good to be home

This past weekend we ended up in Utah. We had two events that we needed to attend (well actually there turned out to be a third event that we should have gone to but chose not to.) The problem was that the first thing happened on Thursday and the final thing happened Sunday afternoon.
Spencer's brother Matt still has his house in Highland even though he has moved back to Missouri. Until he moves his things out of the house at the end of this month the house is a really nice place to stay when we have to be in town. If we had had to stay with other family I think I would have not come in and stayed. I would have driven in for the function on Thursday and then gone home. I would have then had to have driven back in on Sunday. Which considering that we took both vehicles in it probably would have been cheaper to have just driven the car in twice. It worked out okay. It just meant that Spencer and I were in two different cars coming home.
On the way home last night Bub fell asleep almost as soon as we got back in the car after getting dinner. Monkey had taken a twenty minute nap before we had gotten dinner and so stayed up for the trip home. I think I take for granted how good the kids are in the car. Last night Monkey wanted something, but the only words i could hear him say was "I want". I tried to get him to talk louder, but I still could not hear what he was trying to tell me. I asked questions and the answers were always no. Finally I called Spencer and handed the phone over to Monkey so he could tell Spencer what he wanted and he talked loud enough into the phone that I was finally able to hear that he wanted apple juice. It was a bit frustrating that it took me calling.
But now that I have spent the night in my own bed I definitely have to say that I am so very glad to be home. I am doubly glad that today Gavin goes back to preschool!!!!