It's pic time!

Ok, I now have the time to post. First, at the temple. This pic was actually taken on March 26. That way, on the 27th, we could run from the temple to the kabobs. We knew that the kabobs were the real reason for everyone to get together, and we didn't want any unnecessary delay.

Here's what we looked like at the reception. When I told my mom I was going to be wearing jeans to my reception, she told me that I had to stand out. That's when the t-shirt idea was born. Thanks go to Jen, who made these for us!

As I stated in the previous post, the kabobs were to die for! Oh, they were sooooooo yummy! When I went to say goodbye to my Grandma before she left, she kept eying my kabob. It took me nearly ten minutes to convince her that it was ok to take it from me, and I could go get another one. Time well spent.

We had to do something to break the tedium of a ten hour car drive, so we stopped at as many tourist traps as possible. And took pictures of all the state signs we passed. This was my favorite. It was located just outside of Four Corners Park. Which, by the way, closes at 5. We stopped to see the Glen Canyon Dam, in Page, Arizona. We were hungry, and while looking for Burger King we found the "Dam Plaza" which held the "Dam Bar and Grill" and the "Dam Outlet." However, our stomachs growled and we continued our search. My heart fell when we saw "Page High School," I love the idea of someone graduating from the "Dam High School." Even if it wouldn't be me.

There was a dinosaur track exhibit that we stopped at. The guide explained this picture the best, so I'll quote. "This is a dinosaur egg. They're pretty sure it is, but they could be wrong." I swear, he didn't show any signs of being drunk or stoned, but he sure sounded like he was. I think that he was the most entertaining part of the exhibit. We got to see fossilized dinosaur poop....and see how the guides arranged it into the shape of a turtle. We got to see where they dug a tooth out of the rock....not the tooth itself, just the hole. There were many dinosaur tracks there. Most of them were believed to be velosaur raptor prints, but then again, they could be wrong.

We finally reached the cave! It was awesome! There was a replica of a kiva. It was a replica because it hadn't been blessed. (The manager's words, not mine.) There was a washer, dryer, and a microwave. If you wanted to use the microwave you had to turn off all the space heaters. Otherwise you would blow circuits. They had a counter top oven and stove. Seriously, it was all one unit and sitting on the counter top. Then there was the water fall shower and Jacuzzi tub. We thought that it was very considerate of them to provide the bubbles for our bubble fight. I've got to get a Jacuzzi tub!

Out on the balcony they had a place to feed the squirrels, so we did. There was this one really old, fat, and slow squirrel. We're thinking that he ate about 3/4 of the food we put out all by himself. Three chipmunks showed up as well. They were terrified of this old squirrel. They would alternate between chasing each other off, and stealing food from the "old squirrel's" pile. Toward the end, two other squirrels showed up. They didn't move in slow motion, and were able to chase all the chipmunks and the old squirrel away. They were less effective in chasing each other away, though they did try.

While at the cave we went to Aztec, New Mexico and saw the "Aztec" ruins there. And yes, they freely admit that the ruins are most likely Anasazi and Pueblo, not Aztec. We also tried to visit several museums. Nothing was open! It was highly frustrating....until it occurred to us that every church parking lot was full. It was Sunday. It is really hard to keep track of time when you are living in a cave.

Our final night there, it snowed. Just a light dusting, but enough to knock out half of the power. Not half of the power like you are thinking, but half of the outlets in each room went out. We decided to get an early start back.

The drive back was fairly uneventful. Except for a large semi that threw a rock at us. It put a rock chip in the windshield that was a centimeter in diameter! When we got it fixed, I learned that my windshield is 6 years old, almost to the day. I only thought it was two or three. They grow up so fast.

Family drama, when it rains it pours....

You know, for most families a wedding is enough drama for at least a week or two. However, my family has never been typical. We like things to come in threes. In rapid secession.

I didn't know this at the time, but it turns out that my wedding day was also my brother and his wife's due date. She went into labor before we went into the temple. Needless to say, they were not there, and didn't get kabobs that night. I felt really bad for them. Those were some really good kabobs. Ty and Jo really out did themselves!

After kabobs, both Nick's sisters and Jen realized that they forgot the things to decorate the car. Yea! However, Nick's sisters decided that they would use plastic forks. Nick dragged me out to the car, in an attempt to head them off. Except that would be too easy. One of Nick's friends came late...and we didn't get to leave before they found the crayons. They wrote on all of the windows. Since you can barely see it, I'm ok with leaving it until I have time to scrub it off. We were really grateful that we didn't have to stop at a car wash on the way out of town.

After the BBQ my family (sans Nick and I) got together at my parents house for a marathon gab/joke session. This is my favorite part of weddings and funerals, and I felt a little bad about missing it. Since it lasted till three in the morning, I didn't feel too bad though. That's when Jared called to say that he needed a babysitter. He was taking my sister to the emergency room. It turns out she had a gall stone blocking a bile duct. OUCH! The next day, they stole her gall bladder. While they were at the hospital, Jimmy called to have my dad help him give a blessing to his wife. They were taking her for an emergency C-section. Double and triple OUCH!!! That has it's own story, which I don't have the rights to publish. Let's just say that a malpractice suit is probably pending. I've never heard anyone say anything good about that doctor, and now I don't like him.

Everyone is home now, and doing great. Jen says that her stomach hardly hurts anymore. And, I got pics of little Kendal. He's got to be the cutest little snot I've ever seen. Looks very much like his dad did! Hopefully he won't grow out of it (just kidding....I love you Jimmy).

Ok....so now everyone knows why I haven't posted. Family drama is wonderful, isn't it?