Date with Moose!!

Our road trip went phenomenally better than I could have dared hope.

On Wednesday, we left and drove to Bakersfield - our hotel was wonderful and we found the best Mexican Restaurant ever - the food was amazing and we just had the best time - I literally laughed so hard I cried.

Thursday was our big driving day plus the time change thanks to Arizona being Arizona. We did drive through breakfast at McDonald's, drove, ate lunch at a cute coffee shop that seriously had the best carrot cake I've ever consumed. We made it into Tucson in time to pick up Darlene and Georgia (my dad's girlfriend and his sister), and go out to dinner. The kids were well behaved, dinner was terrific (like Outback - haven't been to one in ages), we dropped off the ladies then checked into our hotel.

Friday, Darlene and Georgia came to our hotel for breakfast, then we went to Darlene's house, people started arriving for the Celebration of Life, the service was wonderful, I heard stories about my Dad I hadn't heard before, the food Darlene's friend's had arranged to be delivered was delicious and eventually all the visitors left then shortly after, we did too - we went to the zoo (the lion triplets were by far our favorites!!), then out to dinner at Red Crab as Shane calls Red Lobster.

On Saturday, we ate at Mimi's Cafe,  went to a gorgeous butterfly exhibit and wandered around the grounds, ate lunch at Panda Express, went to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum and had a fantastic time exploring. We went to dinner at BJ's then back to Darlene's house to go over all sorts of stuff and load the van with goodies she was blessing us with (Kindle, Computer, Wheelchair, oh my!).

Sunday morning we checked out of the hotel, met the ladies at Mimi's again for breakfast, then said our goodbye's. We drove to San Diego to visit our friends. Mandy and I went to college together, lived in the dorms and later together in a duplex, she was my maid of honor and she and her family now live in San Diego. I got to meet her 8 week old baby boy and love on him.

Monday, Brett and Michael (Mandy's hubby and 3 year old) went off to work and day care, so Mandy, the baby and the 4 of us ate at IHOP then we were on our way home. We drove forever and just stopped for gas/pit stop once then not again until dinner at a super yummy Mexican restaurant. We walked in our front door around 7:30 and I went to work unloading, organizing, laundry, etc.

Tuesday was a much needed down time for Steve and Shane. Shelby went with me to Nanny's to visit and Shelby and I went to the library/park after and enjoyed being home and seeing GREEN landscape vs. the cacti that was in overload in Arizona.

Wednesday, the kids went to school and Steve went to work then come home shortly after because he was sick. Poor guy spend much of the day in the bathroom. I had a zillion errands to run playing catch up with our stuff and Nanny's stuff.

Thursday was another day full of errands and Nanny visit and I received a text asking if I could babysit Moose for a few hours. Oh my goodness - my date with Moose was the BEST!!! He woke up from his nap right as we arrived and there was a spark of recognition but more of the "where do I know you from" variety vs. the internal conflict of I love you and I love them, who do I pay my loyalty towards version. Shelby and I had so, so much fun at their house which is beautiful I must add!! I let Shelby play on the floor with Moose and I and my heart was truly so very, very happy. His new momma ran into work and traffic issues so we wound up staying longer than planned and wouldn't you know, I got to put him in his jammies and feed him his nighttime bottle and he fell asleep in my arms, just like old times sake!! Awww.....that was just the baby loving I desperately needed. Shelby and I got home, ate the dinner out of the crock pot I had prepared earlier, she was a rock star and got her homework done and it was bible study and prayer time super quick.

Today's Friday and Nanny was supposed to have an MRI but they just called to tell me the scanner is down so now she's rescheduled for tomorrow.  Her oldest son/my uncle is coming in less than 2 weeks - I found that out on Wednesday and am so excited and relieved.

Anyways, that's the latest catch-up post. I'm off to have lunch with Nanny now that I've had a luxurious morning getting so much accomplished at home.