Homecoming

Hello family and friends. It has been nearly two weeks since our last post. Much has happened. The week we left went really fast and really slow. Monday was dancing day. Addy put on her tutu and boogied down. Anytime Addy hears Eve's cell phone ring she puts on a serious face, looks right at Eve and starts to bend her legs, move around and shake her head. She does that most of the time any music is on but it is the funniest when it is with the phone.
By Tuesday we were running out of food and we were living on the nitty gritty. Eve made a spaghetti casserole with ground turkey hoping that it would last maybe the rest of the week so that we wouldn't have to eat out. We decided that it was time for Addy to have her first spaghetti, so Wes cut it up in tiny pieces and gave her a mound of it. It was devoured very soon after by this little hungry beast. Not only did she eat it but she wore it too. Right after, she needed to be wiped down and bathed but we decided to go swimming instead!
Wednesday Eve and Addy went and spent the morning in Irvine with Eve's friend Cory. They hung out and went to lunch at Chipotle. After lunch they went on a walk to a park in hopes that Addy would take a nap, but she fell asleep the minute they got to the front door. The drive back took twice as long as the drive there so, Addy finally got that nap.
That night we went to our favorite frozen yogurt shop, Berry Sweet and enjoyed our last free concert. It was a band called the Red Muffs and they were an acoustic band and played some cover songs and some original stuff too. They have a raffle at the end of each concert and we had never won except for that night we were feeling lucky and then we heard Eve's name called out. We won tickets to the movie theater! Yay! But we were leaving in two day and knew we couldn't use them. Boo! We still have them.

Thursday was Eve and Addy's last Riverside Library story time. Of course it was fun and Addy loved it. Afterwards Eve and Addy met Wes and some associates for some cheap Mexican food. It was a hole in the wall place but the food and the company was good. That night we had to pack the car up and get everything ready for the move back home. We had to do it on Thursday because the apartment complex we were living at were repaving the parking lot near us and we had to park far from our place. And Eve knew that she couldn't pack the car alone.

Friday came and Eve and Addy went out to lunch downtown at a place called Phood on Main. After lunch Addy and Eve went home so Addy could take a nap and Eve could finish cleaning the apartment to pass inspections. Wes was able to leave work early and help Eve with the finishing touches. By 4pm we were on the road home! It was our plan to drive to St. George and spend the night and then have a short day on Saturday driving home. Well, as you know for plans, they don't always work out. We stopped in Primm, Nevada to eat dinner and to stretch our legs. Primm is just over the Nevada border and consists of a couple of gas stations, casinos, and an outlet mall. We wondered around the outlet mall for a little bit and ate some dinner. When we walked back to the car we were devastated to find we had a flat tire. With no service stations around and a trunk full of stuff blocking access to the spare, we resorted to buying a can of flat repair and driving the remaining 40 miles to vegas. We made it safely to vegas, but by the time we arrived it was too late to get the tire fixed. So we had to stay the night in a hotel. The man at the desk tried to get us to pay $120. However, Wes smooth talked him down to $70. Still a rip off, but much better than the original asking price. We got some sleep and Wes took the car to get the tire fixed first thing in the morning. While waiting for the tire to be fixed at the Walmart, Wes wondered around electronics playing the demo video games and watched part of a movie on the big screen tv's. After the car was ready to go, we munched down some free breakfast at the hotel and hit the road. We stopped in St. George to get some lunch (the last In-n-Out for a while) and we were back on the road to get back home. We finally arrived and went straight to Wes's grandma's birthday party. It was fun to see all the family!
Because our house was just painted we decided to stay at Wes's parent's house for the week. Well, this has been a long post, so we'll write some more with the rest of what has happened tomorrow.