oh! the places we go!

On Friday, just hours after my sister and her girls left us, we packed up our minivan and drove to AZ. We spent GC weekend with my MIL & FIL.

highlights of the weekend: Grandparents!, enjoying the cool weather- and wearing sweatshirts, picking loads of fresh tomatoes, collecting rocks, garage-sale shopping, Aaron going to Priesthood session with his Dad, visiting with my cousin and seeing her grownup kids, shooting BBguns and slingshots, playing Shrek chess and the Wrong Game, throwing water balloons, laughing about Stan marrying a deaf and blind blond-bombshell, catching toads, being with the wonderful parents that raised my wonderful husband, listening to inspired messages from the leaders of our church.

lowlights of the weekend: Zack throwing up on the drive (and the rest of weekend), listening to the baby scream for HOURS in his carseat, not watching conference because we wanted to visit instead, Simon shoving a sucker stick up his nose so far that it bled profusely, realizing that 375 miles is too far away to live from family.

When we pulled in our driveway at 10 PM last night, Aaron and I turned to each other and smiled. It was exhausting and probably a bit crazy to do last minute, but it was definitely worth it. Life is all about family and making memories together. This weekend was nothing but that.

(too lazy to add pictures... maybe later :)