Heidi and I packed up the boys and headed out to Utah. I stayed there over the weekend, and spent time with my grandparents, and brothers. The only picture I took on the entire trip was this one of Rowdy chilin' in his chair at home.
Heidi and I talked and laughed all the way from AZ to UT. I think we pretty much got the world's problems all solved, and laughed until we peed doing it! When we hit Vegas Friday night, we were in rare form! Heidi and I had wanted to go to St. George, stay at the Abby in where the breakfast would be free, and hit the road. Well once my dad got wind of that, it killed the deal. He found us a way better rate at one of the big hotels in Vegas. Sometimes it's just easier to go with the flow than to fight it! So we stopped in Vegas. We were tired. Both boys had had their fill of the car, and we were hungry. The hotel was a zoo! We left our car to be valet parked in what looked like a giant parking lot of cars waiting in line. We knew the chances of getting that back that night were slim to none! So we hauled our pantless party into the lobby, checked in, and decided to get room service. We payed an obscene amount of money for some gross nachos, and hit the hay! The next day was not too bad. We did stop in Beaver for some cheese curds, which I have never done. I always say I'm going to but never do! I was glad we did. Not as glad as Heidi (she loved those curds) but still glad!
Heidi and I talked and laughed all the way from AZ to UT. I think we pretty much got the world's problems all solved, and laughed until we peed doing it! When we hit Vegas Friday night, we were in rare form! Heidi and I had wanted to go to St. George, stay at the Abby in where the breakfast would be free, and hit the road. Well once my dad got wind of that, it killed the deal. He found us a way better rate at one of the big hotels in Vegas. Sometimes it's just easier to go with the flow than to fight it! So we stopped in Vegas. We were tired. Both boys had had their fill of the car, and we were hungry. The hotel was a zoo! We left our car to be valet parked in what looked like a giant parking lot of cars waiting in line. We knew the chances of getting that back that night were slim to none! So we hauled our pantless party into the lobby, checked in, and decided to get room service. We payed an obscene amount of money for some gross nachos, and hit the hay! The next day was not too bad. We did stop in Beaver for some cheese curds, which I have never done. I always say I'm going to but never do! I was glad we did. Not as glad as Heidi (she loved those curds) but still glad! The weekend went fast. We ate at every yummy place Heidi could think of. Visited grandma and grandpa Warner (who are now 89 and 95) My grandpa was laughing telling me that he had just renewed his license for another 5 years. 5 YEARS!! That makes him 100. He rocks!
The night before I left, all of my sibling and their spouses (except mine 'cause he lives in a different state than me. Yes I'm getting bitter) went out to dinner. The four of us haven't all been together since Matt's wedding which was 9 years ago. It was long overdue, and I really enjoyed it.
I flew home early this morning and got home just in time to help get the girls to school. I miss my kids like crazy while I am away, but I knew they were in excellent care while I was gone. My parents and Bumpa split the responsibilities, and I can't thank them enough!
We are not huge hikers. I'm not really sure why. We're pretty 
I went and picked her up from school to have lunch "out". She chose Panda Express, and she wolfed it down!
The rule at our house is that you have to wait until you're 8 to get your ears pierced. I just want to make sure that they REALLY want them, and that they're old enough to be the ones to take care of them. She had been saying for a while now, that she didn't think she wanted to get her ears pierced. I told her they were her ears, and she could pierce them whenever she wanted to, now that she was eight. NO PRESSURE!
So to my shock, she asked this morning if I would take her after school to get her ears pierced. She had changed her mind. So I jumped on it, and we went straight there after I picked the kids up from school. She was pretty nervous, and almost tried to chicken out. But Colton, Whitley and I talked her into staying. She chose little black studs to pierce them with.
