Let's begin.
Seth and I finally committed to the 30 plus hours drive to Utah. Yes, we were going to finally take the plunge and drive our family of six, across the country, to spend Christmas with my family. We have only spent one Christmas with my family since we have been married, so this was pretty exciting. Laurel was two and Savannah was a newborn, so neither one of them remember that one time.
Laurel, Savannah and Landon had been saying for months that they wished we could go to Utah for Christmas. They wanted to see lots of snow and they wanted to make snow angels. They wanted to see their cousins. They were a little concerned about how Santa would find them. I just kept saying, "maybe one year we will be able to go. We aren't going to be able to go this year though." I was just giddy inside, anticipating their reaction of finding out that they were actually going to Utah for Christmas. I called my sister, Audra and asked her to make a video of Kayla and Karly doing something, saying something, to let my children know that they were going to Utah for Christmas.
Friday morning came, the last day of school before Christmas break. Laurel and Savannah thought they were going to school as normal. They sat down to eat breakfast and I pulled up emails on the computer. As they were eating, I told them that they had a message from someone. Their eyes got so big and all 4 kids ran to the computer. Kayla and Karly did not disappoint. It was the cutest, most perfect way of letting them know our true plans for Christmas.
Kayla and Karly were singing a cute Christmas song and then at the very end of the video they are standing outside in the snow and they stop singing and say, "Guess What?" "You aren't really going to school today! You're coming to Utah!!" as they jump up, throwing snow in the air. Oh my goodness, the looks on Laurel and Savannah's faces were priceless! Laurel gave herself whiplash as she yelled, "we are!?" Savannah said, "today!?" Landon just started screaming and jumping up and down yelling, "we're going to Utah!!" Sawyer started yelling, because that's what everyone else was doing. Seth and I said, "yes, we're going to Utah!!!" Then we looked at each other and said, "tomorrow!" We had planned all along to leave on Friday but decided that we didn't have everything together so we would get the car completely packed and leave on Saturday morning and drive as long as we could.
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| 7 am Saturday Morning |
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| 9:30 Sunday night |
We made it to my sister's house Sunday night! Seth is a machine. I tell you that boy keeps going and going. He pulled over in Colorado, got about a 3 hour nap, woke up, and drove us right on to Utah! He does not mess around!
The children did really well! Even our little Sawyer.
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| These were deer that would walk down the middle of the road in my sister's neighborhood. |
Laurel and Savannah the next morning! They could not wait to see the snow! And right after breakfast they couldn't wait to go sledding!
