Home Again, Home Again

Sunday morning.  We always go to church on Sundays, and today was no different.  We drove home, but we went to church before we started.  The Brunsons' ward starts at noon, but we felt that was a bit late to get on the road when we had six hours of driving ahead of us, so we opted to go to the 10:30 ward.  Before going, Brandt, Blythe, and Sid played a game called Dead of Winter.  It's a zombie game.  Brandt loved it!  He wants one for our very own.  I packed up gear and food and stripped beds and practically used the cattle prod to get everyone moving in the direction of church and the car.  We said our goodbyes to the Brunsons and were all sad to be parting ways.  They were absolutely wonderful and made us feel just like family.  We are family, but as we didn't know them before Thursday, we went into the weekend feeling like we weren't.  It was so nice to discover we have family near Boise we would happily see again and again.

Church was nice.  Big ward.  There were two missionaries who spoke; one going out and the other returning.  The one going out gave the better talk.  He was brief and concise.  The one returning rambled and didn't seem to have a real focus to his comments.  And at 11:35, after changing our clothes, we got on the road.  It was lunchtime and everyone was hungry, but true to form, Kent didn't want to stop and get anything to eat.  We had roadtrip munchies, so he encouraged us to eat those and promised we would stop someplace else later.  When we got to Tremonton, he stopped, but by then we were in Utah and nothing was open on Sunday.  So we just kept driving.  This meant I had to prepare something for us to eat at the end of a long drive, late in the evening, when I had made an effort to clean out the fridge because we were going to be gone for several days.  I need to remember this quirk about Kent and pack sandwiches or something else substantial so we have food on the road. 

In addition to not having real food, we also had nothing to entertain ourselves with.  I hadn't been able to download a book to read aloud, we had read the only one we had, and there is very little to see between Boise and Tremonton, then only the usual boring stuff between Tremonton and home.  The kids got really, really froggy, which is not surprising but was still very irritating.  We needed more to grab their attention or entertain them.  More planning necessary on this entertainment front for the next trip, too.

All in all, it was a great weekend--a true celebration with family we love.  Here's to the next wedding, which will actually be at the beginning of June when Josh marries Makenna.  Bring on the romance and temple weddings!