On the move!

 It's been an insane week!  We started out with all the craziness of trying to get everything ready for the trip and trying to get all the kids school stuff done before we left.  The kids enjoyed their last couple days of school and we packed up and got stuff ready to go.  

Wednesday morning, we headed out to Idaho.  We found ourselves stuck in traffic outside of town and passed a semi that had been burnt to a crisp that had been the cause of it.  That put us back about an hour, but we still got there in time to see Jessica and her cute little girl and have dinner with them and then do a little birthday cake and ice cream and presents for Anna and David.  

Thursday, we made the drive down into Utah, once again hitting traffic, this time due to an bad accident.  We got in and had dinner with Paul and Candace and family before heading to the air bnb and to bed to get ready for an early morning for the girls!

Friday morning, bright and early, the girls and I headed to Spanish Fork Stadium for rehearsals for the MCO concert.  I realized that I had an old friend in the Soprano section with me - one of the girls from the dorms freshman year at BYU was standing in the row in front of me!  It was fun to see her again, and I'm hoping this can prompt another reunion with those amazing ladies! 

After the morning rehearsal at the stadium, we had another rehearsal at the new Provo High auditorium - it was inside an air conditioned building, so it started out cooler, but it did not end up that way once we had hundreds of people packed into it.  Then a quick dinner break to get dressed and ready for our concert.  We headed back to the stadium for another quick sound check with David Archuleta (I can now say that David Archuleta has said it was an honor to sing with me) then it was performance time.  It was an incredible concert and a wonderful night!  We were all a bit tired by the end - especially Evelyn who was up way past her bed time.  We headed home and crashed!

Since we had the van, Dan was mostly stuck at home with the boys all day.  The air bnb has a trampoline that they had fun on, they played in the sprinklers a bit, and they had some fun watching a movie together because it was miserably hot outside!  (lol - we are already sounding like spoiled Portland residents who whine when it gets over 90!)

Saturday the girls and I mostly slept in a bit to recover from the night before, then in the afternoon, we took the kids to a nickel arcade that Bianca told us about.  The kids mostly had a great time and came home with some fun little prizes.  

Then after dinner, we did scriptures and prayers with the kids, then the girls and I got ready and headed out for our second concert.  Grandma and Grandpa Jones and Uncle Paul and Aunt Candace came to this one!  It was wonderful again!  

Once again, we had a late night, and we had a bit of a scare with picking up Evelyn after, the Youth Chorus kids had to be checked out, but there were so many people there and so much going on, and she and I must have just missed each other a couple times, It wasn't until it started clearing out and I started getting worried that they let me in to go look for her and I was able to find her and take her home - but by that time she was tired and a bit worried.  :(  She did such an amazing job, but two late nights in a row for her was rough.  

Sunday, Grandma and Grandpa Jones came down and had lunch with us and watched church with us.  Then in the afternoon we headed up to Paul and Candace's house.  We had fun playing games, and doing more birthday with David and Anna, then the party started!  Candace's family came over, plus all the Jones family who was in town for the wedding, and we got to meet some of Bailey's family (Collin's fiancée) It was great to meet them and we are all excited about the wedding tomorrow!!  

We had David and Anna's presents shipped to Paul and Candace's house so we could do a little birthday with them with the whole family together since Dan will be back in OR and we will be in CO on their birthdays.  David got a stuffed sloth and he LOVES it - it is now called "Sloth-y" and he has told us multiple times today just how much he loves it!  Anna got a ton of colored shoe laces so she can now have fun mixing and matching and coordinating and having fun with them - she immediately went and changed her laces to match her current outfit and she was practically giddy with excitement and plans for her laces - especially the light up laces.  :)