I Travel!
Or at least I did in this one case. When Chris has MAJOR tests he locks himself in a room and studies 24/7. I am proud that he can work this hard... but it's a bit lonely. So my solution on his last test was to travel back to Seattle to be with my family for a long weekend.
So I went from a Thursday to a Tuesday (thanks to Southwest's cheap flights) and here is my recap:
(sorry not a great variety of pictures showing all I did)
THURSDAY:
I flew in early in so my mom picked me up. Dad at work+ Paydan at school= Girl time! So my mom and I went to the mall! I actually have not been clothes shopping with my mom in a loooong time and it was great. It was nice to window shop and also catch up. We then had a yummy lunch while continuing to gab away.
After Paydan got home from school we all drove up to Suncadia (a mountain style resort) about an hour away to meet up with my dad who was at a business conference there. It was a BEAUTIFUL drive up with all the fall colors! Then that night we went to the closest town (population like 100?) and ate a mom n' pop Italian place.
a view from our room at Suncadia
FRIDAY:
After a quick workout and swim at Suncadia's pool we packed up and headed home. Had a nice, relaxing day at my parents. Then we had a neat experience that night, that I was so glad I was visiting so I could be a part of it. My Grandfather Bussey passed away last year and his work was all cleared and ready to do at the temple. So My Brandon, my parents, and myself had a nice dinner at Outback and then headed to the temple. After a little mix up with the paper work, everything was work out. I began by doing family names for baptisms and then my brother got Baptized by my dad for our grandpa. It was sooo neat and I was glad I was a part of it.
SATURDAY:
I got to meet up with a good high school friend, Yeng, for a bit. It had been a long time and it was so great to catch up. Took some pictures of the beautiful fall (which is the main thing I miss here in CA). Then we had a nice dinner at home and my mom, Paydan and I got in the Halloween Spirit by watching Hocus Pocus!
SUNDAY:
I lucked out to be visiting on the week of the Primary program in my parents' ward. I love the programs and it was fun to see my mom put her great Chorister skills to work and see Paydan in his LAST program. After Church just hung out with family and relaxed and had a nice dinner.
MONDAY:
I had the craft itch and since my mom has her new remodeled CRAFT room I wanted to put it to use. So after looking through some old wood my mom had (back from her Craft Show days) I got a vision and we headed to Michael's. I decided to make Halloween Blocks. So I painted them black and then on the front Mod-Podged on some cute Halloween paper to spell out BOO and two pumpkin faces. Then I also slapped together a frame to match out house. After dinner we headed out to see Brandon and Heidi's new place!
TUESDAY:
Flew home at the Crack of DAWN and was reunited with my wonderful HUBBY (who was free from massive studying!)
Fall and Miscellaneous Pictures:
I love this FIERY red from the Japanese Maple
These pumpkins were from Paydan's garden!
What STUDS going for a Harley Ride!
So I went from a Thursday to a Tuesday (thanks to Southwest's cheap flights) and here is my recap:
(sorry not a great variety of pictures showing all I did)
THURSDAY:
I flew in early in so my mom picked me up. Dad at work+ Paydan at school= Girl time! So my mom and I went to the mall! I actually have not been clothes shopping with my mom in a loooong time and it was great. It was nice to window shop and also catch up. We then had a yummy lunch while continuing to gab away.
After Paydan got home from school we all drove up to Suncadia (a mountain style resort) about an hour away to meet up with my dad who was at a business conference there. It was a BEAUTIFUL drive up with all the fall colors! Then that night we went to the closest town (population like 100?) and ate a mom n' pop Italian place.
a view from our room at SuncadiaFRIDAY:
After a quick workout and swim at Suncadia's pool we packed up and headed home. Had a nice, relaxing day at my parents. Then we had a neat experience that night, that I was so glad I was visiting so I could be a part of it. My Grandfather Bussey passed away last year and his work was all cleared and ready to do at the temple. So My Brandon, my parents, and myself had a nice dinner at Outback and then headed to the temple. After a little mix up with the paper work, everything was work out. I began by doing family names for baptisms and then my brother got Baptized by my dad for our grandpa. It was sooo neat and I was glad I was a part of it.
SATURDAY:
I got to meet up with a good high school friend, Yeng, for a bit. It had been a long time and it was so great to catch up. Took some pictures of the beautiful fall (which is the main thing I miss here in CA). Then we had a nice dinner at home and my mom, Paydan and I got in the Halloween Spirit by watching Hocus Pocus!
SUNDAY:
I lucked out to be visiting on the week of the Primary program in my parents' ward. I love the programs and it was fun to see my mom put her great Chorister skills to work and see Paydan in his LAST program. After Church just hung out with family and relaxed and had a nice dinner.
MONDAY:
I had the craft itch and since my mom has her new remodeled CRAFT room I wanted to put it to use. So after looking through some old wood my mom had (back from her Craft Show days) I got a vision and we headed to Michael's. I decided to make Halloween Blocks. So I painted them black and then on the front Mod-Podged on some cute Halloween paper to spell out BOO and two pumpkin faces. Then I also slapped together a frame to match out house. After dinner we headed out to see Brandon and Heidi's new place!
TUESDAY:
Flew home at the Crack of DAWN and was reunited with my wonderful HUBBY (who was free from massive studying!)
Fall and Miscellaneous Pictures:
I love this FIERY red from the Japanese Maple
These pumpkins were from Paydan's garden!
What STUDS going for a Harley Ride! 
5 comments:
Sounds like a wonderful trip! How neat to be able to do temple work for your family and grandpa. No one in my family does much temple work and I've never done family names. I hope to be the one who starts it all.
Hooray for you Amanda........made me a little envious of all that "girl time".........I would have loved to been tagging along...Life is good!! Just wanted to say WE LOVE YOU!
Grandma & Grandpa xoxoxoxo
yay!! good for you for taking a trip. That sounds fun! I'm glad you got to enjoy the wonderful-ness of Washington :)
Sounds like such a fun trip! When Josh has lots of studies, I also like to spend time with my family! It's a nice treat :) Good luck with your move!
I have BOO blocks just like that, how fun. Where's your pictures? Did you guys dress up this year???
Tell me what you think!