A Sanity Trip to Kimber's

July 18th-21st

During a phone call with Kimber, she spontaneously invited me to bring the boys for a visit and I spontaneously decided to go. For sisters with the same plan-ahead-and-over-organize-everything paranoia this came as a wonderful surprise to both of us.

I have been feeling so worn-down, exhausted, snappy, emotional, overwhelmed and impatient. Part of the appeal of going to Kimber's was getting away from home and the routine, knowing she would take care of me a bit and knowing I could get in to see Relda. I was so grateful that Kimber mentioned her and suddenly things fell into place and it felt so right. My visit with Relda was so theraputic! I cried and laughed and unloaded as she read my eyes and told me several things affecting my health and emotions and gave me several herbs to take home. I felt so much better just leaving her house as I had a plan for getting better and knew that there was an end in sight for this feeling.

Of course, Kimber and I had a great time together but having our boys have fun together is an additional bonus.
And, have fun they did!

Max and Zane are all about "vehicles".  They know the names of nearly every construction truck and train car and when we pulled out the car mats they led the way.  The car mats haven't been out for over a year but once they got started their imaginations took over and they zoomed around together on those mats. The ping pong table added even more driving space and a perfect runway for the planes.

In the garage they were entertained by the basketball game, both for shooting balls and for monkey climbing.

During the hottest hours of the day Max, Nathan and Hyrum relaxed in the house with games, videos and Netflix . . .

and Zane was entertained by the sink.

On Sunday morning they looked like mini-missionaries and since we had them all suited up early we put the 

Book of Mormon video on for them.   It gave the mom's just enough time to finish getting ready.

After church they had a picnic on the porch and then waited patiently, catching every last

minute together, while the truck was loaded.



We tried to get a few age/height pictures of our adorable little men but that just led to silliness

So, to the sound of their laughter, having had a great few days together, we were off.