The girls and I went to Utah over 24th of July weekend. My parents finished there mission and came home earlier that week. It made for a great time to get my family together. It has been years since we have all been under the same roof at the same time. It felt so good to be with Mom and Dad again! They had a wonderful mission and have life long memories. They shared stories as week looked through the scrapbooks.
We had a great time participating in "small town" fun. Fairview, Utah is know for their 24th of July celebration. It starts early in the morning with fire trucks going up and down the streets with their sirens on waking everyone up for a breakfast at the park. Then there is the parade...a family tradition we have been doing since I can remember. Mom and Dad brought home Philippine t-shirts for all their little grandkids to wear at the parade. Most of my cousins came and spent the day. It was so fun to see everyone and catch up with them. We hung out that afternoon, had a bbq, and enjoyed being together.
As tradition has it in Fairview, we all went to the Demolition Derby that night. Something I looked forward to as a kid...not much has changed. Due to the fact that we live so far away from my parents, my family hasn't been for years. This was Caite's first time going...she thought it was great (Isaac was really upset that he missed it). The night ended with fireworks. Halle even like them.
Mom and Dad had their Homecoming that Sunday July 26th. Once again we were surrounded by people we love and haven't seen for years. Aunts, uncles, cousins, friends...it was wonderful. I loved seeing the Perry's, Jacob's, and Benson's from our Denver ward. I spent my high school years referring to them as my other parents. I really do love them as family. It's too bad we don't live closer.
We had a wonderful time. I love my family. It was so GOOD to be together again.
This cute little face has had her world turned upside down. We took away the pacifier! I know very mean, but has to been done at some point. I was holding on to it for our Utah trip and said after that it was time to get rid of it. When we got home we were down to one solo binky so I said when that one gets lost, we're done. Saturday night was the night. We looked for the beloved binky before she went to bed and couldn't find it. I put her in bed and she asked for her "beebee". All gone, we can't find it. It did not go over well. It ended up taking Isaac and I (Aaron was working of course) 2.5 hours to get her to fall asleep. We also found out she can climb out of her bed, so that did not help the situation. We finally shut the door and let her cry herself to sleep, this is what we found when the crying stopped.
It is now Tuesday. I'm loosing my mind. We can't get her to go to bed early anymore. It's been 10:30 the past 3 nights. She has been up since 6am, it's now almost 3. She hasn't had a nap yet and is the orneriest little girl around (aside from me). She usually goes down for a nap at 11:30 and sleeps until now. I've put her in her bed probably 50 times, just for her to crawl out and scream at the shut door. I let her cry for an hour the last time....it's not working! She's not falling asleep! Maybe if I go to my room and shut the door it will all go away and everyone will be happy again. I have a headache.
