The end of the trip...Friday - Sunday

On Friday we had family pictures with the Strongs at the temple. I actually got a decent shot of all the grandkids...all 13 of them! Afterwards we went back and had a barbeque for Daniel's birthday (Dallin's brother). I got to go to a movie with most of the girls in the afternoon...we saw Enchanted. Saturday morning we left Maricopa around 10:30am and got to El Paso, TX around 5:30pm, where we stayed the night. It was snowing as we got there, which was really fun for all of us. The kids had fun going to Applebee's and it was their first time sleeping in a hotel (that they can remember). The only problem was that we didn't have a pack'n'play, so Connor was rolling all around and trying to crawl off his blanket all through the night. The next morning we loaded up and set off about 8:30am (TX time). We drove through snow for about 5 hours. We let the kids out to play in it once and they loved it. But then pretty much everything in a car was splattered with mud from their shoes. Oh well...how often do they get to play in the snow? We got home about 6:30pm. It was nice to be home again. Dallin had Monday and Tuesday off work so I was able to do laundry and wash the car and stuff. He also went and did all the grocery shopping. Connor's been pretty sick the last couple of days. He was supposed to have his 9-month well-child visit on Tuesday but it turned into a sick visit after he threw up all night and couldn't keep anything down. He's better today but still really tired and fussy. The only good thing is that he just wants to be cuddled, which I love to do. Overall it was a fun trip and we loved seeing family and friends. But it sure is nice to be home!