Halling Go To Alaska

I didn't take as many pictures as I was planning on. I'm just not the picture-taking kind of person. Luckily various members of my family were camera-happy, so hopefully I'll get to see some of theirs and that will fill in my week. The car ride to Colorado was long. No way around that. The kids did really well though. We left home at 8:30 Friday night and arrived at our destination at 4:30 Saturday afternoon. This included stopping to sleep for a few hours and a sit-down breakfast at Denny's Saturday morning. It was wonderful showing up and seeing most of everyone that first night. Part of the clan wasn't set to arrive until Tuesday. We ate, drank, and were merry. Isn't that what a family reunion is all about? One of my uncles gave me a lift into Denver to pick up Tim at the airport Sunday night. It was the longest 60+ miles I have been in. It took us close to 3 hours to get there. Traffic! Yeck! That is why I don't mind living back in my home...

I'm still beat from the drive home, so here are a few pictures from our trip. It was beautiful there and perfect weather. I'm not thrilled about coming back to summer here in Nevada.

We are getting ready to head to Colorado for a family reunion tomorrow night. Well, the girls and I are going and caravaning with my parents. Tim is off to Boise for drill this weekend and will fly into Denver Sunday night. It is a 15-hour drive from here to there. We are doing it mostly straight through. The plan is to drive until either my dad or I can't see straight, pull over, sleep for a few hours, and keep on truckin'. The only part of this that overwhelms me is the fact that I'm not usually a pleasant person without my allotted 8 hours of sleep a night. So I'm hoping that by Monday I'll be able to enjoy my vacation. I've been planning this car trip for a while by stockpiling arbitrary crap to keep the kids occupied during the awake hours. My kids are pretty good in the car. When we lived in Idaho I made many a trip between there and here to visit. It's 400 miles one way. With kid music, books, and coloring supplies along with the bribery o...