SECOND TRIP TO VERNAL

WELL AFTER THE WEDDING, BECKY MEINROD AND I WORKED OUT A PLAN FOR THE GIRLS AND I TO VISIT.
SO WE WORKED IT OUT FOR WHEN ALBERT WOULD BE WORKING IN PRICE, AND WHEN BECKY COULD DRIVE TO PRICE AND GET US.
I WAS QUITE EXCITED TO HAVE THE GIRLS ON VACATION WITH ME AND SPEND TIME WITH THE VERNAL FAMILY. THEY HAVE BEEN TO THE RANCH AND OF COURSE MET THE FAMILY, BUT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TO YOUNG TO REMEMBER EVERYONE. THEY REMEMBER VIRT MOST, BECAUSE HE GAVE THEM THEIR FIRST CANDY BAR EVER.

WE SPENT TIME AT BECKY'S AND VISITED THE OTHER HOUSES. THEY WERE IN HEAVEN AT GRANDMA RITA'S BECAUSE OF HUNDREDS OF YARD SALE TOYS, AND GETTING TO MAKE A MESS OF THEM.
WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME OUTSIDE, SINCE IT'S MUCH COOLER THERE THAN IN ST. GEORGE. WE PLAYED IN SPRINKLERS AT A COUSINS, WENT SWIMMING AT SAMI'S POOL, AND WENT EXPLORING THE LIBRARY WITH BECKY. THE GIRLS PLAYED LINCOLN LOGS WITH VIRT.
ALL IN ALL IT WAS A JOY!
NOW ON THE WAY HOME, WE HAD TO SPEND ONE NIGHT IN A HOTEL UNTILL ALBERT FINISHED A JOB.
THAT WAS AN ADVENTURE IN ITSELF FOR THE GIRLS, SINCE WE DON'T EVER DO THAT. IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME IN A HOTEL , AND MY FIRST TIME POST-STROKE TO TAKE A SHOWER IN A TUB. I ONLY DO WALK-IN SHOWERS, SO THE FLOOR IS FLAT AND I WONT SLIP. SO THAT WAS A BIG DEAL TO ME. I EVEN TEXT TERESA TO TELL HER I ACCOMPLISHED A NEW TASK. ALL THE LITTLE STUFF ADDS UP TO RECOVERY.
BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME, I WAS BEAT AFTER 10 DAYS OF 24 HOUR SINGLE PARENTING. I WAS DESPERATE FOR SOME ALONE TIME.
MY GIRLS MEAN THE WORLD TO ME AND THEY CAN DRAIN ALL OF MY ENERGY.
GOD BLESS,
LOVE TAMI