Home Sweet Home

We are back home in Utah!!! YAY!! It was something we had been thinking about, and felt like it was the was the right decision for us. So, Friday morning we finally made the decision. We started packing everything up around 3pm that day, and we were on the road by 10:30 that night to start our 27 hour drive. Crazy, I know! We thought that if we drove through the night, Nixon would sleep through most of the night, which he did. We forgot to think about us not sleeping through the night. The drive was by far the longest drive either of us have ever done. It was so long and it felt like we were never going to get home.

Here is Nic driving. He drove pretty much the whole way. I drove for probably a total of 1 1/2 hours out of the 27 it took to get home. Thanks babe for being such a trooper! Nixon was an absolute champ. He slept a ton and would just play with his toys when he was awake. He never really fussed or anything. I couldn't have asked for him to be better.

So by the time we FINALLY got into Utah, Nic and I had been awake for total of about 32 hours. We were EXTREMELY goofy and delirious. It was actually hilarious and we definitely entertained each other. When we got to Grand Junction, Nic wanted me to drive a little, so I did. Right when we passed Green River, it started raining and then all of a sudden, out of nowhere it was an absolute downpour with thunder, lightning, and the hardest rain we have ever seen. Seriously, Nic and I have never seen it rain as hard as it did then. And of course I was driving. I could not see a thing! I managed to get off an exit and pull over and we just waited the storm out. I was freaked out and panicked. Of course it had to happen while I was driving. But it did wake us both up, and Nic drove the rest of the way home. By that time, we were both crazy. We don't even know what we were talking about. We were just blabbing.

We finally made it home. We had been awake for a total of 40 hours. It was the longest day of our lives. We went straight to bed and it felt amazing to be in our own bed. It was so nice to be home! We are so glad that we are back in Utah, and we are excited to have a summer filled with baseball games, rodeo's, camping and boating. It's going to be a great summer!

Here is our car pack to the brim. I seriously don't know how Nic managed to get everything in here. When Nic drove out to Tennessee, Nixon and I weren't with him, so he was able to use the whole back seat and the front seat to put stuff on, and it was packed then. So we really have no idea how we fit everything. This is the back of the car.

This is the backseat of the car. Nixon had a tiny little area for his car seat.