I flew up late Friday night after work and the plan was to surprise my dad, who didn't know I was coming, but it turns out that at the last minute two of my ditzy sleep-deprived family members spilled the beans. The exciting part of the travel portion of my trip was that although I had a short direct flight from Denver to Idaho Falls, United still managed to lose my luggage, along with the luggage of about 5 other people. Turns out it never made it onto the plane in Denver. Lovely. Thank heavens for 24 hour Wal-Mart and the foresight to carry my make-up with me.
We spent most of Saturday shopping and running errands. Jake had to work, but I got to hang with the parents, my sisters and the Pip. OH! And, most excitingly, I got to experience the thing I had been looking forward to for quite some time. I had a delicious snow cone.
I know, I know, that may not seem like a big deal to most people, but I have been wanting one BAD and they just don't have those "SNO-SHACKS" or whatever here in Colorado, more's the pity.On Sunday everyone got together at Mandy & Jake's for awhile before Mom and Dad had to head home. The cousins had a good time
and we even managed to get a family picture with everyone this time! We haven't had one since before Tanner was born, so it was definitely time. 
Later that evening after the parents left (which always makes me feel unsupervised) and Stephen & Heather took their boys home, Mandy, Kimberly, Jake, the Pip and I went to Jake's brother's house for banana boats. Can I just say delicious? Basically, you slice open the banana long-ways and then put in marshmallows, chocolate chips and nuts, close it back up, wrap it in tin foil and put it on the grill. Then when it's done, serve it with ice cream. YUM.Monday Kimberly and I got to babysit the Pip and that is just one of my favorite things in the world. We attempted to have a mini photo shoot with him, but it turns out that nap time is a stupid time to do that.
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You'd think the aunties would have been smarter than that, but turns out no. (Okay, it was mostly just this auntie.) I also got to go over to Stephen & Heather's to hang out for a bit before my flight and hang with my two other favorite boys before my flight.
We mostly just played and visited and I stole sneaky attack hugs from Vance, which I like to tell myself he secretly loves.
(I also finally got to try out MarioKart on the Wii. Fun stuff.) Then about 30 minutes before my flight, I reluctantly decided that maybe we should head to the airport if I was going home. I love small airports. I checked in, went through security, and headed to my gate (from which I could still see the parking lot) and had plenty of time to spare. (Oh! And my luggage managed to make it to Denver, with my flight. Just saying.)
It was a really fun weekend, I just wish we all lived closer so we could do it more often...
