Idaho

 For Spring Break, I took the kids to Idaho. They say disasters make the best stories. We have one for the ages. We were making great time till outside of Vegas. We hit a pothole and popped a tire. There is no service and since it was the freeway not really away to flag anyone down. After 2+ hours we finally got roadside help to come.  We made it to Vegas Costco on a donut. Then had to wait 2 hours to get a new tire.  The kids were gold the whole time. By the time we got back on the road I knew I could not make it all the way to Idaho. I was going to make it an adventure and sleep in the car, but Greg got us a room in Ely Nv. It was a very old casino, so I was kind of skeptical. The room was really small but nice. It was like 20 degrees outside and 10PM (I had been up since 6) by the time we got to the Hotel, we did not get out any bags. We just sleep in our clothing. However, I could not fathom the idea of dirty socks in the morning. I washed all our socks in the smallest sink ever. Blessing they were all dry in the morning.

In the Morning, they gave us Denny’s breakfast coupon. It was not a smoke free casino, so no one felt like eating. We grabbed the bacon and juice and headed out. We got the McDonalds shamrock shake to share.

We made it to Sierra’s about noon. Each mom is different, Sierra said that we needed a fast easy dinner because she had to take Katana in early for the play. She said spaghetti or stroganoff and I said yes, my kids love noodles she said you cannot just eat noodles. Me WHY! Noodles with butter or ranch is easy.

Sorry kids Sierra is a better food mom. Highlights at Sierra’s house: Kittens and the 4-wheeler

Reason one for our trip: Katana had a play (Frozen Jr.) it was really so cute. Since my kids knew the story and the songs it made it that much more enjoyable. They loved intermission; they had candy for sale, and you could pay to play games.

Reason Two: Baler got baptized. I swear 8 gets younger and younger. He was so big and brave. I was in charge of zoom. Greg was the only one that made it on. Timber had a huge storm hit and had no power. Azalyn and Colvin were both excited to hold the baby. Highlights from McCarty’s: Mom and dad changed over to our phone plan, saves everyone money. It was not a very smooth transaction, but we got it done. Axel and my boys had a goal of making one of them throw up on a tire swing. Colvin won from spitting up. However, that night none of them felt great. We did an outside fire a few times and I miss that. McCarty has a very old ward. Denali and Brenden passed the sacrament. It was really scary for Denali but growing up is doing things that are scary.  McCarty and I went shopping there was $0.27 bread. Yes, I had to buy some because. The Wal-Mart checker thought we were crazy. I think Carty bought 20+ loafs. (it was the best snack on the way home) The last night we told the kids that if they got everyone in PJS with no fighting they could watch bluey. 15 min flat everyone was ready with not a peep.

Thought: McCarty and Brenden teaches the 16 and 17 yr. old. One question they ask a lot are what you should ask your future spouse. Think outside the box: Wall color in a house, who does the repairs will you help, do you sleep hot or cold, blankets or no blankets, what do you like to drink for dinner, or do you want a drink at dinner.  This had me thinking all weekend.

We went through Utah on the way home.  We had dinner with Gary (grandpa) Gary and Tana. We spend the night at Tana’s got up the next morning and went to the Manti Open house. We were the first group in, there was a line by the time we got out. Manti is were Greg and I got married so it is a special place. The kids thought it was really cool. It was the 3^rd temple in the west (St. George, Salt Lake, then Manti) first dedicated in 1888.

It was a great Trip, but we were all happy to be home.