MELANIE AND JOE: A GREAT WEEKEND

This past weekend, Joe, Calvin and I drove up to Escalon to be with friends and family. It was an easy drive when we left on Wednesday night. We chose to drive through the night in hopes that Calvin would sleep most of the way. And he did. He was such a good baby. We only had to stop a few times for gas and once to feed him. It took us 12 hours to get there. We arrived at my parent's house around 8:45. My mom was there to great us. It was so much fun to see her with Calvin. He looks so much different from the last time anyone saw him. Later that afternoon after a much needed nap, we visited the Archuleta's for a few hours. Friday was fun. Calvin and I went to go visit his grandmothers. We first visited his great grandma Schuler. Then it was off to see his GREAT GREAT grandma King. I am so glad we got to visit with them. They are both neat ladies. Friday night we ate at D'boni's with my Grandpa, cousins, and family. That was such a great night. Just like old times. Saturday, the Archuleta family decided to get portraits taken. It's not very often that we are all together anymore. Rachel lives in San Francisco and Becky and her family live in LA. So, we took the opportunity to take some family photos and they turned out great. Sunday was a very special day. Calvin and his cousin, Madalynn, were blessed. it was very special. His grandpa Archuleta blessed him. And it was very nice because my parents came to the blessing as well. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful and supportive family. Calvin, we are also blessed to have you in our lives. We had a Sunday bbq at the archuleta's afterwards and just spent the afternoon together. Monday I got to see some friends. Had lunch with Misty, Lorilee and Tami at Cancun Restaurant. I love them alot. They are great friends and it was just like old times. Later, my friend Heather came over with her son Nolan. It was such a great day visiting with friends. Then, sadly, Tuesday we left to come back to Arizona. We were hoping calvin would do just as good on the way back. and he did!!! we have such a calm baby. the only adventure of the day was shredding a tire on the trailer we were using to haul Joe's motorcycle. It was not so fun to stop on the side of the freeway with a baby when it was almost getting dark. luckily the spare tire to our car fit well enough to the trailer. i called a tire place that said they would remain open for us to get the new tire. Lesson learned....keep a spare!!! I was just talking to Joe about an hour before that happened that we needed to get a spare for the trailer. But everything turned out ok. However, our 12 hour drive turned into a 16 hour trek. We got home about 1 am. Now we're getting back to our routine and missing everyone like crazy. I hope we are able to go back home pretty often. It was such a great weekend.