Utah here I come

Nate and I had planned on going to Utah for spring break like we do every year. I was so looking forward to it, The kids were looking forward to it, and Nate was looking forward to it. We were supposed to be leaving last Saturday but Thursday Nate called me on his way home from work and told me that he was not able to go on leave because 3 of his coworkers were having babies. I had to break the news to all of the kids. Some took it well (It's okay mom it's not your fault) while others did not (I don't want to live here anymore, I want to live with Aunt Joy). It was so hard to tell them the news. Then I had to tell my mom which was nice enough to call everyone else and tell them for me. I just couldn't stand giving more bad news to anyone else.

I tossed around the idea of driving to Utah myself. It is after all only 5 hours away. But I wasn't sure if the weather would hold up for me and if I was in the mood to drive with 4 kids and a dog all the way to my parents house. It is 5 hours after all. But I did it anyway. I got up Sunday morning and took to the road about 9 a.m. I went about 30 minutes and it started raining on me. No big deal I can handle the rain. About a hour later it started to snow. I hate driving in snow. I didn't used to be like that. I used to be able to drive in snow just fine. I know all of the precautions. Drive slow. Pump your breaks (unless you have anti lock breaks of course). Until last year and now I have a hard time thinking of driving in snow. I called my mom and asked her what the weather was like telling myself that if it was bad there then I would go home and if it was good weather there then the snow wouldn't last forever and I could make it. All signs pointed to good weather. It wasn't even snowing that bad and the roads were fine. So I continued on my merry way. Then it really started snowing. The roads got worse and worse but they were still manageable. All of the cars were driving 45 mph. At one point a huge diesel decided to pass about 4 cars. While it was passing me I couldn't see out my window at all for several seconds Ella asked why we were driving backwards while it was passing. Finally about 90 minutes later I was out of the snow. Yay. It was still raining but I can handle the rain. I tried to speed out of the storm and race it home. I did hit snow in Ogden again and them some more rain. I made it to about an hour away from my parents house and the wind started. If you have ever lived in Mountain Home you would know all about driving in the wind. As I was driving down the freeway you could see all of the cars getting pushed all over the road. A huge van in front of me was swaying because of the wind. I finally made it to my parents house and it only took me about 6 hours to get there. All in all the drive wasn't that bad. The kids were good. And I made it driving on the freeway in snow. I am glad that I get to spend the week with my family. And I will be even happier when Nate gets here on Friday to drive back with me.