This was our last week of church in Las Vegas. It was a sad to say good bye again but they kept me busy playing the piano again.
I was pretty excited to get to pick Chris up at the airport again!! I feel like I live there lately!
Monday 11/30/09
Today was Laina's 4th birthday. She was so funny because she kept saying she wasn't 4 until she got to open her presents. She begged all day to open them! She got to go to a special lunch with Dad also. She was a happy little girl!
Morgan made a Happy Birthday sign for Laina out of legos.
Tuesday 12/1/09
We spent the day running all of our last minutes errands before we left for Texas. It was weird to be packing up and getting the house ready to leave again. It'll be sad to leave the house behind, but I am happy with the family that will be renting it.
Wednesday 12/2/09
We left at about 6:30 in the morning to start our drive to Texas. It was a beautiful day. We kept commenting on how long and straight the roads were. The kids were thrilled to get to go to Denny's for lunch. I don't know why but they have been asking to go there since we got back to the states. We made it past Albaquerque, New Mexico when the sun went down and all of the sudden the temperature dropped and our windshield started freezing. The defroster couldn't keep up with the ice build up, so we had to stop earlier than planned in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. We lucked out and found an inexpensive hotel that had two queen beds and a hideaway so that the whole family could fit in one room. It even included a free breakfast and free internet so we were happy. The kids fell asleep so fast!
Lake Mead, Nevada
The new Hoover Dam bridge.
Thursday 12/3/09
We woke up early again only to have the kids yell, "There's snow!!" UGH!!! Why is it snowing in New Mexico??? We hadn't even considered that there might be bad weather!
Once we finally left the hotel and headed for the highway, the entrance was shut down!! The radio station kept saying to stay home unless there was an emergency. Does getting to Texas to get on the airplane on time count as an emergency? We found a round about way to another entrance and we were able to get on. The roads were o.k. and the traffic was o.k. for a while but then all of a sudden everything completely stopped. We spent the next couple of hours going between 0 and 10 miles per hour. We later learned the the semis couldn't make it up the "hills" (bumps in the road!) so they had to close down the freeway until they could sand them. A person at a gas station said that it took him 3 hours to go 11 miles!
If you look really closely, you can see the long line of semis going as far up the road as we could see. We were completely stopped for well over 1/2 hour.
After we got through that slow area, the rest of the drive was pretty decent. With our delay, we didn't get into Dallas until almost 9:00!! The kids (and Chris and I) were definitely ready to be out of the car!
After that trip, I am so thankful for redbox and for the built in DVD player with headphones! The kids watched so many movies, but we had very limited arguing. It was wonderful!
Friday 12/4/09
Yea! We're finally in Texas. We spent the day hanging out with my parents, siblings, nieces and nephews. It was great to get to see everybody again! The kids had fun getting to play with their cousins.
Saturday 12/5/09
My wonderful sister in law, Jamie went with us and took our family pictures. We definitely put it off to the very last minute. Since Chris was heading back to Guatemala today and not coming back until Christmas Eve, we really needed to get them done!
It was a very sad moment when Chris had to leave for the airport. Laina was crying uncontrollably. It was very pitiful! We definitely look forward to him getting back for Christmas though!
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