Evie in Utah

By Monday, the cold Nana and Grandpa were suffering from had started to hit me.  Bummer.  So, I wasn't very good with the pictures.  You should probably check out Paige's blog for pictures of Nick leaving.  We packed up in the morning, said goodbye to Uncle Jay, and then got in the car to drive.  All day.  We took one pit stop for dinner at Texas Roadhouse in Grand Junction.  Miss Evelynd was pretty popular.  Everyone commented on how cute she was and they asked if they could take her home with them.  Sorry, but I'd like to keep her around a little longer.  We arrived in Provo at about 10:30 p.m. and stayed with Paige's Taylor grandparents.  They have a beautiful home and were very nice to put up with seven people, two babies, and a dog.

On Tuesday, Peter, Evelynd and I visited our law school friends, the Briems.  Becki had made us breakfast and then we drove up to Sandy to have lunch with Jake.  I hadn't seen them since 2003 when they lived in D.C. and I was in a national appellate competition there.  After lunch, we met up with the rest of the family in Salt Lake City.  We wanted to see the lights at temple square, but it was too cold and everyone was too sick/tired to wait for that, so we had dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory instead.  It was fun to play with Cousins Drew, Avery, and Luke.  Aunt Cami is looking pretty pregnant, too.  Then we drove back to Provo.

Wednesday morning started with breakfast at Paige's Warner grandparents' house.  It was delicious.  Then we drove Nick to the Missionary Training Center.  We said goodbye and look forward to seeing him again in 2013.  Then we got some ice cream, headed back to the Taylor's to pack, and drove to Salt Lake to check into our airport hotel.

Dassow Daddy and Mommy were both sick, but baby girl was still healthy.

We woke up early on Thursday, but missed the hotel shuttle to the airport.  Luckily, the taxi arrived without a minute to spare and we got on our plane home.  Evie was an angel on the flight.  I, unfortunately, had a shooting pain and extreme pressure into my right eye on the descent.  It was scary and I was praying that Evelynd would still have her mom around.  Once we landed, we called GG'ma and GG'pa and had lunch at their house.

It's nice to be home.