Homeward Bound

Well we just returned from our trip.  As predicted some happy and some sad, but glad we took the time to go up. We have always had things that came up that prevented us from traveling to my reunion,but this year I told Rick we had to go.  We left  on a Saturday morning with a fully loaded car.  We took the Dallas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Denver,Colorado, route to Vernal,  Utah.  We travel 14 hours the first day, and  9 the second. My first glimpse of the Rockies got me more excited about the trip.

We got to Vernal early evening on Sunday.  We went to visit Rick's Mom, that night.  The next morning we got up, ate breakfast, and grabbed one for Mom and headed over to Moms.  Nothing could have prepared me for her frailty.  She has lost an incredible amount of weight and her mind as most do, is fading.  We had a good visit.  We took some things out of the house up to DI to make it safer for her to get around, found some music for the reunion, reviewed some bills and got rid of extra cost, and talked.

Tuesday Rick went with his family and I stayed with Mom.  We went to the cemetery, to see Dad's grave, took some more things to DI and went and grabbed a burger for lunch.  We drove to the tree shaded street that Dad and Her would eat under, before Dad passed away.  I got her packed to go to the reunion, and vacuumed for her.  Then we took off to Salt Lake.

We hadn't been to Salt Lake in 5 years and were excited to see the changes. First stop, down town, City Creek Center, my what an impressive place.  The LDS Church bought the property and restored and revitalized  it. It was stunning.

And who could ever get tired of looking at the Temple.  Special for me, because that is where we were married.


Then it was off for the best hamburger ever, and best of all, to see my favorite Virginians.

Then our old neighbors invited us to come for a get together. It was one of the highlights of our trip.  We love these guys!

Then up to Heber Valley Camp.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has the most awesome camp above the Heber Valley.  It is run by 68 Missionary couples, if I go on a mission it will be there.  I will have to convince my husband to buy a trailer and a 4 wheeler but for 224.00 a month I can handle that. Plus, who wouldn't want to live there. Visiting, hikes, watching the wildlife, playing, singing, eating, and reconnecting family bonds.

I borrowed this picture of my sweet Mom and my little brothers.  We didn't get to stay on Saturday to see them, I wish we could have. I almost feel like their second Mom, being the second oldest of 10, I baby sat a lot.

Bubbles and sticks.                                                                                  

Babies galore this year. Becky's family provided 3 of them.













Cutie Laynie found a frog. No fear with her she picked it right up.


Brother, Allen's family in the back ground. Anna and Morgan Daily.

Becky and DJ had their hands full as they were in charge of two of their grandsons. They deserve a medal!

Gavin and Rick had a great time.  They built Legos, played tic-tac-toe, and talked.

Rick and I had a great time visiting with Mom and most of the relatives, we missed some though. We enjoyed the beautiful weather and NO humidity!

So good to see Jamie and his family we have missed them a lot.  Hope we see them sooner than later. We were glad we made the effort to come and attend our Sowards 2012 Reunion.