We, on the other hand, finished loading our car and headed south. The roads were wintery but not terrible. We were gone for a week, slept in a different place every night, saw my parents and all of my siblings, Austin's brother Les & his family, Grandpa Reeve, and our adopted grandparents, Steve & Karma Albiston.
First stop: Idaho Falls. We stayed with Grandpa & Grandma and visited with them. We stopped for some quick shopping and then to visit Julie. We had a ping pong tournament. Tristan came out the winner with Grandpa Randy as a close second place. It was great to see the Johns!
Second Stop: Kimberly, Idaho
This was our first time visiting Sharon in her new house in Kimberly. Her house is awesome and life is good for the Semons. Lily, Ella and Preston were excited for visitors, and we loved hanging out with them. Rob had made a pinata that we got to break with a noodle. We had some good laughs.
Lily had already left for school when we took this last picture. It was such a fun visit with a delicious dinner that was ready promptly at 5:30 pm (like mother like daughter).
After we left, they had a winter storm come in that night and school was cancelled because of snow and cold for the next few days.
Day 3: Cedar Hills
We went to visit Grandpa Reeve. He broke his femur a few weeks ago and then had pneumonia. He is back at the Charleston Assisted Living Center, but he is not doing great. He is 94 years old, and he doesn't really eat much anymore and isn't comfortable. It was good to see him, and he remembered who we were and answered our questions. We do hope that his time in this body isn't too much longer since he is worn out. He is a good grandpa and lived a good life.
We had a dinner party at the Bennetts. Rachelle, Brooklyn & Brylee, Diana, and Doug & Emily came over. It was fun to talk and laugh and eat. (I guess we didn't take any pictures).
Day 4: Salt Lake & Logan
We went to Temple Square and Jill and Hanna were able to do Baptisms for the Dead at the Salt Lake Temple.
We also went to the Church History Museum. They have a new display of early church history with a new film about the First Vision. It is worth your time to stop.
Then we went to Hires Big H for burgers and shakes. Austin and I went there a couple times when we were dating, so it was a trip down memory lane.
Then it was time for the one of the main reasons of our trip - to meet Doug & Emily's new baby. Doug & Emily have been married for 12 years wishing and praying every single day for a baby. With the miracle of invitro, Emily got pregnant and was due on their 12th anniversary. The baby didn't want to come on her own, so Emily was induced and waited and waited. Then they ended up doing a C-section and Hazel was born on December 27. She was 8 lb 9 oz. First they were worried about fluid on her lungs, and then they were worried about your Ph levels. They gave her an IV, but then they decided they needed to send her to University of Utah hospital. So Doug had to leave Emily and go in an ambulance with Hazel. They took more tests and were worried that Hazel had an infection and possibly meningitis. Emily got released from the hospital a few days later, and then for 2 weeks Doug & Emily had to go to Salt Lake every day to visit Hazel in the NICU. Hazel was born on a Tuesday and Doug was not able to hold her until Friday night. She had a very exciting/scary entrance into the world but she is doing good now.
Anyway, we got to go into the NICU one at a time to meet Hazel. She is a miracle and we have prayed a million prayers for her to come!
After Salt Lake, we headed to Logan. We had really good roads in Idaho/Utah until part way through Sardine Canyon. It was snowy and then it was really snowing in Cache Valley. We checked into our hotel room at Super 8. There was so much snow everywhere. Lucy and Carly went for a quick swim, we ate Little Cesars pizza on the way to Utah State University. We had bought tickets to go to the USU Men's basketball game vs. New Mexico, which was at 9 pm since it was going to be o ESPN. I looked at the Women's basketball schedule and they played against New Mexico at 7 pm. I thought perfect, we can go to 2 games. We had hurried and trekked through a blizzard to get to the Spectrum, and there was no one there. We looked again and the women were playing at New Mexico, not at home. We had a good laugh, but then we decided to just stay until the men's game started since we didn't want to go back out in the snow. We took being "Waite" early to a new level.
It was really fun to watch the men's game. Carly really wanted to buy ice cream, so I made her promise that she would go to USU for college if she wanted ice cream. She agreed. I will have to hold her to it.
Day 5 - Logan to Montpelier
We had a fun morning swim at our hotel. Then we met Steve & Karma Albiston for lunch at Old Gristmill. Then we went to their house for a fun visit and an ice cream cone. We love Steve & Karma.
We headed to visit the Young Nunns in their new pad. Les & Hollis bought a house in Bennington (a few miles from Montpelier). The house is awesome (although it has some classy 80s decorating).
They had also had 2 snow days. The next morning we had made arrangements to do a short snowmobile ride with Steve Waetchler who we knew when we lived in Hyrum. He owns a snowmobile shop. It was a beautiful morning but -13F. We decided to wait until after lunch and it warmed up to a toasty 0F. We bundled up and still decided to go. We just played in the field behind Waetchler's house. It was fun but soooo cold. Carly didn't love it. She said she would just walk, and she barely even got on a snowmobile. It was cold but fun.
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