Ran away for the weekend...

My dear husband has been sick for weeks now and decided he needed to take some time off of work, so he could get better. He has been fighting ashma, sinus infection and allergies. I forgot he hadn't schedule one of his weeks off so he took it unexpectedly. Tuesday I had a thought about running away to Utah to see the Romney's. Threw the idea out there and with such last minute planning Mom was the only one who could go (glad she could go). Late Wednesday night we decided to go for it.

We worked Thursday together and left shortly after work. The plan was to stop either in Vegas or St. George sleep and finish the drive Friday morning. Well let's just say we drove all night (had our Dr. Pepper's, music and sunflower seeds to keep us awake) and arrived at the Romney's at 6:30am Utah time. We weren't that tired and excited to get there. As we got into Provo it started snowing. Lance let us use his GPS - aka Gracie which kept us on track. Thanks bud!

The kids didn't know we were coming so we were trying super hard to be quiet. At the front door we were slipping our snowy wet shoes off and I hit the doorbell, nice job! Luckily we didn't wake anyone up. LaSchelle was trying to wake the older two up for school, so I climbed into bed with Kayla and scared her to death. Courtney was off at an overnight Science trip and Tanner didn't have to wake up for awhile, so we slipped our PJ's on and went to bed to catch some sleep-eye for a few hours. Woke up around 10:30am and got ready so we could go to lunch. LaSchelle treated us to Rio Cafe, yummy. After that we were off to SHOP! Utah has some really fun stores. We were trying to get home before Courtney (she would be home earlier than Tanner, but she beat us)! She called looking for her mom and wondered who's bags were in her room. She saw us pull up and ran out excited as all. We hide in Tanner's room and when he went to put his backpack away, with LaSchelle and Courtney following, we surprised him. They were all so cute and excited to have us there. We loved it!
Big bad Tyler in his Wendy's work clothes. He had to work Friday night until 1am. Poor guy had to wake up Saturday morning early to take his ACT test.
Shopping at this amazing store in Lehi, Rod Works. Each person could buy one thing 50% off. It was an amazing sale with amazing decorating things. This is our 2nd time there in one day. Kayla being a great sport, the line was long and she was hungry! Courtney decided to pass on our 2nd trip there.

Tanner pulling out the snacks during General Conference. He has such a cute personality!

Second session and look all FOUR are asleep. Good thing they T-vood it.

Also during conference, don't let these two fool you they are texting each other and Tyler has quite a snack stash.

Now they are really asleep - I guess us staying up late the night before watching a movie wasn't the best idea.

Relaxing and enjoy conference.

Courtney on her white board being creative.

Sunday afternoon we went for a drive and found our house in American Fork.

We lived here for 3 1/2 months when I was 10 years old. All us kids remember is playing with the Nielsen's, going to parks and having fun.

Aunt Candace, my mom's older sister, came over and had dinner with us. She also went on our ride with us. She shared some funny stories and was so much fun.

Aunt Candace and Mom

Sunday night we played UNO! Sad the kiddos had school the next day, so we couldn't keep them up super late.

Nice dew Tyler! He is such a good young man and a lot of fun! We had a blast and sure enjoyed having a few days with the Romney's. Thanks for a great time and for letting us get-away on such short notice.

Mom thanks for a fun time and for going with me, I love you!

Erik thanks for supporting me on this quick decision to get-away, love ya!