We Made It!

After 27 hours of driving in the car, at least ten construction zones, multiple trips to nasty, greasy fast food places, and many diaper changes in the van, we arrived this evening in Utah! I need to give special thanks to my mom who flew out and drove with me the first 16 hours to Denver, a lot of prayers of friends, and the added strength and peace I received. LD did really quite well. He screamed the last hour to Denver on Saturday and the first hour today (Monday) to Utah. Sometimes I still can't believe that I drove all day with three kids by myself. Am I crazy? So...journaling of the trip. Sat. June 30: drove to Denver. Sun. July 1: Church in my parents ward, rest, and visiting. Mon. July 2: drove to Utah.

Now I am with my sister and I love being close to her so much. I wish we lived closer. Her kids are sooooooooooooooooooo cute. They have precious light blond hair that enhances their cuteness. They don't look anything like my kids, though, and they are cousins!

I just have to also mention that we finally reconciled and hired our very old receptionist (the one that left us and started these weeks from Heck) back. DH finally decided that we couldn't take it anymore. We weren't sleeping. We were going CRAZY. We weren't able between the two of us to accomplish everything that needed to be done. We were losing thousands of dollars. All this had to stop and with the trouble we had finding good help...it seemed she was the only way. We had a long talk with her and she apologized and we offered her her old job back, which she gladly accepted. At that moment, DH and I felt like the load of the world had been lifted off our shoulders and we could be at peace. Even the mood within the clinic was tangibly more calm and peaceful. The irony is that she has to give her new job two weeks' notice!