home again, home again, clickity click

Last weekend I went home to Idaho for a quick visit. I love going home to visit my family and to breathe some fresh air (even if it smells a little like cow poo). I hate coming back though. I always have a mini little break down when I cross back over into Utah. So if you ever pass some girl crying heading south at the Idaho/Utah border, it is probably me. I just hate that I'm the only one in my family that lives away. I feel like I miss out on so much even though in reality it is really mostly just like Groundhog Day over and over with my family and I'm probably just missing repeats of the same stuff. Lately when I call home on Sunday afternoons to talk to my family they have been putting me on speakerphone so I can feel like more of the party. But I just found out that when I do call home and my mom sees my name on Caller-ID she tells everyone to stop laughing so I won't feel so bad that I'm all alone in Utah eating a quesadilla for Sunday dinner. Now I know their secret though...they are having fun without me so it won't help anyway that they don't laugh. Enough of my sob story though. Here are a few highlights of my weekend with my crazy family.

Rexburg Temple open house...the temple is gorgeous. Although I'm not a big fan of Rexburg, as I am not perfect enough to feel at home there, I do love the Rexburg Temple. I got to go to the open house with my Aunt Ellen, a couple of her friends, and my mom. And the tour was nice despite the fact that we somehow got in on the "Families with a million kids tour group," which lucky for us included the "Family that sounds like they all have Tuberculosis." Lucky for my rad immune system I didn't pick up whatever they had.

My Grandma asking me "How was your date (blind of course) last night...not disgusting I hope?" "No grandma, my date was just fine...not disgusting at all." I guess my Gma has picked up the word "disgusting" from my 4 year-old cousin Dawson who is living with her right now while his family is having a house built. She used it several times during the weekend. It is pretty funny to hear a cute little grandma call things disgusting...especially when she puts a lot of emphasis on the gus part as in disGUSting.

"You just need to find someone you want to catch as much as you want to catch animals..." my mom talking to my 30 year old singleton brother about dating. He hunts and fishes so maybe she thought he could relate to that symbolism. Instead we just all burst out laughing (including her) the second she said it. She knew she deserved to be laughed at.

My sister-in-law Kim pausing while eating ice cream using a gravy ladle for a spoon (because that is what Lee gave her to eat her ice cream with) to say, "I love this family." I'm glad you can still find humor in how weird we are Kim. I don't know what it is with Lee eating out of and with all the wrong stuff...I have seen him eat cold cereal out of a pot, cake in a glass, and salad with that HUGE fork that comes with your silverware set. He is weird but funny so we keep him around.

So there's my weekend summary. Weird but fun.