January 9, 2011

Weekend in Provo

We went as a family to Provo, Utah this past weekend.  My nephew Brayden was baptized and he had invited us to go down for it.  How can you pass up such a sweet invitation?  We loaded the kids up Friday after we picked up Keaton from Kindergarden.  Long car rides with young children are never a walk in the park especially for little Snyder boys.  Keaton and Andrew, along with me, always get car sick and usually have to throw up.  Owen hates his car seat and always screams about 5 minutes into the drive.  Always a pleasure.  The car ride was ok.  The kids did pretty good. No one got sick or threw up.  They were alittle antsy to get out of the car as were we.  We pulled up to Grandma and Grandpa's Utah home around 6 p.m. and about 6 inches of snow.  I couln't believe how much snow they had.  It was beautiful.
We had a great time visiting with all the family and the boys loved running around with all the little cousins.
I admit I have become a real slacker on the taking no pictures. Sorry, there is no proof of this weekend. Only my word.
That night Keaton woke up with a really high fever and then he threw up.  It was no fun.  All of our children played musical beds. Lance and I probably slept about 4 hours that night.  We woke up exhaused and excited for Brayden's baptism.  It was at 10 a.m. in American Fork so we had to drive again with all the boys not feeling well and sleep deprived. We did it though and no one seemed unhappy.  Miracle!
We just chilled and hung out the whole day and let the kids get some sleep and they played and watched movies with the younger cousins.
Thanks Brayden for inviting us to your be a part of your special day! We are so proud of the choice you have made to be baptized. We love you!
We stayed up late, ate pizza and had a fun time catching up with everyone.  Lance's parents are now emty nesters.  Lances' youngest brother Preston left for BYU-I this past week and his parents drove up from Arizona to get him settled in.  Lance's two youngest siblings go there so it is nice to have them a little closer so we can see them alittle more often.  Then they drove to Provo for the baptism and then the on Saturday they drove to Colorade to visit Lances' grandparents and back home.  What a trip!
Now it is 7:30 p.m. and my house is completely silent.  We drove into town just in time for Sunday dinner at my parents house since we pass their home to get to our home.  We had a great dinner and bathed our children and came home and put them all to bed.  Wish us luck that everyone will have a better night tonight.  It is soooo nice to be home. 
Now here's to getting everyone back to better health and back on schedule. Mom and dad included.  Good night!

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