Girls weekend

The girls and I packed up on Friday and headed to Utah. Grammy was going to be in Utah for Aunt Trudy's 80th birthday. The girls were excited to get out of town since we haven't done much this summer yet. The girls were good for the drive and we made great time.

Passing through Salt Lake on our way to Provo we had a bit of a scare. It was the start of rush hour so there were more cars on the road. I was following behind a tow truck with a Jeep on it. The hard shell of the Jeep blew off right in front of me. I watched it fly into the air and thankfully I had enough time to see where it landed before I was on top of it. It landed right in front of me and bounced to the left. I swerved to the right and thankfully no on was in the lane. Also, thankfully no one else ran into either. We were all shocked in the car but we were okay so we continued on our journey.

Once in Provo we met up with Grammy and Anna. We had some dinner and did some shopping before the night was over.

The next day we went to Aunt Trudy's birthday party and did some shopping at IKEA. I love IKEA and wish there was one closer to home. There was so much that wanted to buy but didn't have room for it in the car.

Later for dinner we met up with Uncle Chris's family for dinner and some swimming.

We had plans to go to the Tabernacle Choir this morning before we left but Ashley got in the middle of the night so we didn't make it. Instead Ashley and I packed up and headed home. Madison and Allison stayed with Grammy and will come home tomorrow with her.

Ashley did okay on the drive home. She didn't get sick again. She slept because she still had an upset stomach. We stopped at Nana's for dinner to break up the driving time. Ashley said it felt good to be out of the car but still didn't have much of an appetite. When we got back in the car to leave the car would not let me put it into drive. I called Kevin and he checked on the internet to see what it might be. He found out what the problem was and found a way that I could fix it so I could get home. I had to take the gear shifter apart so I could push on the broken piece to put it into gear.

I was nervous but knew that if I didn't have to stop then everything would be okay. Well things did not go as planned. I ran over something around Bliss and got a flat tire. I have never changed a tire so I wouldn't' be fixing it this time. I called AAA and they sent someone out to help me. I also called Kevin and he drove to meet me so that I would not have to drive home on the spare. It was a very late night but we ended up all making it home safe. I hope my mom has better luck tomorrow when she comes.