vaca part 3

We made it to our final destination the night before Thanksgiving (yes I am a little behind but hope to catch up fast!). We came to Utah to help my mom move. After 20+ years it was time for my mom to move into a condo with less up-keep. It was bittersweet. Happy for my mom but sad to say good-bye to a great home! On Thanksgiving we were able to go and see all my family. It has been a loooong time since I've been home for Thanksgiving so it was great to see everyone. We had dinner at my cousins church and afterward played a game of kickball. So FuN!! Here are the teams:

The Snicklefritzes:

And they thought it would be funny to be...

Better than the Snicklefritzes

The next day was moving day. My mom had a great ward that showed up to help out!
fOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW tAYLOR YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED TO CONFINE HER. pACKING WRAP SURE CAME IN HANDY!!

So every moving day has to have a few hiccups...right?!? Well this day was no exception. This is a picture of my little guy Jackson. It is taken through the car window. He is sitting in a nice warm car. All buckled in his seat and ready to go. One problem. He is locked inside and I'm on the outside. Yep I locked my three year old in a running car.

The crew had left to take a trip out to the new place. I stayed home because Carter had just gone down for a nap. Jason called to say they were going to the new IN-N-OUT burger. Well I was not sure what to do, wake up my sleeping one year old and meet them or bag it. I seriously debated for 20 minutes before I decided to go. So I put Jackson in the car only to realize I could not find my keys. So I spent the next 20 minutes looking for them while trying to decide if it was really going to be worth going. Seriously who wakes up a one year old to go get a burger?!? Well apparently I do. I finally found the keys and thought OK I'm going. I start the car since Jackson has been sitting there for like 40 minutes now. I wanted to get the car warm before I woke up my sleeping baby. So up I go and wake him up. Come down and find that the doors are somehow locked. So now I have my Carter resting on my hip since I was so smart and woke him up. The windows were on lock so Jackson could not roll them down for me. I spent the next 10 minutes trying to teach him how to unbuckle the straps of his seat and tried to teach him how to pull the lock up. Well no such luck so I finally had to call these guys in:

Yep that's the firemen unlocking my car for me. We finally got the car unlocked to find out that everyone got there food to go and were on their way home. So I learned a valuable lesson that day. NOTHING is worth waking up your child from a nap. I still got my IN-N-OUT but it was with a one year old sitting on my lap when he could of been sleeping.

That night was our last night in our home. We decided to have one last sleepover. We all blew up a bunch of air mattress in the living room. We sat around and talked about memories. My mom was exhausted and feel asleep right away. We had fun trying to wake her up and laughing at her. The kids thought it was fun to all be in the same room.

Leave it to Aunt Christy to start a pillow fight:

I'm sure going to miss this place and all the memories that it holds! Thanks all for one last night that I will forever cherish!!

After moving day it was time to pack up and FINALLY head home. Our bestest friends who moved to Utah were heading home from Colorado. We ended up being in Evanston within ten minutes of each other so we stopped for a quick hello. It was so fun to see them!! We miss them so much so we will take what little time we can get with them where we can get it.

What a great way to end our trip! I must confess though that I was exhausted when we got home and was looking forward to a vacation from our vacation!!

Vaca part 2...a visit to the Clines

After Disneyland we went to visit Jason's sister and her family in California. WE had a great time. We miss them all so much and wish we could spend more time together. The first morning there was a little eventful. Jason took some of the kids to Robert and Jack's baseball practice. While he was gone I was getting ready for the day. I have this really weird habit of sitting in the sink while I'm getting ready. While I was sitting in the sink I may of stood up for a second. BAD IDEA!! I busted the sink. I'm talking full on broke it. The sink came unattached and fell out of the cupboard and was lying on the floor. Here I am in my sister-in-laws house that I have not seen in ten months, my husband is not around and I have her bathroom sink lying on the floor. Hmm what to do?!? I'm not going to lie, I thought about what kid I could blame for a brief second. But I came clean and fessed up. While I was at the store latter that day Jason fixed it, before I could get a picture...to bad. Thank goodness he could fix it though!! WE had a great time with the Clines. We spent time playing games:

Playing Mario cart:

Eating yummy food:

Having sleepovers:

We had to say goodbye to Lauren and Cailyn at this point in our trip. It was their mom's turn to have them for Thanksgiving so we had to get them home. It was hard to say good-bye!

We got to celebrate Megan's birthday with her. She was so cut and let Jackson help her blow the candles out:

The highlight of the trip was going to the beach. We have been to Cali a lot with the kids but had yet to take them to the ocean. The kids loved it!

Jackson loved all the sea weed:

Jackson thought it was fun to do snow angels in the sand.....HMMMMM

The kids had a blast together! Robert, Taylor, Carter, Bailey, Jack, Anika, Lexi, Megan and Jackson.

It was hard to say good-bye to the Cline's, the beach, warm weather and California. Utah here we come....

Check this out...

So my sister has an amazing tribute to me on her blog and thought you would all enjoy reading it. Really to sweet...she shouldn't of! Follow this link to check it out.