a monday trip up to ruthie's house

Monday morning after Trent's swim lesson-

Chloe, Trent & I drove up to my sister's town

to meet up & visit with her family & my parents,

who were staying at her house for a bit.

All photos from this post (but one)

were taken by chloe.

SEe if you can guess which one?

Trent was very content in the back seat by himself

and several books.

Although- I don't think he cracked them open once on the trip up!

The scenery was overwhelmingly

beautiful

We met at McDonald's-

one of my dad's favorite places.

As far as I'm concerned-

McDonald's gets a bad wrap.

Ya- I don't want to eat there every day,

but it's a great place for the kids to play & who doesn't love a

McDonald's fry?!

As you can tell- I have no germ issues.

{ruthie & dad}

We talked & talked & ate lunch & while the little kids played.

{cousin sarah & chloe}

It was fun.

{my mom- with braden in the background}

The peanut was in his element.

He's nearly three, talks like crazy & loves buzz & woody.

oh how time flies.

delightful

After a couple of hours-

really like 2 hours....

We headed to a park next to Sarah's dance studio.

Chloe was delighted to check it out & found this old piano to admire.

The boys played - we found some shade.

The peanut- he's kind of a surly fella.

On the way home I called Ruthie to set up a day when Chloe could come up to visit Sarah's ballet class, just for fun. Chloe has the next 6 weeks off of ballet class.

We were talking & I heard a crash- then my mom & dad talking frantically & the peanut crying. Ruthie said she would call me back.

SCArY.

I pulled the car around & headed back the way we came to find them. She quickly called back to say a gentleman was using a weed eater in his front yard- they drove by just as a rock flew up from the eater & hit the peanut's window. It shattered.

No one was hurt

just shakin' up a bit.

We drove & drove & couldn't find them.

Ruthie assured me all was well & to head on home. We turned around & headed back through a neighborhood to avoid main street traffic- stopped at a stopped sign- looked right, then left-- then noticed two morticians taking a dead body (an obvious body on a gurney covered with a black sheet, being wheeled out to a van by two men in suits) and put it in the back of a car. We turned the corner to get a closer look...

(okay, I'm obviously morbid)

low & behold in front of the mortician's car was ruthie's.

Hey- I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried!

So- we stopped & told them they were doing much better than the guy getting in that car!

they hadn't noticed...

Soon we headed on our way.

We couldn't resist stopping at Call's Family Drive In

in Perry, Utah on the way home.

for onion rings & shakes of course.

All in all-

it was a good day.

For us anyway....

someones poor family was mourning.

I hope he lived a good life.

I don't know why- but I think it was a "he."

it was a tall body.

We got home - didn't eat dinner- and had family night!

Did you guess which picture chloe didn't take?

the first person to correctly guess & leave a comment-

will get a $10 McDonald's gift card

just to

you know---

celebrate life!

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