road trip etc.

Flew up to Salt Lake City and stayed with my cousin Shell (xoxoxo) while my boy was finishing his finals, packing, checking out of his apartment, getting his malaria pills in order to live in Ethiopia, going into work one last time, saying goodbye to roommates, and tying up whatever other loose ends needed to be tied up in order to take off and leave for home. This is the morning he came to pick me up - it was so awesome to see him! The weather was gorgeous, I had my boy all to myself, and we were on our way!
We talked the entire 12 hours, from central Utah to southern California :)
I'm sad to say I didn't get any pics of the massive mountain ranges in central Utah that were still covered in snow...... they are my all time favorite mountains and their beauty never ceases to amaze and astound me. I never get tired of looking at them. But here are some huge mountains on our way toward southern Utah that were still mighty impressive. 
A quick hello to Daniel's aunt Dianne (my partner in crime) and cousin Sam in southern Utah since he won't be seeing them again until August when both his internships are completed and he's on his way back up to school again. 
Okay this was the only part of our road trip that was not as fun...... talking so much through the butt ugly state of Nevada that we neglected to notice we were literally in the middle of nowhere on empty. And it was a million degrees outside. You could say we were slightly nervous. But lucky for us it all worked out. So we were able to laugh about it. Whew. 

In any case, it was a great trip, and we're home, and even though it will only be for a few extremely chaotic days, one of my favorite things in the entire world is having all 3 of my boys under the same roof :) So stay tuned for another update as we get Daniel ready to leave for his 2 summer internships in faaaaaaar away lands.