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March Travels Part 3: Iowa

We were home in Wyoming Sunday night, Monday, Tuesday then Wednesday Mom. Dad and I left around 6:30 am for Denver to pick up Lizzie from the airport (she had been a school trip to New York for the 6 days before then).  After we picked up Lizzie we began our drive to...IOWA!!!!  We were all very happy to have Lizzie back! I was no longer the lone backseat rider. :) We stopped in Des Moines for some ice cream...it was the perfect pick me up for all of us. Mason City was just a couple more hours away!! We got to Mason City around 10 pm. The kids stayed up for us and it was the best getting their tight hugs when we walked in. Oh how I missed them!! Kayleen and Jackson asked me to lay down by them (just like old times when Kevin and I lived there). It was the perfect ending to the day! Thursday we all slept in (even the kids!). We spent the morning relaxing and then Mom, Lizzie, Anna, Kayleen, Jackson and I went out for some shopping. Mom bo...

March Travels Part 2: Vernal

The second weekend in March...5 days after we got back from Salt Lake...Mom and Dad Fox and I headed over to Vernal to spend the weekend with Katherine and Justin while they were visiting there.  Lucky for me Dad Fox got me a delicious shamrock shake to start the journey! The drive through Colorado was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. The trees, snow and mountains were so gorgeous. Random highlights from driving through Colorado I want to remember: -Driving through Wycolo (town on the border of Wyoming and Colorado.) -Driving through Steamboat (ski resort town that looks hidden then BAM you turn a corner and it looks like the north pole!) We pulled into Vernal around 6 pm. The kids were swimming at the hotel so we just sat and chatted while they swam. Mom and Dad I ran to KMART for some quick shopping and then had Cafe Rio for dinner. After we were back at the hotel Katherine and I went and sat in the hot tub for almost an hour just talking. It was so fun to have some g...