I went home for 5 days recently because my brother Eric just left on his mission to Brazil. While spending time with my family I had a good time, had some laughs, and was ready to come back to Provo by the end of the trip!
Here are some highlights from my trip!
*Since my dad didn't want to get stuck in Kansas City traffic after picking me up from the airport we took an alternate route. This led us to drive around in a complete circle that lasted an hour!! We did finally get home though!
*I went on a walking tour of my parents "acreage". My parents bought a farm with 40 acres last August. When I went home for Christmas I didn't walk around the property too much because I was only home for 3 days and basically it was just too cold for me to want to! Anyway, my sister Jenna gave me a tour of the farm, complete with their 2 firepits, a campsite, the horse barn and a wooden swing! It was fun to see my family's new stomping grounds.
*Since my brother was leaving, we had an open house of sorts for him on Sunday night. It was weird for me to hang out with the adults instead of the youth! I mean these were my leaders growing up, but now apparently I am an adult just like them. Weird!!
*After the party we were cleaning up and taking apart a wooden picnic table. My dad couldn't get one of the pieces apart without using a rubber mallet. But the mallet was out in the shop so the table was left "as-is" for the night. The next day I was talking to my mom and saw that the mallet was in the house. I asked her if anyone had tried to take the table apart yet. She said that she and my brother Scott (he's 14) had tried, but couldn't do it. I then turned the pieces upside down (so gravity could do some of the work!) and hit it twice before the pieces came apart. What my mom said next was classic! She looked at me (being completely serious) and said: "You go girl!" I laughed so hard!! I told my family what she had said when we were eating dinner and my siblings thought it was hilarious!!
*While Eric was packing his suitcases (the night before he left!) my 12 year old brother Brian was teasing my sister Jenna (she's 9). They were arguing about something when Jenna started crying and went to my mom saying that "Brian called me a hypocrite!" Then she stopped crying and said "What's a hypocrite?" I laughed that she was so upset and could instantly turn it off because she didn't know what it was that he was calling her!!
*Eric and two of his friends have a band called "Good Report". One of the guys plays the guitar, the other plays the drums and my brother sings. I heard quite a few of their songs because my brother was mixing their CD. He even burned me a copy. They are actually pretty good and their lyrics are funny! One of their songs is entitled "Girls are a waste of Time". This song goes on to say that girls are not only a waste of time, but also a waste of money, and they mess with guy's minds! I thought that was pretty funny! This same song also says something to the effect that love is a waste and you shouldn't try it! Pretty funny stuff!
Well I hope that you enjoyed these reminiscences from the great state of Missouri! Anytime you want to visit my parents-just bring a tent and a sleeping bag, they have a great campsite right on their property! :)
7 comments:
Yay! I'm so glad you had fun.
you go girl!
(i once dated a guy in a band and they sang a song called "plenty of fish in the sea" and after we'd listened to it he turned to me and said, "see, this song is actually about girls. it's a metaphor. get it?" sigh. and i pretended like i didn't.)
I listened to the song again so I could get that one line right. It is "Love is overrated, so don't let it happen to you" Classic!
Let's all go camping at the Marchants'!!
I can identify with the "alternate" route. I tried this on the way home to Provo on Friday and 45 minutes later finally found my way back on I-15 after a nice helpful girl in a gas station.
The next day when I drove home and back (to K-town) I commited to myself to STAY ON I-15.
No other major incidents since.
I just had an "I totally miss Ann-Marie right now" moment. I miss you and I love you like a fat kid loves cake.
1)um.... I think I would like to go camping in MO on your campsite.
2) I am jelous that you have a farm. (But then again if we had a farm, we would probably have about 20 dogs b/c my mom could justify having that many... wait that would be awesome.)
3) I think I should give you a call b/c you are cool.
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