Thursday (February 26th) afternoon my Grandpa Williams (my dad's dad) died. They held his service the following day. The kids and I had planned to leave Friday anyway for a Meet for J in Ogden. We left a little earlier than planned on Friday and were somehow able to make it to the viewing, and the burial in Salt Lake (drive time 3 hours and 20 minutes-without speeding! Someone must have been watching over us)! After the service we went out to lunch with my parents and brothers, before heading up to Ogden to stay the night before Jaden's Gymnastics Meet the following day.


We drove what seemed like forever that day. The kids and I were SO happy to finally get to the hotel. The first thing they wanted to do (of course) was swim! Off to the pool we went, along with at least 25 other people! YUCK! Needless to say their swim time was cut VERY short!

The following day Jaden had his meet-in Ogden-and I must say that Ogden is not a very nice place. Some parts scared me, and some parts were just not well kept. We went to a grocery store to pick up a few snacks for the kids and the parking lot was like a land mine!! There were pot holes that were three feet wide! So even though I complain that St George is getting way to busy-I do think we live in the most BEAUTIFUL place in Utah!
Good Job on your Meet Big Dog!

After the meet we were debating (while sitting at a standstill in road construction in Ogden) if we would stay with my parents or try to make it home. Still trying to decide once we were on the freeway, Jaden made the decision VERY easy for us when he looked over at me about the time we were coming up on Orem and said Ugghh, I don't feel very well the world is spinning!
Don't you dare puke in the truck I told him!! (I swear I am the meanest mom alive!) It turned out he was ok, but I think we were just ALL sick of being in the car for so long! So I called Adam and told him to place a bid on priceline-he won the Marriott in Provo for $44 including taxes and fees. Perfect!
So I took the kids to dinner and we went to check into the hotel. When we arrived the girl asked us if we wanted to pay a little extra to upgrade-I told her No thanks, we were just happy to have someplace nice to rest our heads for the night. Well she upgraded us anyway to a suite, for FREE!!

The kids had a great time swimming at the MUCH quieter, and warmer pool in the Provo Marriott that only had two other people there! When we went back to the room the kids were out like a rock, and woke up happily to room service for breakfast! YUM!

The kids had a fun week at school, celebrating Dr. Seuss! First they had hat day, followed by silly socks day! The kids had a blast with it!