Road Trip

Friday at 8:52 in the morning I got an email from Chris with the subject "WeBeCrazy" saying we should go to Heber for the 4th of July fireworks. I told him that he was crazy but agreed it would be awesomely fun for everyone to meet Fiona and to be there for my Dads birthday. 5 hours later we were packed up and on the road for our 14 hour drive to Heber, AZ.

As soon as we got to Denver the kids were already done with being in the car. We ended up stopping in Colorado Springs at Garden of the Gods so I could feed Fiona and let the kids run around.

We drove through crazy rain. Saw lots of elk, even a dead one in the lane next to me! We got to the ranch at 3:30ish Arizona time. We grabbed our pillows, the kids and fell right to sleep. My sister Kristi and her crew were up there already and it was so much fun visiting with her and hanging with her kids. (Thanks for breakfast and lunch Kristi!) We got all festive, took some pictures and headed off to the chaos in Heber for the fireworks.

Molly's crew spends every 4th in Heber too so we showed up and surprised her. It wouldn't be a good 4th of July without the Reynolds around and it was really nice to hang out and chat with Molly and Olen again while Daisy clawed at Fiona.

Right after the fireworks we drove down to Mesa and stayed the night at Chris's parents house. We just hung out, soaking up family and showing off Fiona.

We stayed up late hanging out with some of our favorite friends, the Lovells and the next day headed off to my family's house. My parents got irrigation and next thing we knew there were 4 naked little boys running around in it (Milas, Asher, Walter and Espyn).

We got to swim which we haven't done since we moved. We ate my brothers and Lael's awesome food. Sang happy birthday to my dad and Espyn, more naked boys in the irrigation, and ate some more. Chris left with Fiona to go to his parents house one more time for the Tietjen 4th of July party so Fiona could meet his other Grandma.

Aidynn was born 30 hours after Fiona so I like to call them "cousin twins." Aidynn was born 4 weeks early so she is still pretty small compared to Fiona.

We went to bed at my parents house and were on the road by 4:30am. It took us 17 hours to get home with a couple puke stops, and run around/meal breaks. Thanks to both Nana's for providing the kids with candy and toys to play with the whole trip. They did GREAT! (we might have had to break 10 car seat laws but we survived).

We got home at 9pm Arizona time and we were never so happy. It was 60 something degrees, rainy and our house was clean. This whole trip came about cause all the 4th of July festivities were on Sunday here and we were feeling a tad bit homesick. Turns out it rained all weekend in Fort Collins so they post poned the fireworks till Monday night. We don't regret our impromptu trip home one bit and I have tons more classic photos to scrapbook now!!