjoyed a quick swim and, again, love the really comfy beds and are hoping to sleep in a bit. Tomorrow we drive to Amarillo and Thursday we get to the Egan's in Flower Mound (yippeee). I know I keep saying this but I can not believe it is over already. In some ways it feels like we've been gone forever and in others it's like we just left. Definitely the trip of a lifetime! I hope all is well with everyone, happy summer!
Friday, July 23, 2010
Update
Just in case you were interested Kyle got progressively worse yesterday until I decided I was done watching him get sicker and sicker and we went to the urgent care. A little penicillin shot in the hiney and within a few hours he was feeling a lot better. He had a rough night sleep for the first half of the night but eventually he settled down and woke up this morning ready for a day on the boat. He's such a trooper. We are all hopeful that strep will not make it's way through the entire extended family...and I'm really hoping the rest of us in our little family do not need hiney shots in order to make it home...not the highlight of the vacation. And while we're getting out all the 'sick on vacation' stories Aaron actually threw up again last night. After I finally got Kyle settled I heard that tell tale sound and knew Aaron needed to get out of his crib NOW. He threw up twice, fell back asleep, and woke up this morning happy, hungry, and ready to play. He has been fine all day and never had a fever so I guess he just ate too many meatballs for dinner or something (side note...why do they always throw up when they eat something red or blue...ugh). Anyway, long story short yesterday and last night were not good...today was great. I'm exhausted. I'm praying for more than 4 hours sleep tonight...wish me luck.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Adventures of the pregnant homeless lady...sick on vacation
No, I am not sick, but my Kyle is. There are few things worse than being sick on vacation...hopefully this will pass soon. He was fine yesterday morning and by the time we got off the boat he was complaining of a headache...which turned into a terrible headache with a fever by the time we got to the condo which turned into a terrible headache with a fever and a sore throat by this morning. We're hoping it's just a little one day thing and he'll be better tomorrow...lots of gatorade and popsicles today...wish us luck.
Let me back track a bit and fill you in on the week. Basically we're having a great time (other than the above paragraph). Sunday after we went to church with Grandma and Grandpa we loaded up the vehicles and headed to the condos at Wolf Creek...near Ogden if you are familiar with Utah...to spend a week on the lake. Dan has 3 sisters and 2 brothers and it is a very rare thing to have all 6 of them together so this is a pretty big deal, our kids don't get to see these cousins much and are really enjoying getting to know them. Dan's sister Pam brought her boat and his sister Kelly rented some wave runners so we are enjoying lots of 'water toy' time (thanks to Kim for the condos, Pam for the boat, and Kel for the 'water motorcycles'...we just brought people...) There was a little trouble with the wave runners on Monday but we still managed to get some good rides in. It's fun to see which kids have a little dare devil in them and which kids take the slow rides. Honestly, I love wave runners and like a bit more of a crazy ride...but in my present condition they only let me take the timid children, darn it! I have actually spent most of every day on the beach...the boat really takes it's toll on me and I can't really do any of the fun stuff so I build sand castles and visit...but it's still fun. I have been doing every other day just to play it safe so it's really fine that Kyle is sick today...I was going to lay low and rest today either way.
Dan has the camera so the pics will have to come later (I figured he would have more photo ops at the lake then I will have here...unless you want to see photos of Kyle and me on the couch drinking gatorade and watching Phineas and Ferb...) We have about 40 people here give or take...some of them have just been here part of the time...so it has been an action packed week. Monday was a big lake day with tons of food and games in the evening. Tuesday was a bit shorter at the lake but in the evening Wayne and Judy (Dan's parents) came down and we ended up playing a kids vs. adults baseball game. I actually got to see my mother-in-law play baseball. Awesome. I wish I had a photo of the faces of her grandsons when she was up to bat...priceless. She's a good sport and we had fun...it was a close game and those kids had no sympathy for the old or pregnant people...they were out to win! I was not at the lake Tuesday but I guess Uncle Andy took some of the boys fishing and Tyler caught an enormous fish (there is a photo on someone's camera...I'll get it) they also went out after dinner to fish some more, I've actually never been fishing but they are having a blast with it! Wednesday brought another fun day on the lake but we had to cut it a bit short due to some pesky lightning in the area. I felt a bit bad for Dan and Tyler. Dan had a paper for school that he needed to finish so he stayed home in the morning, Tyler was pretty pooped so he stayed with Dan. They didn't get there until lunch time and then we had to pack it in early...Tyler only got one ride on the boat (with 40 people you kind of have to take turns) but I think he'll live. He has been playing hard all week, he went from never wake boarding in his life to getting up and riding every turn. Katherine, Kyle, and Aaron just go tubing but everyone is loving it. Anyway, after we got back from the boat some of the crowd went bowling...Dan and I stayed with our sick Kyle but Tyler reported tons of fun bowling with cousins. After dinner brought a swim in the pool and then more games and hanging out. Hopefully today is a great day on the lake and a good rest day for Kyle...tomorrow is the last day of boating and I would be so sad if he missed it.
I hope everyone is well and am both sad and excited to report that we are now down to a more 'normal' vacation time frame. Dan (and maybe Tyler) will be back in Friendswood one week from today! (I will come down a couple of days later once the storage unit is unloaded). It will be sad to leave all the fun...but I could go for a dresser instead of a suitcase (and my own bed would be pretty nice). Okey dokey. I'm off to fetch some gatorade and tylenol for my favorite 6 year old. Those of you in the Houston area needed to focus on getting some good weather down there for our welcome home gift ;-) Happy summer!!!
Let me back track a bit and fill you in on the week. Basically we're having a great time (other than the above paragraph). Sunday after we went to church with Grandma and Grandpa we loaded up the vehicles and headed to the condos at Wolf Creek...near Ogden if you are familiar with Utah...to spend a week on the lake. Dan has 3 sisters and 2 brothers and it is a very rare thing to have all 6 of them together so this is a pretty big deal, our kids don't get to see these cousins much and are really enjoying getting to know them. Dan's sister Pam brought her boat and his sister Kelly rented some wave runners so we are enjoying lots of 'water toy' time (thanks to Kim for the condos, Pam for the boat, and Kel for the 'water motorcycles'...we just brought people...) There was a little trouble with the wave runners on Monday but we still managed to get some good rides in. It's fun to see which kids have a little dare devil in them and which kids take the slow rides. Honestly, I love wave runners and like a bit more of a crazy ride...but in my present condition they only let me take the timid children, darn it! I have actually spent most of every day on the beach...the boat really takes it's toll on me and I can't really do any of the fun stuff so I build sand castles and visit...but it's still fun. I have been doing every other day just to play it safe so it's really fine that Kyle is sick today...I was going to lay low and rest today either way.
Dan has the camera so the pics will have to come later (I figured he would have more photo ops at the lake then I will have here...unless you want to see photos of Kyle and me on the couch drinking gatorade and watching Phineas and Ferb...) We have about 40 people here give or take...some of them have just been here part of the time...so it has been an action packed week. Monday was a big lake day with tons of food and games in the evening. Tuesday was a bit shorter at the lake but in the evening Wayne and Judy (Dan's parents) came down and we ended up playing a kids vs. adults baseball game. I actually got to see my mother-in-law play baseball. Awesome. I wish I had a photo of the faces of her grandsons when she was up to bat...priceless. She's a good sport and we had fun...it was a close game and those kids had no sympathy for the old or pregnant people...they were out to win! I was not at the lake Tuesday but I guess Uncle Andy took some of the boys fishing and Tyler caught an enormous fish (there is a photo on someone's camera...I'll get it) they also went out after dinner to fish some more, I've actually never been fishing but they are having a blast with it! Wednesday brought another fun day on the lake but we had to cut it a bit short due to some pesky lightning in the area. I felt a bit bad for Dan and Tyler. Dan had a paper for school that he needed to finish so he stayed home in the morning, Tyler was pretty pooped so he stayed with Dan. They didn't get there until lunch time and then we had to pack it in early...Tyler only got one ride on the boat (with 40 people you kind of have to take turns) but I think he'll live. He has been playing hard all week, he went from never wake boarding in his life to getting up and riding every turn. Katherine, Kyle, and Aaron just go tubing but everyone is loving it. Anyway, after we got back from the boat some of the crowd went bowling...Dan and I stayed with our sick Kyle but Tyler reported tons of fun bowling with cousins. After dinner brought a swim in the pool and then more games and hanging out. Hopefully today is a great day on the lake and a good rest day for Kyle...tomorrow is the last day of boating and I would be so sad if he missed it.
I hope everyone is well and am both sad and excited to report that we are now down to a more 'normal' vacation time frame. Dan (and maybe Tyler) will be back in Friendswood one week from today! (I will come down a couple of days later once the storage unit is unloaded). It will be sad to leave all the fun...but I could go for a dresser instead of a suitcase (and my own bed would be pretty nice). Okey dokey. I'm off to fetch some gatorade and tylenol for my favorite 6 year old. Those of you in the Houston area needed to focus on getting some good weather down there for our welcome home gift ;-) Happy summer!!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)