Thursday, January 14, 2010
More Catch-up
So we got home from Idaho on Jan 2 and stayed up until about 2am doing laundry so we could pack for our trip to Florida.
I thought people went to Florida for the warm weather but I guess we got lucky and it was cold. We went to the parks anyway and had a really good time. A picture is worth a thousand words so here you go.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Busy, Busy, Busy
The last month has been really busy. We went to Idaho to spend Christmas with family and stayed for two weeks. We had lots of fun (as soon as we started feeling better). I started getting sick the day before we were to leave. Travis started getting sick on the day we left and M waited till we got to Idaho. He wasn't near as sick as he was over Thanksgiving though.
I dipped more chocolates with my mom so I could bring some home. I ended up with more than I thought I would too.
Christmas Eve and Day were great. We went to parties on Christmas Eve and started Christmas Day with the Smith side and ended on the Turner side.
Travis got a Wii, a nice suit, a booklight (M broke his so this was from him), a briefcase, a temple bag and more. I got a nice set of pots and pans that I can't wait to use, as well as a griddle, a watch, a temple bag, and Santa brought us Wii Fit Plus. M got lots of fun toys that he loves, and some clothes that he didnt't get real excited about (but I did). We also got some yummy homemade jam from Grandma Turner and Aunt Shon. Good stuff.
We decided to head home on the 31st. That seemed to be the best day for weather and we didn't want to be out on the roads late on New Year's Eve with all the party animals. So we left Thursday morning around 8:30 and made it to Kimball NE. Not as far as we wanted to get but far enough to get home the following day. If only. We woke up Friday morning and one of our tires was near flat (about 5 psi). We aired it up and had to drive to Colorado to get it looked at. It's not easy to find a tire place open on New Year's Day. I think the trip down to CO cost us about two hours on the road and another 1 1/2 to 2 hours waiting for them to find a leak in the tire. Turns out they couldn't find a leak but they put some air in it anyway. We didn't want to drive on it overnight and potentially get a flat in the middle of nowhere and have to empty the trunk to get to the spare and all that, so we only made about 5 hours progress and ended up in North Platte. Saturday morning Travis took the car to a tire place to see if they could find a leak because we had been adding air to it about every 1 1/2 hours all day Friday. This place couldn't find a leak either so we said a prayer and left for home once again. The tire held air the whole day and we made it home in one piece.
We thought it would take us 24 to 36 hours to get home and it ended up taking three whole days.
So today we had to unpack, do laundry and pack again for a trip to Florida first thing Monday morning. I'm glad we're flying for this trip. I'm getting tired of sitting in the car.
Having some cheerios for breakfast Christmas morning.
Shouldn't the smaller of the cousins be riding, not giving the ride?
I dipped more chocolates with my mom so I could bring some home. I ended up with more than I thought I would too.
Christmas Eve and Day were great. We went to parties on Christmas Eve and started Christmas Day with the Smith side and ended on the Turner side.
Travis got a Wii, a nice suit, a booklight (M broke his so this was from him), a briefcase, a temple bag and more. I got a nice set of pots and pans that I can't wait to use, as well as a griddle, a watch, a temple bag, and Santa brought us Wii Fit Plus. M got lots of fun toys that he loves, and some clothes that he didnt't get real excited about (but I did). We also got some yummy homemade jam from Grandma Turner and Aunt Shon. Good stuff.
We decided to head home on the 31st. That seemed to be the best day for weather and we didn't want to be out on the roads late on New Year's Eve with all the party animals. So we left Thursday morning around 8:30 and made it to Kimball NE. Not as far as we wanted to get but far enough to get home the following day. If only. We woke up Friday morning and one of our tires was near flat (about 5 psi). We aired it up and had to drive to Colorado to get it looked at. It's not easy to find a tire place open on New Year's Day. I think the trip down to CO cost us about two hours on the road and another 1 1/2 to 2 hours waiting for them to find a leak in the tire. Turns out they couldn't find a leak but they put some air in it anyway. We didn't want to drive on it overnight and potentially get a flat in the middle of nowhere and have to empty the trunk to get to the spare and all that, so we only made about 5 hours progress and ended up in North Platte. Saturday morning Travis took the car to a tire place to see if they could find a leak because we had been adding air to it about every 1 1/2 hours all day Friday. This place couldn't find a leak either so we said a prayer and left for home once again. The tire held air the whole day and we made it home in one piece.
We thought it would take us 24 to 36 hours to get home and it ended up taking three whole days.
So today we had to unpack, do laundry and pack again for a trip to Florida first thing Monday morning. I'm glad we're flying for this trip. I'm getting tired of sitting in the car.
Having some cheerios for breakfast Christmas morning.
Shouldn't the smaller of the cousins be riding, not giving the ride?