welcome home

yes, i know everyone is dieing to hear about our holiday vacation / shocked that i haven't blogged anything about it yet. But let's begin with a little story:

Yesterday, we woke up at 3 AM (after already  driving 3 hours from austin and going to bed at 12) We got in the car with Cassie and Caitlin and started the long trek from Dallas back to Provo. I will admit, i had it easier than my husband. I slept a little. He drove. Then when i finally took a turn to drive, i had been driving for 30 mins. and Caitlin started screaming for food. Duty calls. So, Paul is an animal and pretty much drove 18 hours straight (although he would correct me and say it was 17 hrs. 45 mins. because "we made great time") with no sleep. We had one little melt down with the baby screaming but all in all she did really well in the hated carseat for so long so that was a huge blessing. We finally made it home after snow packed roads (someone needs to introduce New Mexico to a decent snow plow) and a touch-and-go Price canyon.

Home sweet home. First order of business: unpack the car. Second: give Caitlin a much needed bath and put her to bed. Lo and behold, our house turned into an ice castle when we were gone and something froze in the tub and it won't drain. CLOGGED. So, we make do with the sink and put her to bed and Paul gets to work on unclogging. He sends me to the store to grab some dran-o and i take off. As i'm pulling into a parking spot at the grocery store, i suddenly notice police lights behind me. How long had they been there? no clue. Was i being pulled over in the fresh market parking lot? indeed. I (calmly and politely) explained the sitution to the officer and LUCKILY didn't get a ticket. But what are the chances?! We make a 18 hour road trip twice without tickets and not even an hour after we get home i almost get a ticket driving 2 blocks from my house. WOW.

So, now i sit here still unshowered because no, the drain hasn't unclogged yet and trying to get my baby back on her schedule after an amazing, wonderful, joyous, generous, treasured holiday season... so you'll get to hear about THAT later.