A little catch up

My brother finished law school in May. He has no job yet, but after a trip to visit family in Boise Idaho last summer they pretty much fell in love with the place and decided to move there. Nathan started a bar review class right away so he didn't have time to drive across the country. So my most awesome parents decided to help out and they flew to Florida and agreed to haul all the stuff from Florida in their truck to Boise. Retired people get to take it easy so they planned to make quite the cross country little trip. Well, they made it as far as Indiana. My dad had had some chest pains a couple of times so they decided to take him to the hospital. Chest pains turned into some of his heart not even pumping, turned into needing a stent, turned into quadruple bypass surgery to make a long story short.

It was quite a shock to hear this all happening. My dad has diabetes but has never really had any health problems in his life. I am sure he has never felt real pain like this before either. My mom was there alone and the surgery had to take place there. Although she thinks that they were where they needed to be. This was 6 weeks ago and he is doing just amazingly. He took me on an ATV ride two days ago that rattled my bones plenty. So he must be feeling fine. They flew home a few days after the surgery and he attended a wedding and church that same weekend with a wide proud smile showing off how strong he is. He keeps joking that it took him 60 years to clog up those arteries so he has got to have at least that many more with brand new ones!

So, all this happened quite unexpectedly and it left us with a little dilema...You will remember that they were driving Nathan and Colleen's stuff all the way across the country. Well, they obviously couldn't finish the trip. Colleen had flown out to California with the girls to visit and pick up a few things. Well, I drove out to California to get them and then they spent a few days in Vegas with us. Then we were all driving mom and dad's truck up to Boise with all of their stuff that was kept here to meet up with everyone and spend a grand old time together and helping them get settled. WELL! That didn't exactly happen. So Charles once again came in his shiny armor and saved the day. He hoped on a plane Thursday night to Indianapolis. My mom picked him up at the airport and he dropped her off at the hospital and then started the long drive towards Boise with Nathan's truck and stuff. He drove pretty much straight for three days to get the to Boise, by the weekend when we arrived from Las Vegas, and then took mom and dad's truck home on Monday before starting a new job on Tuesday. We kept him in town long enough to have a barbeque and so he could blow out some candles for his very pathetic birthday weekend! Who in the world wants to spend their birthday driving across some of the most boring countryside ever?! He is so amazing and without him there would have been some big problems!

So although it started off quite a crazy endevour here are some resulting pictures of the couple of weeks I spent with Colleen and the girls in Boise and Vegas. It was fabulous to see them again and watch the girls be old enough to have fun together.

WENT DOWN TO SAND DIEGO FIRST TO VISIT DEVENEY AND PAISLEY

THEN ON TO YORBA LINDA AND BACK HOME WITH THE GIRLS
THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER. MOSTLY. AUDREY PULLED A HUGE CHUNK OF HAIR OUT OF NOELLE'S HEAD (I STILL FEEL SICK ABOUT THAT) AND THEY BOTH BIT EACH OTHER A COUPLE TIMES BUT OVERALL I THINK THEY BONDED!!

THEN TWO DAYS IN THE CAR ACTUALLY WENT PRETTY WELL ON OUR WAY TO BOISE

WE GOT TO AUNT NANCY'S HOUSE AND NATHAN TOOK THE GIRLS OUTSIDE AND THIS IS WHAT AMAYA HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE FREEDOM OF A WONDERFUL BACKYARD

WE ALL GOT TOGETHER TO TAKE THE GIRLS TO THE ZOO. AUDREY'S FIRST TIME THERE. SHE HAD A TOTAL BLAST

THEN WE HAD BREAKFAST IN THE YARD TOGETHER ON MY LAST DAY THERE AND AWESOME COUSIN JULIE WALKED THE GIRLS AROUND ON THE HORSES! AUDREY GOT VERY GOOD AT HER HORSE SOUNDS. SHE BLOWS AIR THROUGH HER LITTLE LIPS AND IT COMES OUT JUST LIKE A HORSE SOUND!