Home again home again!!!!

Guess what!?! This is Nate writing this week!!! My dad has been getting on me that Sharon is the one that always writes so here goes.
Well it has been awhile since we last wrote and a lot has happened since then! We have had a great time and a hard time! The great came in being able to spend some time with family in Idaho! It is always so nice to be able to go home and see everyone even if it is only a quick visit! We are so excited for all the exciting news in our families! We had a long drive (nearly 24 hours of driving in one weekend!!!!) but we made it safe and sound. I worked long hours at work the first of the week so I could get off without loosing many hours and then got up and got to work by 4am so I could put 8 hours in before getting off at noon so we could drive to Boise on Thursday! I was tired but my poor wife was exhausted too! She got up at the same time as me because she couldn't sleep and hasn't been sleeping well for a while now so we were both pretty exhausted  but we made it to Boise in good time and even got to see a couple friends before going to bed around 1 in the morning. Luckily thanks to Buck we had a nice hotel room so we made use of the time to sleep well before we were back up at 5 and getting ready for the final bit of our trip home.

We spent the rest of Friday with friends and family in Pocatello catching up and just chilling! It was so nice to see everyone that we were able to see and wished we had more time. I have to say we especially loved seeing all the kids and we now miss everyone so very badly!!! That is actually where the hard part comes in to the picture. It is so hard to say goodbye again along with the terribly long drive and the hurting backs but mostly the missing people is the hardest!

On Saturday we spent the day with my family and we all went down to Utah to my great grandma's birthday party. There were lots of relatives there that I don't really remember but it was a fun trip with the family. My awesome brother helped me fix my computer and my mom fixed the 2 of us up in a way only my mom can do. while we were in grace we got to ride on the new 4wheeeler which is a pretty nice machine i do have to say!
Sunday we spent the day with Sharon's family in Blackfoot. We went to church with them in the morning and then we had a big nice dinner that night which was really really good! I definitely know why Sharon is such an incredible cook! Maleah and Kaitlyn stayed the night that night too so we got to spend extra time with them and we both just loved that!!! It sure makes it hard to leave though when you wake Maleah up in the morning to say goodbye and she just wont let go of Sharon! It is enough to break your heart and especially my tender hearted wife! Is it any wonder I love her so much!!! Sorry brothers if you are reading this!!! I cant help it  sometimes.

Anyway Monday was another long day of traveling but we had Shanon Carlie with us so we all had fun and I think the trip went a little faster anyway. We stopped to see the Multnomah Falls and stopped to eat at a couple of our favorite restaurants on our way home.

Anyway our adventures with Carlie have continued this week but I think this is enough for this particular post.