We didn’t rush the return journeys.  On Sunday morning the kids got out all their wiggles while I searched high and low to gather all our stuff back into the car. 

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At the height of Jack’s Frozen obsession, he bemoaned my lack of grandfather clock so he could recreate a moment.  Wish fulfilled:

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We tried to get a nice picture of Grandma with her two great-grandsons.  We succeeded in taking the pictures, but I’m not sure if any of them are nice.  There’s a lot of silly to wrangle.

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We bid our good-byes to Layton and stopped in SLC to see Andy and Jenn.  The dogs were thrilled. 

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Then it was time to origami Dad into the backseat for a long drive.  He kept the boys happy by plying them with french fries, blueberries, and cookies.

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Ah, such a beautiful sight!

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Before I brought in the first suitcase, Jack had stripped naked and was begging to jump in the pool.  These pictures are from Monday morning because I was too busy to take pictures, I was stretching my toes in the pool too!  Once again, we took it slow in GJ.  I felt bad putting the kids through all this driving, so I wanted to be sure they got all their wiggles out.  They had plenty of swimming and playing and eating done before we left for Arvada at 6:30pm. 
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(He tattooed his name on his fist.  What a thug.)
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This was taken as we pulled out on the road.  Both boys were asleep by Palisade.  It was the easiest of the four drives, for both traffic and kids’ moods. 

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Today?  Happy to be home, playing with new toys, taking extra naps, and exploring the crawling skills honed in Utah.  Boy, do I have some baby-proofing to do.

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