All alone... sort of!

On Labor Day weekend, for the first time since... who knows!... I went home to my parent's alone!  Well, as alone as I could be being pregnant and surrounded by siblings and family there!  I did leave Sadie, Braden and Mackenzie home with Jason from Thursday night to Sunday afternoon.  I was worried to leave them knowing Jason had to work Friday, Sadie had school Friday, Jason was planning a boat trip which he was planning on taking out people and bringing all the kids and eating lunch on the boat, and they had church to get to.  I was worried if he would be able to find the clothes he needed for them to go on the boat and to church, if he could watch them well while taking care of the boat and driving, if he would have a hard time preparing food for them, if he would have a hard time with the diaper changing...  All the things a mom worries about, but all for nothing!  Jason was great with them, and seemed to have no problems. 

Sadie giving "slow down sign", Braden, and Justin

Wind Blown!

Brittany, Stephan, Justin - our niece and nephews visiting from Southern California

He even started giving me advice about how to plan out my mornings for getting Sadie to school, how to keep up with the housework and such when I got back!  :)  He is wonderful, and I appreciate all he does.  I know he would be a good stay-at-home dad if he could, but I am so thankful for the opportunity he gives to me to stay home with the kids while he provides for our family financially.

Anyway, so I felt kinda strange sitting in the airport alone and flying alone.  No one to keep track of, no one to point out to how amazing the view was from the airplane, only one bag to carry and no car seats to take.  I missed my family but couldn't afford to fly everyone to Utah to the funeral at last second notice.

Glenden picked me up from the airport when I arrived in Utah and I stayed at his house that night.  In the morning Patty and I went on a short but sweet shopping spree at a nearby mall.  I think we both wished we had more time since it isn't very often that we have free range on the mall without kids but my we were on a tight schedule.   I had to get to Idaho for the viewing that night, and then travel back to Utah for the funeral again the next day.  Finally Saturday night there was no where to go and time to relax.  I enjoyed seeing my parents, siblings, sister-in-laws and nieces.  That night my single siblings and my parents left to go back to Idaho, while the married siblings stayed in Utah at Glenden's house with his family. 




Me with Glenden (left) and Clint (right)

 

Glenden, Me, Aubrey and Naomi, Clint and Keila



It was fun to hang out with them and play games that night.  I'm glad Clint joined the married group this year. ;)  Although I was wishing I knew Portuguese since Glenden, Clint, Patty and Keila all could speak together in Portuguese and I was the odd one out knowing "just English".  LOL.  I'm also glad that I get to be an Aunt to little "Webbs" and got to hang out with these little girls!

Me, Naomi and Aubrey