Grand Junction

Aaron's boss gave the boys this new motorcycle and they're in love!

We went to Music and Movement at the library last week.

I also took Austin to the Dr to see if he had a skin infection in his ear, but thankfully, everything is okay. I LOVE being able to park in the "Expectant Mother Parking" at the Dr's office.

Aaron was able to take Friday off of work so Thursday night we headed to Grand Junction for the weekend. I love when these two hold hands when Austin is feeling scared or sad about something.

Friday morning we went to Starvin' Arvin's. Aaron's grandpa told us about it and we were finally able to try out the breakfast and we looooved it. Papa knew we would because he loves that place too!

I snuck into my mom's choir class at the high school. She's doing a long-term substitute teaching job right now and wishes she would have been a music teacher. I miss singing in high school choir!

The boys have been wanting to take Aaron to Banana's since he's been back from his deployment. We finally made that happen this trip and the boys were ecstatic!

And we're all ecstatic over baby Tanner!!!

Angela and Mike and their family came late Friday night and we were so happy to spend time with them! First stop: our favorite park followed by lunch at Cafe Rio.

Austin picked me these flowers. :)

We celebrated Papa's birthday with Ice Cream Cake from DQ of course!!

Sunday we went to church as a family and then Eli cried when I told him we were heading home after sacrament meeting. He wanted to go to primary with his cousins and was sad to say goodbye. Me too.

Ironically, Aaron and I joked on the way to Grand Junction that this may be the last road trip for the Rav because it was shaking pretty badly on the drive there. Also ironically - we looked at cars while we were in Grand Junction. Most of the car dealerships in CO Springs are pretty far south from us so when there was a dealership close to my parents' house, we drove through the lot and discussed future car options. We both decided that if we get Eli a boaster seat, we can fit three car seats in the backseat of the Rav so we agreed that we'd keep driving the Rav until it died. And then it died on the drive home yesterday!!! We were driving through Vail pass and Aaron commented that the car wasn't shifting gears. He started to pull over and then it started working fine, so he kept going. We went through a tunnel and then coasted down hill a bit when Aaron realized the car wasn't exhilarating any more so he pulled over on I-70. It was raining a little and the weather was cool. The car was smoking so Aaron opened the hood of the car to let it cool off. We said a pray that we'd be protected and then started making a plan. We called our car insurance and they sent a tow truck from Denver that didn't arrive for 2 hours. Aaron randomly called a taxi company from Denver and the drive happened to be in Idaho Springs where he had just dropped someone off. He came to the rescue and took the boys and me to Alex's house. Aaron stayed with the car and arrived with the tow truck a few hours after us. It turned out to be an expensive evening after paying for the taxi ride and tow, but we were grateful to be safe and that we have a savings account for emergencies like this. We're also grateful that Alex lives close and was willing to drive us back to CO Springs. I cried when I said my prayers last night. I felt so much gratitude, that despite this being a little hiccup in our plans right now, we were safe. And, we've been saving up for a car and planning to get one. I'm so grateful that something like this didn't happen while Aaron was deployed. Or when it was winter. Or extremely hot. I almost went to Grand Junction last week by myself, but was nervous to make the trip alone. Again, I was so grateful Aaron was with me when this happened. We had water and snacks with us as we waited in the car and everyone was in high spirits. 

We're happy we could have one last memorable road trip in our Rav. :)