8:15pm Friday the 20th - We stumbled in the door and crashed on the couch with suitcases and garbage all over the floor.
11:45pm Thursday the 19th - I convinced Mr. Incredible that we needed to stop driving and stay the night at my parents house. He reluctantly stopped because the kids were all peacefully sleeping. The next morning bright and early my dad took advantage of a golfing partner and they hit the course. When they got back we picked my mom up from the airport and had lunch. From there we hit the road again and drove the last 7 1/2 hours home.
5:30pm Thursday the 19th - We reached Bountiful Utah and stopped at Sheila's house, after driving 6 hours from Las Vegas. She of course showered the kids with gifts and then took us out to Texas Roadhouse. We met up with all of Mr. Incredible's siblings except for Jenny (we missed ya). It was good to see them and good to be out of the car for a moment in time.
9:30 pm Sunday the 15th - Drove right into the lights of Las Vegas. We had the privilege of staying the night at my sisters house. Her kids absolutely adore Mr. Incredible, of course. So they were thrilled to see him and I was thrilled to see my sis. We spent the day hanging out by her pool and, well, taking care of kids of course. Between the two of us we have 8! That evening we headed over to Grandpa Jewkes and Grandma Liz' house. They also have a beautiful pool in the backyard so the kids took another dip. Mr. Incredible spent Monday and Tuesday at a PGA convention where he got to meet Paul Azinger and he also saw Shae from the biggest loser. I spent it with my sister we got ourselves a pedicure and chatted a lot. She watched my kids Tuesday night while we went to a wonderful steak dinner with David and Liz! That night she also got called to be the new early morning seminary teacher in her stake. Talk about a calling! She will be great at it. Then on Wednesday we took advantage of her one more time and we went golfing with David. It was a beautiful course, really hot out, but a lot of fun.
12:30 pm Sunday the 15th - After driving a measly three hours Mr. Incredible was able to reunite with his all time favorite restaurant Lorena's. Then we spent some time visiting at Grandma Jewkes' house. We were able to visit with everyone there except for Jill (we missed seeing your kids.) Then we finished the drive 6 more hours to Las Vegas.
8:20 pm Saturday the 14th - The kids were starting to get a bit too restless after about 8 hours, so we stopped to break up the drive in Idaho Falls and we stayed the night at my parents house. We ate some dinner and hit the sack to prepare for another big day of driving.
11:00 am Saturday the 14th - Excitedly we set off for a journey down to Las Vegas, Nevada.
All in all we drove about 36 hours and the total trip was only 6 days. The kids were actually really good believe it or not, but I don't think we will be doing that again any time soon. Sorry there aren't any good pictures to share, I wasn't feeling my best.
3 comments:
dear friend: reread what you wrote and take Mr. Incredible's real name name out of 5:30.
Sounds like a fair trip!!!! On the road that many hours, I am surprised you didn't have any major incidents to report.
you know it KILLED me not being there Thur. right I dont even have to tell you that. Kiss your three kids and we will see you soon. love ya
How fun and long at the same time! What a brave soul. Loved your story by the way. When Emree was little she pulled a thing of baby food off the shelf and it broke into a bunch of pieces. That is when I was wishing it was someone else kid and that I could leave and not get someone to clean it up :)
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