June 2013 Part Two

My parents came out for a visit with Mel...which always makes for a party! I love that wherever we live they always make the effort to come see us at least once a year. I was definitely blessed with amazingly supportive involved parents and I just love them so much! We spent a lot of time over at Stacy's in her pool so we could stay somewhat cool. We've made it a tradition that whenever my mom comes to town the girls go and get pedicures and Grandpa gets to be on babysitting duty. Of course we had to hit a baseball game too while they were here. That's my dad's favorite sport. :)

We had quite the dramatic situation. We were trying to decide if we should take Brynlee with us to the game or get a babysitter. Most of the games we go to are only a couple hours, so we decided to bring her since my parents don't get to see her very often. The game happen to go into extra innings and there were fireworks after so we didn't get home until almost midnight. Which is like 4.5 hours past her bedtime. We all went straight to bed when we got home, and she woke up about an hour after that. Adam and I didn't hear her until she had been crying a while, so Mel actually went in and grabbed her. She was FREAKING out! So I took her and she wouldn't calm down, she was thrashing all around and we had no idea what was going on or what to do. Thankfully my Mom was there so I went and got her and she had said it was night terrors. The only person she would go to that could calm her down was Mel.  We finally got her back to sleep and in bed. Then she woke up 2 more times that night. We went to Sedona last year and loved it, it's beautiful! I knew my parents would love it so I was so so excited to have everyone go up there. Well after the night we had, Adam kept strongly suggesting we not go. Because Brynlee went to bed so late and nobody got sleep that night he didn't think it was smart, but said it was my  family so it was my decision. So of course I decided we should still go.

Worst. Decision. Ever. It's about a 2 hour drive. The drive there was fine, until we got there. We went in October last year and it was fun. We had a lot of people tell us we should go to the Slide Rock. So I planned that we go up, have a picnic and then head to slide rock. Well, when we finally got to Sedona it was CRAZY busy! There were SO many people and cars there! I had only been there once and it was going to a camp ground so I didn't know anything else about the place. I felt absolutely horrible because the traffic was so bad, and we had to keep turning around, and it was miserable. So we found a random tiny spot off the road to eat. Then when we headed to Slide rock there was a line at least a mile down the road to get in. Brynlee was loosing it at this point, so we decided that us and my parents would head back and Mel and Stacy's family would stay and try to get in. Brynlee fell right asleep and we were hoping she would sleep the whole way home since she was exhausted and sleep deprived. We made it down at the bottom of the mountain and stopped for a bathroom break and ice cream, and when the door was shut to get back in the car it woke her up. And lets be honest...it was the worst drive on the way home! I had never seen her freak out like she did. Absolutely nothing could calm her down. She started scratching her face and arms, and pulling out her hair she was so upset. I couldn't take it so I started crying. So my Dad pulled over and she loves him, and he couldn't even get her to calm down either. So after about 10 minutes of walking her around trying to get her to stop. We just decided it would be better just to drive and just get home. I felt HORRIBLE for not listing to Adam. I didn't have fun at all, it was a disaster of a trip in my mind. Maybe next time I will listen to my much wiser husband. :) This picture shows our thoughts on the whole day.

After that disaster was over, we did have fun and enjoyed the rest of the time with my parents.  We hung out, went shopping, went to dinner with all of us and went to the temple and visitor center. It was so fun to have Mel here too! I sure love all of my family, and hate when visits have to come to an end.