First of all, I would like to thank my incredible husband for the most thoughtful and touching gift I could have ever received! I cried when I read it and keep crying as I read it again and again. His gifted writing ability, as well as all of your comments made me speechless - and that's hard to do!
It's also hard to leave it up, as there are several hugely exaggerated parts, but Trey made me promise, before telling me what my gift was, that I wouldn't change it. There are definitely many things I would change, but for the most part, he's right on (; Haha. See, I'm laughing at my own joke again!
Well, we are home now and here is a map of our summer travels!
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It is not totally accurate as it would only let me add something like 27 destinations, but it works!
Over 14000 miles traveled, 13 states, a province and a district!
It is HEAVEN being back with Trey full time and being in our own home. As we drove into Valparaiso, (5 pages from finishing "A River Runs Through It" and Incredibly well written book...) We gave each other high fives for making the very best of Summer 2009. Glad to be home though.
As for our last leg of the journey, Our week at Dana and Glen's was AWESOME!
They were the best hosts. Brooklyn got to play most days with her newest buddy, their neighbor - the cutest little boy, we made another road trip over to Huntington Beach to see my long lost roomies from BYU Katie Rose and Rhyll, we went to pool day with some of Dee's friends and crashed for a couple days as well. Brooklyn was happy as could be with the dog, a big yard to play in, a playmate and some legos!
Our full-day plane trip from Dana's house to Atlanta was pretty uneventful - BLESSINGS! Trey was there to pick us up and it was SOOO good to see him! I went over and over with Brooklyn how when she saw Daddy she would RUN into his arms and give him a big HuG and Kiss and say "Daddy!!". She hesitated for about 2 seconds and then did it! Trey was thrilled and amazed at how much she knows and says now.
We drove straight down to Ddaddy and Nana's house where we were so happy and spoiled rotten like always!
Trey had another Quiddler victory (not to be repeated)
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we ate non-stop as always, we (as in DDaddy and I and not Trey, no matter how much we tried to get him out there) Gardened, Brooklyn died and went to heaven with 2 dogs, 2 cat's and 2 great grandparents that are crazy about her!
Trey took off for a day to help his Mom in
Chattanooga finish packing up their house. They sold it and are moving to Memphis! The next day, for our anniversary, we did a road trip 5 hours to the south of Georgia (each way) to visit Ddaddy's home town and the place where Trey's Father is Buried. It was a really important trip for both of us and incredible traveling without Brooklyn in the back demanding attention and a good time for us to have some undisturbed time together to catch up.
One more day at Ddaddy and Nana's after that and we were off again, for the final leg of the journey! The three of us drove up to Chattanooga where we met Judy for a little rest, then continued up to Nashville where Judy generously got a hotel room for us all to stay in! It broke up our trip home perfectly and Brooklyn LOVES her Nai Nai and got spoiled and loved all over by her. We also went swimming at the pool both days and Trey and I got to SLEEP IN while Nai Nai took Brooklyn in the morning which was Incredible! I wish I took photos of this leg, but you get the gist - Brooklyn smiling with her arms around Nai Nai as happy as she can be.
We were home at 8pm tonight to our clean, wonderful home. The renters were great.
So many wonderful blessings - including you, our friends! Thanks to everyone that was a part of our Summer Adventure 2009!
It's also hard to leave it up, as there are several hugely exaggerated parts, but Trey made me promise, before telling me what my gift was, that I wouldn't change it. There are definitely many things I would change, but for the most part, he's right on (; Haha. See, I'm laughing at my own joke again!
Well, we are home now and here is a map of our summer travels!
View Larger Map
It is not totally accurate as it would only let me add something like 27 destinations, but it works!
Over 14000 miles traveled, 13 states, a province and a district!
It is HEAVEN being back with Trey full time and being in our own home. As we drove into Valparaiso, (5 pages from finishing "A River Runs Through It" and Incredibly well written book...) We gave each other high fives for making the very best of Summer 2009. Glad to be home though.
As for our last leg of the journey, Our week at Dana and Glen's was AWESOME!
They were the best hosts. Brooklyn got to play most days with her newest buddy, their neighbor - the cutest little boy, we made another road trip over to Huntington Beach to see my long lost roomies from BYU Katie Rose and Rhyll, we went to pool day with some of Dee's friends and crashed for a couple days as well. Brooklyn was happy as could be with the dog, a big yard to play in, a playmate and some legos!Our full-day plane trip from Dana's house to Atlanta was pretty uneventful - BLESSINGS! Trey was there to pick us up and it was SOOO good to see him! I went over and over with Brooklyn how when she saw Daddy she would RUN into his arms and give him a big HuG and Kiss and say "Daddy!!". She hesitated for about 2 seconds and then did it! Trey was thrilled and amazed at how much she knows and says now.
We drove straight down to Ddaddy and Nana's house where we were so happy and spoiled rotten like always!
Trey had another Quiddler victory (not to be repeated)
,we ate non-stop as always, we (as in DDaddy and I and not Trey, no matter how much we tried to get him out there) Gardened, Brooklyn died and went to heaven with 2 dogs, 2 cat's and 2 great grandparents that are crazy about her!
Trey took off for a day to help his Mom in
Chattanooga finish packing up their house. They sold it and are moving to Memphis! The next day, for our anniversary, we did a road trip 5 hours to the south of Georgia (each way) to visit Ddaddy's home town and the place where Trey's Father is Buried. It was a really important trip for both of us and incredible traveling without Brooklyn in the back demanding attention and a good time for us to have some undisturbed time together to catch up.
One more day at Ddaddy and Nana's after that and we were off again, for the final leg of the journey! The three of us drove up to Chattanooga where we met Judy for a little rest, then continued up to Nashville where Judy generously got a hotel room for us all to stay in! It broke up our trip home perfectly and Brooklyn LOVES her Nai Nai and got spoiled and loved all over by her. We also went swimming at the pool both days and Trey and I got to SLEEP IN while Nai Nai took Brooklyn in the morning which was Incredible! I wish I took photos of this leg, but you get the gist - Brooklyn smiling with her arms around Nai Nai as happy as she can be.We were home at 8pm tonight to our clean, wonderful home. The renters were great.
So many wonderful blessings - including you, our friends! Thanks to everyone that was a part of our Summer Adventure 2009!
Comments
I didn't get a chance to comment on trey's post, but it was awesome! He is lucky to have you and you are lucky to have him! You guys are a perfect pair!
I hope our paths cross again soon! If you come out to Memphis to visit Fred and Judy, give me a call..or else!
What I DON'T like about your map is the fact that UTAH is entirely out of the loop. THAT CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN!!!
Your Godmother in Utah