ZOOM!!!

Things that go "ZOOM!!!"

Christmas vacation

I can't believe school and work start tomorrow. Where did the vacation go? It went to two road trips, helping my sister move into her house, and two major holidays...in two weeks!

Time with sisters

I spent 5 wonderful days in Springville, Utah with my sisters. It was over way too quickly, (but I have to admit that another couple days, and we would have been treading on each other's nerves.) I love my sisters!

The past year!

Are you sure it's 2010 already? Isn't it February 2009 still?

21 years

Yes, 21 years went by very quickly. I was walking around BYU-Idaho Saturday wondering where the last 21 years had gone. I kept asking, "How did we get here?" LOL, I can't believe we have a 21 year old son who has served a mission and is now attending college. Crazy!

18 1/2 years

Yes, 18 1/2 years. Tim will be doing the dentist part of his mission papers this week. Also, he will be getting a hair cut and a picture taken. He wants to send his papers on January 22. How did we get here? Son number 2 getting ready for a mission!

I really wouldn't mind if things would slow down a bit.

Crazy adventures on our last road trip:

Tim, James and Hannah were going to visit my sister in Twin Falls (and her new house) and since John's stuff filled the blue van...

We decided to drive both vans as far as Twin Falls. That was well and good until I (in the blue van) noticed that something was dragging under the white van. So we finally got Tom to pull off at the weigh station 13 miles out of Boise to check it out. No problem. Just a rubber thing hanging off the bumper. He pulled it off and threw it away.

Then we were on our way again. We made it across the parking lot full of slush and the white van's serpentine belt came off. So the blue van made three trips back to Boise trying to find the right tool to get the belt back on.

Finally after 5 hours, we found TONY the TRUCKER! He had just what we needed and we were soon back on the road. Didn't have a problem the rest of the way to Twin Falls. Tony the Trucker was prayed for, and hopefully, very blessed for his helping hand.

Then 20 miles out of Idaho Falls we passed a car that had slid off the road. People were on the side of the road waving so we stopped to see what they needed. John called 911 and we tried to tell them where we were. It was a Russian family who was on their way to BYU-I (they live in Washington). We waited with the daughter until the police showed up and we could give better directions to where the car was. No one was hurt, thankfully.

So, after a 12 hour day we finally made it to Idaho Falls where we found noisy neighbors in the hotel. But we finally got a little sleep.

The next morning we found 6-8 inches of snow on the ground. We had just beat the storm to Idaho Falls. So we very carefully made our way to Rexburg on a snow packed highway. We moved John into his apartment, met some of his roommates, and explored the campus. Bought books, got his activity card, did a little shopping.

Saturday night was a parent/student luau. Fantastic! Great food and wonderful entertainment! It was so worth it. The lady we talked to while standing in line was from Carson City, Nevada and knew our friends. It's a small world. All in all it was a nice day with John.

Then after another night with noisy neighbors we drove home. We reached Twin Falls in time to attend Relief Society/Priesthood in Linda's ward. Grubers joined us at Linda's after church for lunch and then we all parted ways. We are so glad to be home and sleeping in our own beds, but we already miss John again. I guess we have to get used to it.