Waiting around while the adventure continues

I've been lazy. All I've been doing is playing for the last three weeks and I'm too lazy to blog about it. It's nice to take a break from the routine once in a while!

Bennett, Leah, and I have been having a great time in Utah. It's been pretty nice having a full time nanny (grandma). And manny (grandpa). I've done so much shopping with all this freedom! I never got to do that before (and probably won't for a LONG time)! I have three weeks worth of stuff thrown all over the bedrooms and since we are in the basement, it doesn't matter! Other than the occasional load of laundry, I've hardly lifted a finger (sorry, mom. But not really). We've had a weekend in Park City with my sisters, a few days in Bear Lake, tons of eating out, shopping, seeing old friends, play, play, play, reading books, being lazy. And, oh yeah, taking care of two kids by myself. Except when nanny and manny step in. :)

But, we miss Keith. His trip is coming to an end. Today marks three weeks. He called today and it was the first time we were able to actually talk for a quick couple of minutes. He tried about a week ago but the connection was terrible. He's been able to e-mail but only a handful of times as there's not a lot of connectivity out on the backroads of Iceland.

I know that he's had a good time and there are tons of good stories to be told. I can't wait! This one especially needs some explaining.....I received the following e-mail yesterday after a whole week of no contact. He had been riding through the most barren, desolate section of Iceland:
"Hey, I am back and fine. The sandflats did not explode but a few other things did. You´ll get to hear all about it this weekend. Let's just say that it took a little longer than expected and when I finally landed I only had one peice of flatbread left. sorta like a dry tortillia. Those rain pants that were a little snug...they fit fine now."

I don't know the details. All I know is that he is safe. And probably hungry. But I'm sure he's still smiling! Either way there is a good story waiting to be told. He'll be here Saturday. Stay tuned!!!

CPT = Caldwell/Card Pain Train

Check this major news story out: Brotherhood of Pain Article

All my brothers-
Makes me feel all fat and lazy being surrounded by such burly athleticism. Way to go brothers! Next trip you guys will be wiping the sweat off the brow of us girls....or maybe just holding shopping bags and tending babies. We'll decide and let you know! :)

We all know that CPT also stands for "Card Pain Train" too. Keith is getting hammered by the weather in Iceland but is having a blast. Nothing like taking a good beating to make you feel good, right?

Insane

The last two weeks have been so out of control. All this moving and traveling has been ridiculous! Thankfully I'm staying in one place for a couple of weeks. If anyone wants a playdate while I'm in Utah, let me know!!!

Poor Bennett has had his whole life turned upside down in the last two weeks. His bed was one of the last things we loaded into the moving truck. So that night, when things were gone, I took him upstairs to use the potty. Then, he went into his bedroom and things clicked. "Where's my bed?!?" I explained that we were taking it to Kentucky. That seemed to make enough sense. Then we went downstairs to the kitchen. "Mom! Where's my table?" Then he opened the fridge and with horror said-"Mom! There's no lunch! How am I going to eat lunch?!!!" He gave me the saddest look I have ever seen.

Poor kid.

After we closed on our house (as sad as I was, I haven't really thought about the place since...) we got in the trucks and started driving. And driving. Our new place is about a twelve hour drive which we did over two days. Not too bad. We rolled into town at about one o'clock the day before our closing. We did our walk through that night then bought it the next morning! Keith and his brother Rob unloaded the moving truck all day. When they got to the boats, they had to take a break, of course. Over that weekend, we also painted the kids bedrooms and some of the master bedroom. And we spent a little more time in the boats. We are going to dig that place. We spent two nights in our new house then parted ways for the next three weeks. I headed off to Utah and Keith went back to Philly to wrap up work and then off to Iceland!!

We had a little birthday party for Bennett before we left since Keith would be missing the real thing. We gave him a fishing pole. He LOVED it! The next day as we were on the road to Utah (I'm still wondering why I decided to drive rather than fly...) he said, "Mom, I'm hungry. I need to go home and catch a fish." He already misses his Kentucky house. :)

We are missing Keith so bad and I hope he's having an amazing trip. I've only heard from him once so far. He's been there for a week now and I'm sure he's having way too much fun sitting in the hot pools and watching geysers and waterfalls to sit in an internet cafe. :)