home at last

so we made it home from our vacation and we had a great time. We left the baby blessing and went to mom's for the night then off to SLC. We stayed at the KOA and the kids went swimming and then we hit temple square and this is the place monument. The kids actually like the monument, I was surprised. We also went to dinner at Carl's Jr first time for most of it and it was pretty good. We went at DJ's request. If you were to ask me my favorite part of the trip I would have to say spending the time with my family. We laughed so hard till I cried and I was driving. scary especially since we were driving through zion's in the dark at the time. but all in all it was a great time. Now we will get ready for our next trip to the family reunion after the 4th. We still need to get our talent polished off or started in other words. We know what we are doing we just have to do it when we are all home without a million other people here to watch. Can't wait to see the family again.

look out parks here come the combes

So we are out on our vacation still but wanted to update you all on the fun we are having. We spent the first day at mom's and she made Dakota a twinkie cake for his b-day. cute. the next day we headed down south and stayed in an rv park in Glendale and went to Cedar for the night. We took the long way home and ended up going through zions in the Dark. DJ loved the tunnel which was pretty cool especially since we didn't get to see anything else in the park due to the dark. The next day we headed to the grand canyon. We first stopped in the North rim and hiked to the look out, got back in the car and headed to the south rim. a long way to drive in one day. We camped in the south rim that night and headed out to explore the next day. It was pretty cool but reminded me alot of canyonlands. We rode the bus and took the scenic route We had a good time. We headed back to Glendale that night and got up and went to Bryce canyon on Saturday. Beautiful. I haved never seen anything like that before. Tomorrow we are off to Cedar to a baby blessing and back to moms before we go to salt lake on monday and home on tuesday. I have never had a week go by so fast in my life. But so worth it. We made alot of memories and took alot of pictures and had an adventure we will never forget.

in two directions

So let me tell you all about our fun memorial day. It was great we went camping and took the camper which was so much nicer than sleeping in a tent. We also took the 4 wheeler and set out for a great weekend of camping, which broke down the second day. the first day went off without a hitch and we had a great time. the second day, poor Dakota he always get hurt camping, He put his bare feet in what he though was dirt turns out the boys had dug out the fire pit and put it next to the pit. Well it still had some hot coals in it and burnt Dakota's feet. luckily we were camped next to a creek so he kept his feet in the water. We tried to go off and explore but had to stop at the river frequently to put Dakota's feet in the water to ease the pain. He said " I thought this was going to be a fun camping trip" poor guy. His feet blistered and look pretty sad to this day still. The next day was spent getting ready to go home. We decided if we went home early we would beat the rush of emptying the trailer and the kids were done and were ruining the fun of camping we we packed up and left early. Well as we pulled out of the camp stop we heard something dragging. it was the sway bar it had fallen off. we figure that was the most exciting thing that would happen so off we went. As we were driving down the highway 65 mph we heard this horrible noise like a flat tire. that I can handle. wrong next thing we know the front suburban tire flew off and we were going in two different directions the tire flew across the highway barely missing a jeep driving the opposite way and then as we finally come to a stop an abrupt tip. we were sitting on the inside of the wheel. luckily nobody was hurt it could have been alot worse. we figured we would just get the tire put it back on and be on our way. Nope it stipped the lug bolts and ovaled out the rim of the tire. there we sat. 9 of us because we had Alex's friend with us. We called insurance but of course our policy doesn't cover towing. so we called a man in the ward who owns a towing company and he set out to get us. in the mean time Alex's friend called his dad and he came and took most of us home except Dan and braxton. Dj and I headed back up to sit with dan and drive him home when the tow truck showed up. well 2 hours later he shows up, loads the truck and goes to hook up the trailer. nope the ball didn't fit his hitch so he had to have the owner bring out a different ball in order to tow the trailer home. 45 min later we were on our way. I guess this makes up for us having a quiet mothers day. usually this kind of thing happens then. We have decided that if it had not been for having the trailer on we probably would have flipped resulting in an injury I am sure. So now we are a little nervous about taking the trailer on our trip. We will definatly check the tires to make sure they are on tight. We head out on the 9th of june and can't wait.
So a quick update. after a couple of tries DJ has passed his drivers test and now has a legal license. he has been driving one day and has already got lost and had to call for directions. should prove interesting.