Back from Utah

It is nice to be back with my own stuff. I hate living out of a suitcase! It was so much fun to be able to go to Utah for these last 2 weeks. It was kind of sad that I had to work most of the time but I guess I will let it slide since they are the ones that flew me out. I got there right before Easter so I was able to be there for the kiddies' egg hunt.
My sister, Crystal was my own personal driver. Anytime I was going somewhere, I would ask her if she and Judson wanted to come and if she could drive. (it kind of reminded me of when I first met Sam. He was my FHE brother in college and anytime my roommates and I would want to go anywhere, we would "conveniently" invite Sam and then throw in at the last second that he was also driving us there. We didn't have cars so he was always a good sport.)

We went bowling with my niece, Sadie and nephew, Christopher (pictured above). This is always a tradition when Sam and I come to town. It was so much fun. It does seem like I get worse and worse every time I go and I even took 2 semesters of bowling at Ricks! You would think I would be professional by now.

(only picture of bowling I had. Oh...isn't Judson so cute. And that is Crystal's half face)

I got in all of my favorite places to eat: The Old Spaghetti Factory, Cafe Rio, Paradise Bakery, Noodles & Co, Training Table, Pei Wei...etc. If it wasn't on my list then I wouldn't go, oh except for Geckos thanks to Cami.

It was fun to have several game nights with the fam, go to my nephews, Griffin's soccer game and Josh's musical, and hang out with friends a few times. It is hard to shove everything into 2 weeks so it will be nice when I come out to Utah again in July. I will be there for my usual month and can do more things.

Griff's Soccer Game. He was so much fun to watch.

The best part of the trip was to be able to see my new nephew, Benjamin. He was born about a month ago and I wouldn't have seen him until he was 3 months so that was a fabulous surprise. He is so precious.

Benjamin's Family

I had a great time but I was so happy to come back to Sam. It is hard being away for so long and talking on the phone for a couple hours a day just doesn't make up for it. It is good to be home again! Plus he is the picture taker so sorry about the pics. I just took most of them with my phone because I was too lazy to go into my suitcase and find my camera. Ooohhh... Sam, you were so missed!

200,000 Miles

Our cute little camry has grown up so much. It just hit 200,000 miles. Now that it has so many miles, we are all of the sudden freaked out that something is going to happen to it. We have never had any problems but now it just seems like it is so old. It has treated us so well. We have had many adventures with this car and plan to have many more. We have gone across the country 3 times and on many other road trips. I bought it back in 2002 before Sam and I got married and it only had 40,000 miles on it. Wow! We travel a lot. Thanks Camry, you have been wonderful to us and we look forward to many more years with you! Oh that just brings tears to my eyes!I knew you all would not want to miss the changing of the mileage either. So enjoy!

Office Drama

Crazy things have been going on with my work. I am working from home for the appraisal company that I used to work for out in Utah. Just a few weeks ago, a few of the appraisers decided they wanted to go off on their own. They are just going to work from their own homes. Now there are only a few of us left. There has been some shuffling around and I think we are starting to get things figured out. It is a huge change for everyone but I think it will work out for the best.

My boss called last night and wants me to come out and train someone that he has just hired. So now it looks like I am going to be heading to Utah on Thursday and will be gone for a couple of weeks. It will be sad to be away from Sam for so long but I am excited to see my family and my new nephew, Benjamin (born just a few weeks ago). Sam will be alone for Easter but he has tons and tons and studying to do so it will be better that I will not be a distraction in the nice weather. (I think he is excited that he won't have to do all of the little kid activities, when we don't even have kids.) All I have to say is that my boss sure has good timing with flying me out to train someone. I went out last year to train and it was conveniently the same time that Crystal was having Judson so I didn't miss out on all of the fun. Get ready for me Utah, here I come!!