"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." - Shel Silverstein

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

We Made It!!!

We made it to and from Grand Junction and we all survived! It turns out Marissa is a pretty good traveler. We only stopped about three times each way and she never really got grumpy. We had a blast visiting family. We had not all been together like that since before I was pregnant! (Of course not ALL of us were there though.) Mom and Larry live in a beautiful subdivision called Glade Park. It is actually above Colorado National Monument. As we were driving up to their house Friday evening I kept thinking to myself, "they live here ?!? Wow!" We had two fun-filled days and it was a great experience for Marissa.

PaPa letting Marissa meet Pearl the Puppy

The set up in our room worked out quite nicely

Marissa meeting a new friend, Garrett. He and his parents are my parent's neighbors.

They had a really fun time playing together. Two blonde peas in a pod!


Unfortunately for my brother Brian, she did NOT like his blonde wig!

Trying to win the affections of a little girl is exhausting!

Bald Uncle Brian is much better!!

Marissa being one of the gang playing Catch Phrase

5 comments:

Nana and PaPa said...

We were SOOOOOO happy you finally made it here! What a wonderful weekend that we had. It's was so nice to have so many of you all here. It had been a LONNNNG time since that had happened and we look forward to the next time....whenever that is!! Hug that little Rissa Roo and give her a little puppy kiss from Pearl!
Love,
Nana & PaPa

Anonymous said...

I didn't know you had the camera on during that game! How funny! Bad clues on my part, but I did have a lot of fun! I'm glad it was a good experience for you guys as well!
P.S. Hope you, Alicia, have a good Birthday!

Love you much!
Auntie Chelle

Faith said...

I am glad someone mentioned your BIRTHDAY!!!! I hope you had a great one- you deserve it! Glad everything went well! Where to next?! (j/k I know you are still recovering!)
:) Thanks for sharing!
Jen :)

Tara said...

Oh my gosh, Bill you are SO OLD!! Happy birthday!! Chris says that Brian looks like Sammy Haggar.

Looks like you had a great time! I'm so glad it went so well!

XOXO

Anonymous said...

It makes me so happy to see that you posted a video proving our sisters blondeness!!! I am glad you all came up...it was a blast! love you and miss you
Auntie Katers