Stevens: Our family tale: From Place to Place

On our way to New York City we made a few detours. Our first stop was Leeds, UT.

On September 9th there was a huge rain storm and flash flood. It was so bad that portions along I-15 were completely washed out. Our 6 hour drive became a 10 hour drive with the detour through Valley of Fire. We had a wonderful time in UT. We visited family and prepared our luggage for our flights. After a few days we were headed to Las Vegas, luckily the freeway was reopened.

Vegas was.....HOT! Colt and I were both raised there and we still hate the heat. We spent a few days with my sister and her cute family. We relaxed and spent time with our family that lives in Vegas. I helped my mom pack her bags as she was joining us on our trip to NYC!

We flew out of Las Vegas on the 18th of September. We got to the airport what we thought was 2 hours before our flight but when we checked in the lady at the counter told us we might not make our flight. Turns out they moved up the flight time with out warning. After running to security and trying to get through there as fast as we could, then running to our gate and finally making it. We see they are not boarding and getting ready to close the gate like the rude lady at the counter said. They were still unloading the plane from the last flight. Not a fun way to start our travel day. At least we made it and then we were off to Colorado Springs!!!

We were all so excited to go "home"! As much as we have enjoyed traveling and seeing the country there is no place like home. We only got to drive by our house, because we have renters in it, but it was nice to drive on those familiar roads. The most exciting part of our visit in Colorado was getting to see our friends! These aren't just friends they are more like family. First the Bess family. I have missed them so much, we all have. Tears of joy and sadness ran down my cheeks as my best friend and her now 6 beautiful children walked into the restaurant. Joy, because I was so happy to see them, and hug them. Sadness, because I have missed so much in the past 2 years and I knew 4 days was not going to be enough. Second Uncle Zach drove all the way from NM to see us. It was so nice to see him. We have missed him so much. He has been apart of our lives for the longer than we have been parents. He is Uncle Zach to our kids and like a brother to Colt and I. Sadly our time in Colorado was up and it was time to head out.

Our flight out of Denver was so easy. The flight to NYC went smoothly. The kids did great. Then we landed in NYC.... before we even left the airport we were all overwhelmed. The amount of people, the noise level, the mass confusion, and 5 very tired kids made for a rough start in NYC. We figured out where to go and a way to get to the hotel. As soon as we got to the hotel, checked in and settled we didn't leave the room for the rest of the day.

We made it! It was a long couple weeks of traveling from place to place but we did enjoy our journey.

Until next time. I love you C,M,B,C,E, and L!