The Player's Club: President's Day Moab~2/14-18/13

This year for President's Day we went to Moab with the Player Group.

We left on Valentine's Day after Kirk got home from work so our romantic V-Day dinner was sandwiches in the car. =) The girls did get balloons from Daddy which made their day. And Daddy got footprint molds from the girls. We drove to Emery that night and I was surprised with a basket of delicious treats including caramel apples, chocolate dipped strawberries, fudge and other stuff. Yum!

The next day was Friday and Kirk had an interview with a Clinic in Price so we went to lunch with that guy. We are hoping to move to Price this June. Alice got to come with Mommy and Daddy to lunch while Heidi stayed home with Grandpa. I put her down for a nap before we left but she wasn't quite asleep yet. Apparently Grandpa tried and tried to get her to sleep but to no avail. He even laid down with her for a little bit to which she responded 'This is funny, Grandpa'. So eventually he gave up. =)

After lunch we headed to Moab. The Timmons Family ended up getting sick so they couldn't come. The Robinson Family was also sick and weren't sure if they were going to make it so Friday night was just us and the grandparents. We stayed in a really nice vacation condo rental. Since we were the only ones there we got the master bedroom. This NEVER happens since the girls usually claim rank and call the best bedroom accommodations. Heidi even had her very own spot to sleep in the walk-in closet. She sleeps in a big girl beds when she's not at home. We would already have her in one at home if we had room but what can you do. =)

Saturday we got up and went for a bike ride. I rode 16 miles total. It was so much fun. Kirk rode less but he went on a single track that was much harder. I needed to stay on the paved path since I was pulling the bike trailer and had Alice with me. Grandma and Grandpa followed me. Grandpa turned around after a couple miles to move the truck and Grandma, the babes and I met him at the bottom. When we got to the bottom we turned around and went back up the hill so we could watch Kirk come down the steep part of his ride. Grandpa followed us back up. Then we gave the girls to the grandparents and Kirk and I pedaled back to the condo. It was a great ride. After the ride we did a little shopping. Heidi got a Kokopelli keychain. Grandpa even gave her an old key for it. She was very excited. While we were shopping the Robinsons got there. Then we went to dinner at Eddie McStiff's. It was pretty good.

Sunday we just lounged for awhile then everyone wanted to do another bike ride. It was really cold that day so I stayed home with baby Alice. They found a really cool harmonic park. When they got home I put the girls down for a nap and went for a little run. It turned out to be a pretty nice day by then and a run on the trail through Moab was very nice.

After my run we all decided to go swimming in the neighborhood pool. When we got to the pool a lady was there with her dogs. When I walked in she quickly took her dogs out of the pool and hid them in the bathroom. I couldn't believe she had them in the water. You could see the dog hair floating on the water. So gross. Swimming was pretty fun though. It was Alice's first time and she did great. I didn't keep her in too long because I don't like too much chlorine on her skin and didn't want ehr to get cold but she liked it while we were in the water. Heidi was such a little fish and didn't want to get out of the pool no matter how badly she was shivering. Luckily Daddy was willing to play with her as much as she wanted. Damian threw up. I think because of the dog hair. Then the day took a bad turn. Damian wanted to have Uncle Kirk spin into the deep end of the pool. So they both got out of the water and headed to the deep end with Heidi in hot pursuit. I was already down there getting Alice warmed up. Dayna was in the shallow end with Joey in the water and Jeremy and Grandpa and Grandma were sitting on chairs next to the shallow end. We were all paying attention to Uncle Kirk and Damian when Dayna looked over toward Joey and started screaming. Joey was face down in the pool. I think all of our hearts stopped until Dayna grabbed him. We aren't really sure what happened but it looked like he had been hanging on the edge of the pool like he had seen Damian do and just slipped. I don't think he was under for very long. When Dayna grabbed him he was crying and screaming which was a good sign. Dayna just held him and he finally calmed down but wouldn't talk. He just wanted to lay there with his mom. I knew that this could be bad and develop a fear of water later in life so I told her that since he was calmed down that she needed to get him back in the water so that he knew it was still okay. He did really well. He cried some but you can't really expect much less. We also made sure he got a bath that night so he was in the water again. Poor kid! I'm not sure Dayna ever quit shaking for the rest of the night.

That night Kirk and I both took turns in the hot tub and then I went to bed early. Monday we got packed up and headed back to Cleveland. Kirk had another interview so we went to lunch with that guy then we headed back to Panaca. We had such an amazing trip. Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma for inviting us!!