This past weekend we took a blink-and-you-miss-it kind of vacation to Hemet, California to go to our baby nephew's blessing. We left Friday after work and picked up Sara and Clark in Provo before really setting out on the road. I was nervous about driving through the night since we had all had a busy day and we all would be tired. We all took three hour shifts driving to help break up the 10ish hour drive. We made a few stops for gas and potty breaks, but other than that it was smooth sailing all the way. We arrived in California at about 5 AM checked into our Super 8 motel that Adam's mother had so nicely reserved for us. We were all beyond exhausted by then and were out like a light. We set an alarm for 10AM in order to not sleep our short vacation away. Sara and I woke first and headed down without the men to grab breakfast before they stopped serving it. We gathered food for the guys since that would be a bad idea to not feed them. Adam had started getting a cold on the Thursday night before we left, which was not good timing as he would be suffering the whole trip. We called Kellie (sis-in-law) and let her know that Adam was ill and if he should just stay at the motel as to not get anyone else sick. She kindly agreed to let him come but he had to hangout on the back patio. He was super bummed he did not get to hold baby Jude. We met up with Adam's siblings and parents at Kellie's parents house. They were so nice to let the crazy Collet's invade their home for the weekend. I got to meet Jude for the first time and boy is he as cute as a button!
We hung around the house and visited for a few hours. Adam got to see Jude from a distance and loved him to pieces. We headed to a Mexican food place for lunch. I am not a big Mexican food lover but the Collet's are so I went along for the ride and great company. Kellie and Chad had a baptism to go to so the rest of the gang headed back to the motel where some napped, some went to the pool, I went to the pool and then did a little shopping for a blessing present for Jude. We went back to Kellie's parents house that night and continued our visit. Kellie got the stomach flu and was not feeling well so we did not see her that night but we got to play with baby Jude some more. We left and went to Quizno's for dinner and had Cold Stone for dessert. We headed back the motel and crashed. We got up bright and early to pack up and get ready for the blessing. We drove to the church and got our seats, boy did Jude look adorable in his white tux. He slept through the blessing and after Kellie left since she was still not feeling that great. We went back the Kellie's parents for a great brunch and more family time. We enjoyed our last few hours all together soaking up the California sun. We packed up the car and got a later start than we had wanted but it all worked out. We had a smooth ride home and were in bed by 2 AM. It was a quick trip but crammed full of family time and sun. You can't go wrong with any of that!
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