SuMmEr 2009
WHERE DO I BEGIN? OUR SUMMER STARTED EARLY. MAY 21ST TO BE EXACT! COLIN AND I LEFT FOR AN ADVENTURE WE WILL NEVER FORGET! WE DROVE FIVE HOURS TO OGDEN AND MET MY MOM AND AUNTIE AT MY DAD'S HOUSE, THEN OFF TO CALIFORNIA IT WAS! WE WERE ALL SOOOO EXCITED!!! SEEING FAMILY, SIX FLAGS, GRADUATIONS.... SOOO MUCH TO DO AND SEE! WE ARRIVED FRIDAY EVENING ON MAY 22ND. THE FUN HAD JUST BEGUN! OUR STAY AT JEANNIE AND DEAN'S HOUSE WAS AN ABSOLUTE BLAST AND SOMEWHAT MAKES ME SAD THAT I DO NOT LIVE CLOSER.
DAY TWO OF OUR VACATION CONSISTED OF SHOPPING, SHOPPING AND MORE SHOPPING!! AND DID I MENTION WE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED!! IT WAS SO REVIVING TO BE AROUND ALL THE CRAZINESS AND LOVE OF MY FAMILY!
DAY THREE WE HAD OUR COUSIN JOSH'S GRADUATION! THAT WAS VERY TOUCHING AND EMOTIONAL. KNOWING ALL THAT HE HAS BEEN THROUGH, I WAS SO PROUD TO SEE HIM GETTING PRAISES BY HIS PROFESSORS.
DAY FOUR WE WENT TO GRANDPA AND GRANDMA HENNING'S HOUSE, NOW MIND YOU, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE EARLY OR THEY WILL BE TO TANKED TO REALLY VISIT. THEY ARE SWEET AND I MISS THEM. MY GRANDMA IS A HOOT!!! THEIR YARD IS COVERED BY WILD STRAWBERRIES, ORANGE AND GRAPEFRUIT TREES AND SO MUCH MORE! IF I COULD HAVE A HOUSE, IT WOULD BE LIKE THEIRS. LATER THAT NIGHT UNCLE MASON TOOK US OUT TO ONE OF THE BEST JAPANESE RESTAURANTS, OJIUA (O-G-WA). THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE TO REMEMBER WITH COLIN. HE WAS SOO FASCINATED WITH THE FIRE ON THE HIBACHI GRILL! WE ENDED THE NIGHT ON FULL BELLIES AND READY FOR THE NEXT DAY.
DAY FIVE..... SIX FLAGS!!!! WOO HOO!! COLIN WAS SOOO EXCITED TO GO AND RIDE EVERY ROLLERCOASTER HE POSSIBLY COULD. HE WAS A LITTLE UPSET THAT HE WAS NOT TALL ENOUGH FOR SOME OF THE RIDES, BUT HE MANAGED TO STAY CONTENT WITH WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO GO ON. HE DIDN'T SCREAM OR GET SCARED, HE JUST GIGGLED THE WHOLE TIME ON THE RIDES!! I FINALLY HAVE A PARTNER TO RIDE THE COASTERS WITH.
DAY SIX, ALL I REMEMBER IS THAT I WAS SOOO TIRED THAT I SLEPT FOR AT LEAST THREE HOURS ON JEANNIE'S HUGE CHAIR IN HER LIVING ROOM! AWW.. THAT WAS HEAVENLY!
DAY SEVEN, KIMBERLY'S GRADUATION FROM 8TH GRADE GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL. I KNOW IT IS WEIRD TO SOME, BUT IT IS A BIG THING, APPARENTLY IN CALIFORNIA! WE LATER WENT BACK TO JEANNIE'S ATE MORE YUMMY FOOD AND PREPARED FOR OUR DEPARTURE SATURDAY MORNING...
DAY EIGHT AND NINE....FRIDAY WE DID A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING BUT VISIT AND RELAX. LOTS OF LAUNDRY AND MORE VISITING. WE DROVE DOWNTOWN PARADIDE, CALIFORNIA TO SEE MOM AND AUNTIE'S HOUSE THEY GREW UP IN AS KIDS(HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1931). WE WERE, THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET A TOUR OF THE HOUSE AND YARD. IT WAS FUN TO SEE THEM REMINICE! WOW, WHAT WOULD THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES BE LIKE GROWING UP AS A CHILD? IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN NOW, YOU CAN BARELY RAISE YOUR VOICE AT A CHILD WITHOUT GETTING DCFS CALLED ON YOU... ANYWAY, SATURDAY MORNING CAME, TOOOOOOOO SOOON AND WAY TOOOOO EARLY. WE WERE UP AT 3:30 A.M.! WHO THE HECK DOES THAT!? NONELESS WE WERE OFF BY 4:00 A.M. AND I THINK I SLEPT ABOUT 3-4 MORE HOURS.. OF COURSE MR. JABBER JAWS STAYED AWAKE THE WHOLE TIME. I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE GETS HIS ENERGY. WE STOPPED IN ELKO, NEVADA. WE STAYED IN A MOTEL FOR THE NIGHT, WENT OUT TO EAT WITH MY FAMILY THAT LIVES THERE ( AUNT DEB, UNCLE STEVE, G-MA & G-PA BYRNS WERE THERE VISITING, TRINITY, MICHAEL AND SAMANTHA ALL CAME). I HAD THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY HAVING DINNER, JOKING, LAUGHING, BEING THE CORRUPTED MINDS WE ARE.
DAY NINE CAME SOONER THAN LATER AND TO OGDEN WE WENT. WE MADE ABOUT 2:00 P.M. I STAYED AT DAD'S FOR A WHILE, THEN OFF I WAS! I LITERALLY DROVE 90 MPG THE WHOLE WAY HOME! I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE KODY(NO I DID NOT HAVE COLIN)!
I MADE THE TRIP IN FOUR HOURS EXACT! IT WAS NICE TO BE HOME, BUT THE DREADED MONDAY CAME AND IT WAS BACK TO REALITY!
