home is home, be it ever so humble

me and mathew palmer were suppose to leave provo on sunday afternoon and book it up to washington.
friday afternoon i get a call. "let's leave tonight. why wait?" 
why wait is right!
mason's birthday party ended, i went back to provo, and i packed as fast as i ever have. 
and hey! i didnt forget a single thing. (which probably means i packed everything plus the kitchen sink, but whatev. i got it all!)   
we left around 9:00ish, and rolled into my driveway at 7:00 A.M.
the rents still thought i was coming on sunday, so when i rang the doorbell saturday morning, my dad's face was priceless...

taylor had absolutely no idea i was coming at all. i had to surprise that little girl.
as i snuggled into bed with her, trying to wake her up, she finally noticed who i was ten minutes later when he head popped up from her pillow and she said..."hi sister!" in her groggy 7AM voice.
all four of us,"mom, dad, tay, and me laid in my parents over sized bed and talked about everything that we've both missed out on being mlies apart.
then dad took me and tay to the bistro for breakfast, and apparently justin bieber was there too... i wish.

we were celebrating abby's birthday that day. kellie brought all the boys over, ryan and april came up with emm and wes, jess finished work and came over with tom and jan, and the party started!
oh, how i missed my nephews. hearing "aunt tenra!" made my cheeks cramp from grinning so much.
conner ran up to me and tugged onto my shirt asking where my fish had gone.
since i've moved he's pointed to pictures of me and asked kellie..."mom, where did she go?"
so i can imagine how blown his mind was when i showed up, and when i showed up without my fish... no bueno.
so what else is an aunt to do, but to take all of her nephews to the fish store?

thankfully the dads came with, because after entering the fish store i realized there was no way i could've handled all of those boys alone. they ran around like chickens with their heads cut off.
tapping on the glass, screaming nemo and dory everytime they saw their look a likes, and wanted to "touch" all of them.
we ended up buying a beta for conner and jace and made it home just in time for chinese and jimmer.

i'm so happy to be home, and today is sunday. even better...