Yet another adventure

To end the summer, Molly, Bryan, Brooklyn, and I drove up to Utah to do some long overdo visits before they had to head back to Indiana. It was a very FULL car with all their stuff, but we eventually made it!

Once in Provo, we were able to grab some deliciousness at the one and only J Dawgs. Then I dropped Molly, Bryan, and Brooklyn off at their family's house while I did a little visiting first with my friend Brittney and her baby, and later with Randi where we had a nice little gab session, ate some coldstone, and got one not so great picture before I went back to Bryan's brother's house late in the night. It was a short, but good visit. :)

The next morning, Bryan headed off with his brother for their own little adventure, leaving Molly, Brooklyn, and I heading back south to Provo to another food favorite, Brick Oven. Yum! Jenae and her baby Audrey joined us, along with our good pals Kellie and Brittney.

Way too much time has passed since the five of us girls had been able to get together. There was so much to talk about and catch up on, and not nearly enough time to cover it all. :( It was a fantastic visit however, and it was so good to see them all. Molly and I had to say our goodbyes first because we had to scamper off to the airport to say our own official summer goodbyes. :(

After dropping Molly and Bryan off in the early evening, it was time to fill my car with gas, and my cupholder with some coke because I had a long drive back to Vegas with just me. But shortly after departing Salt Lake, I got a (somewhat) expected call from Molly saying that her and Brooklyn could not get on the only remaining flight out that night. So back to the airport I went.

Now I had two travel companions to make the trip south with me but unfortunately, it was nearing one of their bedtimes and she was not a happy little passenger. So Molly and I made the executive decision to push back our departure time a bit and stop back in Provo at our friend Brittney's house to get Brooklyn a little more ready for the trip. Since Brittney's baby Macey couldn't be at lunch earlier that afternoon, it was nice to have a small visit with them. Brittney had everything we needed to get Brooklyn ready for the drive. She got a little bit of dinner, a fun filled bath, changed into her cozy pjs, and had a warm bottle. After that, we loaded Brooklyn back in the car and she fell asleep immediately. It was perfect!

I can't say that the remainder of our trip was quite so perfect. We were heading out of Provo at about 7 pm and Molly and I decided that since it was so late already, there was no harm in leaving a TAD later. So we swung by the BYU Creamery to get our favorite Earnestly Chocolate icecream, and a few minutes later we OFFICIALLY were on the road.

We hit a terrible rain and win storm immediately, as in, we weren't even out of Provo yet. That definitely started us off slower than we were hoping because we were already setting out so late. Somewhere around midnight we drove into good ole Beaver, Ut. We tried to get something to eat from Wendys, but after sitting in the drive thru for a good 30 minutes, we thought we'd have better luck at the only other open joint, McDonalds, and we left. We didn't leave quietly though, The poor overworked drive thru boy got to hear a bit from Molly as we drove off. It was pretty funny. Pretty much the same scenario happened at McDonalds. I don't know what was going on that night, but nobody could seem to get us any "fast" food. We were in Beaver for nearly an hour before we got to hit the road again. Definitely was not worth the short little pit stop we were expecting!

The remainder of the drive was pretty uneventful. We ended up in Vegas somewhere around 2 in the morning (3 am Utah time). We were exhausted! The next night Bryan flew back with hopes of taking Molly and Brooklyn home, but once again, they were stuck here. We enjoyed the last of our time together though, and on Tuesday morning they were finally able to catch a flight home. It was bittersweet. . . we all knew that they couldn't stay here forever. . . though some days it felt like they would. :)