Here are the highlights of our trip...
*I was the one to drive the whole way there... you may not think this is a positive, but driving means that I don't have to entertain, reach, grab, change movies, and pick up lost/dropped items for the kids (unfortunately Tim didn't get to sleep as planned;)... it was great to just drive for once!
*Homemade cinnamon rolls upon arrival to Tim's parents house! Tim's mom, Heidi and Lee made cinnamon rolls Saturday and the left overs were delicious!!
*Visiting Tim's Grandma Beverly in Show Low. It rained/hailed while we visited between conference sessions! Grandma Bev has a little dachshund dog that Abbey loved to give toys to. Bode and Abbey covered that little dog in stuffed animals to the point where you couldn't really see the dog anymore.
*Dutch Oven cooking. We weren't able to go up to Greens Peak to listen to conference and dutch oven cook as planned (it was snowy up there). So instead David, Jeremiah and Tim dutch ovened outside in the back yard. Biscuits, gravy, raspberry jam, and apple dessert!
*Enjoying conference talks, I especially loved Elder Uchtdorft (Saturday session) and President Monson's (Sunday session) talks. They seemed to give me peace and the strength to keep trying to do my best in this world. Oh, and the talk about Unity was really interesting too... was that Eyring? (We were driving in the car at the time and so I can't remember who was talking)
*Playing Settlers and Rock Band! Jeremiah won once again!! (I think a settlers game between Andrew Horne, Jeremiah Joncas and Jared Williams would be a very intense and interesting game!) Rock Band was a blast, everyone got involved in it at least a little bit. Tim's parents, David and Tricia sang, and the kids even got to bang on the drums! We stayed up a little late with Heidi and Jeremiah to open up new gigs and gain more fans for our band.
*Picking a pumpkin, zucchini and raspberries... well, Bode and Abbey ate the raspberries right off the bush in the backyard. Tricia has a garden and grew some pumpkins and really big zucchini. Abbey got to pick a pumpkin and we ended up taking some zucchini home... along with this really big one... zucchini bread anyone?
*Petting the horses across the street. This started off a little scary. Ab's and Bode (I'm thinking mostly Abbey) decided that they weren't going to wait for the adults to get there things together before taking off down the street to see the neighbor's horses. And once the adults got half way down the street to catch up, Abbey decided she was so excited she climbed through a hole in the fence to be up close and personal with the horses. In fact, she was so excited she didn't even notice Dad, Mom and Grandma, running and screaming frantically for her to get out! No harm done though, Ab's still is in LOVE with horses. We went back a second time after lots of talks about not going over to the horses without a Mommy, Daddy or Grandparent. I think we made a little girls dreams come true by letting her see a real horse so close up!! She takes after me :)
*Eating Lunch at the park and feeding the ducks. Five dollar pizza at the park is the best way to go! The ducks were a lot of fun to watch too. I think Abbey ate as much of the bread as the ducks!
*Mike's near death experience... this scared me more than the horse ordeal! Note to new mom of two kids. If your older child is not use to taking naps in the same room as your baby... don't trust them to handle the baby's fussing well. I assume that this is what happened with Abbey and Mike. I think Mike was fussing and Abbey wanted him to stop. She tried stopping him by scratching the heck out of his mouth and face! I never heard Mike crying but heard Abbey yelling for mom. As I ran in... Abbey was telling me Mike was crying. I found that she had thrown the heavy quilt and pillow in his crib, which thankfully wasn't on him. I pull it out and then proceed to turn Mike over, who was on his tummy. That was a scary sight. He was red and had a swollen face. Semi dried blood was on his nose and mouth. He seemed like he was beyond that upset crying... you know, where they are hyperventilating, look red, sweaty and worn out like they are about to pass out! After much examination and time for the redness and swelling to go down, it was obvious that Abbey had scratched him on the left side of his mouth/cheek and right eye. I felt really bad and so did Abbey. We had another long talk, this time about not hurting Mikey and getting Mommy or Daddy when he cries. She kept giving him hugs after everything had calmed down.
*Saying goodbye to Abbey and Bode. David was really smart to get the kids distracted with the four wheelers and jeep while mommies and daddies were heading home. They both were a little sad while we were packing up... but by the time we were pulling out... they didn't even care or notice (Abbey actually told me to "go away!").
*Visiting with Great Grandmother, Grandma Jeannie and Grandpa Don. We met at Great Grandmother Marj's house. It's always fun to see Grandmother's pictures of family and of course Missy White Cloud (her white, long haired cat that was Carrie's before we moved to Georgia back in 97!). We went to eat at the restaurant that use to be the Matta's. It was really good Mexican food and the company was great too. Grandma reminds me a lot of mom. They had a close relationship and share the same silliness!
*Visiting Mom's grave. It was after we ate and therefore dark, but I wanted to see if her flowers had grown. By the light of the headlights, it still looked really nice and fresh. There were some sort of greenery that had popped up. It didn't have any flowers on it and I don't know if it was the wild flowers we planted or the bulbs. But someone had left some sort of necklace on her grave. I thought that was nice, but kind of surreal.
*Late drive home with out Abbey in the car. It was a pleasant and very quiet drive. Its funny how after you have two kids, the second seems so much easier to deal with. We hardly noticed Mike in the back, he was really good and slept the whole way home... probably getting very much needed rest away from Abbey!
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