Beware of Puke Point

 This Labor Day weekend our family got all packed up to go and enjoy a fun-filled vacation at my parents lake house in Chandler, Texas.  Well, it was a nice idea anyway.  We got about 45 minutes into our 2 hour drive when all of a sudden....Luke ubchucked two or three times.  Yuck!  I cleaned it up with wipes.  We finished the clean-up job at the nearest gas station (which wasn't so near, nor sanitary).  We eventually got to the lake.  Oh, I failed to mention that in between puke jobs we moved Luke to a different carseat.  This second carseat received the last of what remained within poor Luke.  Needless to say, we had a lot of cleaning to do upon our arrival (laundry, car, baths).  We debated about whether or not we should leave when we got up the next morning.  If we were smart we would have - but we weren't.  Two other families showed up and by Sunday we had spread the sickness to several members of the family.  For those who didn't get sick of the flu, they made themselves sick on food (eating too much of it I mean).  Everything was delicious as usual.
We did have fun visiting and playing games with family.  Oh! And BYU won!!  Woohoo!  Bt beyond that, I feel like our presence made mostly everyone miserable.  So sorry everyone!
On Monday morning we got all packed up and headed home.  I know it sounds crazy, but I swear when we reached almost the exact spot of Luke's "incident" Isabella decided to put her two cents in as well.  Puke everywhere!!  At least I was driving this time, so Josh cleaned this one up.  I'll spare you the details, but I must say he had a MUCH easier job than I did with Luke's.  This point in our journey will forever be known as, Puke Point".  And so ends our tale of our Labor Day weekend vacation.
Before Labor Day rolled around things were great.  Mom and Kimberly (along with RuthAnne and Katlynn) came into town for a few days.  We had such a great time with you.  Thanks for the storytelling, playing toys with the kids, and going to the waterpark.  It would have been much more difficult without you (especially the water park bit).  I could have done without that.  I had a great time seeing both of you.  Thanks for the visit!

Sun Valley water park

Baking with Mama always keeps the tears from flowing - it's my secret weapon (Luke loves mixing with the beaters)

Elizabeth's hair is finally long enough to braid.  Hooray!

My sweet little girls.

I love it when Grandma Poyfair plays "toys" with Bella - Huge Help.  Thank you!

Bella and Ruthie

Katie-bug prior to a sneeze. She actually had a great time.

Mason blowing out the candles for our family party (celebrating Kimberly and her girls stay here in Texas, Janet, Dad Poyfair, Shawn and Mason's Birthday AND Mom and Dad Poyfair's 40th Wedding Anniversary!)

Shawn took a turn to wrestle and play with several children at our little get-together.  They absolutely loved it!

Poor Shawn!

Making cupcakes at the lake with Grandma Poyfair.

Isabella has been a little "obsessed" with the movie, "Annie" lately (It's actually playing in the background behind me at this very moment).  While looking at Grandma Poyfair's jewelry Isabella came across this heart locket.  She was so happy when Grandma helped "fill" the locket with one-of-a-kind renditions of her loved ones. 

This was the Look on Luke's face for most of the weekend.  I'll tell you what, sick kids are NO fun.

Isabella was a different story.  She was absolutely thrilled to be alive this weekend.  Everything was a joy and an adventure.  (Thanks to all of her wonderful Aunts, cousins, and Grandparents!)

This is my cousin Diane.  She recently married to a wonderful guy (Dan).  They both decided to come down to the lake from Arkansas (they're in the same ward as Dane and Christie) for a few hours to watch the BYU game and spend time with us.  I haven't seen Diane since we were little tikes .  I've always had such a great time with her.  I'm  so glad that she decided to stop by for a visit.

Our first family picture in what seems like ages!