Quick Trip

We took a quick trip this weekend. Our friends from California were -maybe- going to be in Southern CA for Thanksgiving. I had a bright idea that maybe we would meet them there. I called Alice and explained my scheme... Let's meet, but not tell the kids! I knew our kids would love to see them, not to mention how much I would love to see them! She explained that they weren't sure if they were going to be able to go or not, because of Lance's work. Well, Thanksgiving day they still didn't know if they would make it. David had Friday off so we had a very small window of opportunity to do this. Friday I get a text from Alice that they were going and would be leaving around noon. I got the text at 12:30. I called and Lance was not home yet so they had not left yet. I had to convince David that we needed to go (we had basically decided that there was no way we could do it since we had not heard from them). I pled my case to David and he looked at me and said, "there is no way..." I explained that we have done far crazier things - like going for a sunday drive and ending up in Oregon!!! He just said, "if you have already made up your mind, why are you asking me?" "I just need to hear you say yes!" Sounded reasonable to me. Well, I quickly packed an overnight bag, texted Alice and told her we would meet them there.
We told the kids we were going to the bank. See, our bank is 40 minutes away in a little town called Superior. Or 40 minutes the other direction in Tolleson. The kids threw a fit! "I don't wanna go to the bank! Do I have to go? Can't I stay here?" We told them no and they were all pretty mad. We left on our adventure. It wasn't too long that they figured out we weren't going to the bank. Then they all started speculating where we were going. When we crossed the River into California they got very excited. "Are we going to Disneyland? Are we going to Fairfield?" It was hard not telling them. We finally made it to Whittier, got a hotel room and headed out for dinner. We asked to sit way in the back of the restaurant. We waited... Finally the Elders walked in and the kids flipped out! The noise level went way up! They were so excited to see each other. It was so awesome. We ate dinner and then went to bed. The next day we met up with them and hung out at 'Grandma Alice's' and then went to the movies - we saw Igore. After the movie we went to the park and played. Then it was time for goodbye. :(
It was such a fun adventure! We got home 20 minutes before David had to go in to work for the night. Some might think we are crazy, but we don't. It was so much fun seeing them and spending time with them. We miss them so much, and we don't know when we will have the opportunity to see them again. Their son, Phillip leaves on his mission next month and we weren't able to go back for his farewell last Sunday, so it was nice that we had the opportunity to see him before he leaves. We missed seeing Sarah, who was with her school on a trip to perform in a parade in So Cal. All in all, it was a very fun trip and well worth the time!


All of us

Elizabeth & Amanda

Christina & Carolyn

Michael & Carolyn

Michael & Phillip