The Manassa Group
Last Thursday night Jared, Eva, Megan, Shaun David and I all took off to go hang out out my grandparents (one lives in Manassa, Colorado, the other in Mora, New Mexico; about 3 hours apart from each other). We left at 8:30 pm and drove alllll night getting in to Colorado at about 8:30 the next morning. It went pretty well except for me being the silence freak for fear of waking the babies, which I think only made things worse. (No music and no talking makes for sleepy drivers) We spent Friday, Saturday, and a couple hours on Sunday in Manassa and then headed over to Mora after church. We slept through the parade on Friday (I know...how DARE we!!) then ate at the hamburger stand and chatted the rest of the day...come to think of it...that day is kinda foggy. Saturday we went to the parade, ate MORE hamburgers (they're REALLY good), went shooting, rode a ride at the carnival (during which i mooned all of manassa...not on purpose...different story) got rained on, got a pedicure from my lovely cousin Amelia, ate lots of fudge...basically it was a really good day. :)
On Sunday we headed over to Mora only to find out that we were in trouble with Popper for not showing up to his branch because he was going to make us talk.....sorry Popper....but I can't say I'm all that sad about missing that blessed opportunity. :) We spent the rest of the day talking, playing games, and staying up waaaay too late since everyone was leaving at some point the next day. Monday was pretty sad since Mom, Dad, Kelli and Emma left at the crack of dawn, followed by Tom, Amy, Joni and Jackson leaving later that morning. The main reason we went on the trip was to see Tom and his family before they leave for Israel for TWO years! That was a really hard parting....Tom said when we all moved away from Utah last year he felt like he'd just gone through a bad breakup. I felt the same this time only it was WORSE! I thought I was going to die! I lived with Tom and Amy and JoJo for a year and became really close to all of them. Amy is such a great sister-in-law. It's weird to me that she hasn't always been my sister. I've learned so much from her (like how to be an amazing mom for one) and she was always so nice to me when I lived with them, even though I'm positive I had to annoy the crap out of her sometimes. JoJo...shoot...I can't even think about that cute girl without crying! She's like my own kid. I just love her to pieces! I taught her every bad thing she knows like asking for butter on toast, yelling "SICK!" when someone sneezes, and how to take off fake eyelashes (she got a little confused on that one...) Jackson...he's just adorable. I'm heartbroken that I won't get to spend time with him like I did with Jojo. and Tom...he's just a great brother. He has a way of putting a hand on your shoulder and then you'll just start bawling and telling him all your issues even though you might not have thought you even had any problems to begin with. Poopy jokes are always funniest when Tom tells them. Even though we like to tease Tom about him being SOOOOO lucky to have Amy, he really is a great person. despite the fact that he has a secret desire to know what wine tastes like. :) I'm saving to come and see you guys! you can't get rid of me that easily. Try Timbuktu next time.
Me and JoJo; I'm NOT posting the ones taken with Tom and Amy...I was crying too hard!
Me and JoJo; I'm NOT posting the ones taken with Tom and Amy...I was crying too hard!
Later on Monday we played with Mommer and Poppers horses and basically just laid about. We took off for home at about 6 and stopped at Allsups on the way out to get some of their amazing chimichanga's. They're full of cheese and fried...what's not to love?? well...i guess being in an enclosed car for many hours after eating them wasn't so great...but they were worth it. I guess we must have driven pretty fast because we got home at 2:30 am. Got a few zzz's and sent Jared off to work while the rest of us sat in a daze. Then I guess Megan missed her hubby or something because she insisted on leaving that afternoon even though I had lots of fun things we could have done instead. sheesh...;) It was a fun couple of days, but I'm not doing it again unless it's longer!
MMmmm...chimi's.....
