Our Sister Road trip Adventure to NM

My sister and I went on a crazy road trip adventure.

Our husbands both work down in New Mexico. Her husband was in a car accident a few days ago, and totaled her car. Luckily everyone was fine, they just make those new vehicle's to really crunch on impact so the damage was fatal to the car.

Because the car was in Her name though, she had to sign off on it so they were able to get everything out of it at the wrecking yard. So we decided to surprise our husbands and make the 800 mile drive just before they got off rotation and would be ready to head home.

So we leave the day before, and drive straight through to Santa Fe. There is a truck stop there that is all lit up and we slept in the car for a whole 2 hours before finishing the rest of the drive.

My husband called me as he was getting ready to head back to Utah and asked where he would be picking up my brother in law (since I told him he would need a ride due to the accident). I said "Actually I need you to pick ME up. I will be in Carlsbad in 20 minutes."

He goes "Wait... what?" He was surprised that I had just up and drove across the country and was able to completely surprise him.

Once we met up and Sam dropped me off we all had a good laugh over our surprise adventure.

Then, being completely exhausted after working 14 days straight, Michael decided to nap while I drove back to Santa Fe. Turns out Sam had the same experience. We got a shared hotel in Santa Fe, but Sam and I had driven over 20 hours with only a minor 2 hour nap break.

 On the way home Michael and I stopped at the Rio Grande Del Norte National Park Tres Piedras in New Mexico. That was really cool to see in person. I also got to see Roswell NM and all the weird Alien stuff for the first time. I'm always up for a new adventure.
All in all it was an exciting experience, and I great surprise for our spouses. I told Michael he has to know I love him because I went on a 1600 mile road trip just to see him 1 day sooner because I missed him so much!

First Day of School!

Today was the first day of School!

I can't believe how big my baby brothers are getting! Dylan goes into middle school next year, and Evan started High School today! 

I got to be the one who took the kids school shopping this year, and it is so fun to see them pick out their style and how different they are. Dylan wanted a chain necklace and bought mostly t-shirts with UFC or teams on them. Evan wanted the American fighter shirts and his only accessory choice was a new hat. Both these kids are spoiled because when I was a kid we didn't get brand name new stuff. But all of us sisters chipped in to buy them new Adidas and Reebok sneakers. We take care of our baby brothers lol
I hope this year goes good for all of them, especially mom. My mother is a teacher and has 38 kids in her classroom this year!!! They are really short handed on teachers so that will be a challenge for her,