22 hours... kill me now.

That's about what I wanted to say when we were 12 hours into the trip.  Somewhere in Colorado, I think-- and it was 4 am.  You see, I was crazy to think I could actually drive by myself to Utah with my 3 younger kids.  Bill was SOOO reluctant to let me do it, but I convinced him over and over again that it would be fine.  I was "caravaning" with another family from my ward-- so if anything happened, they could help me out.  But I had my 5 hour energy shots and a book on tape and I was READY TO GO!!!!!!!

It ended up last minute that I added 2 more passengers.  2 of my friends' kids wanted to ride with me and stay with an aunt & uncle in Utah.  They were going to help me on the ride.  And they did.  Linnen helped with the kids in the back, Quade did too-- and he kept me awake... sometimes.  He got pretty sleepy too!  Who wouldn't in the middle of the night!?!  Somehow, my two youngest babies (28 months and 7 months) BOTH got the runs.  NICE... I was changing diapers like you wouldn't believe.  And we had our fair share of blowouts. (diaper blowouts, thank goodness not tires!)  Poor Linnen got carsick with about 5 hours to go and tossed her cookies right in her lap-- it was a scene all of us in my suburban, I tell you!

I wanted to give up in Montecello, UT.  I still had about 5 hours to go and I just didn't think I could do it.  I called Bill and I called my parents and I wanted to give up.  It was about 6:30 am and I was SOOOOO tired.  Like, can't even keep my eyes open tired.  I was absolutely sick to my stomach from four 5 hour energy drinks and a Monster drink too.  I was jittery and just felt awful!!  I just kept praying, "Please let me get through this!!!"  Rebecca drove for an hour for me and I crashed hard.  I woke up and drove again the last 4 hours.  Made it to Lehi by 1 pm and never wanted to get in my car again!  But we did-- every day for the rest of the trip- to go somewhere fun and exciting!  And this started the fun 3 week vacation we took this summer!