An Unexpected Trip

Last Wednesday Aaron and I got a call from his parents telling us all about this article that is being written up in the Santa Barbara News Press. The photographer had asked them to collect as many scouts as possible to get some photos for the paper. So his parents called and offered to fly us down for the weekend to Santa Barbara! It was pure craziness from there! We hopped a plane on Saturday, and after a somewhat bumpy ride we landed in LA at about 11:00 am. We got our rental car and headed out to my sister-in-laws house. We were tired after such a long week, but so excited to see everyone! It was like a mini family reunion, everyone was together except for a few nephews and nieces who were either at school or on missions. We had a great time with everyone and we were so happy that we could all get together on such short notice.

On Sunday we were able to attend the Santa Barbara Ward. It is always a fun and interesting experience there. We then went home and watched the super bowl, I slept on the couch while everybody else watched it. I did see the end though! We were really tired by this time so we just laid low and relaxed with Aaron's parents. On Monday we headed out early to get our teeth cleaned by Aaron's dad and to spend a little time around town. One of my favorite things to do is to just walk around and explore. We had lunch with Aaron's high school friend Stephanie and then we headed out of town back to LA. The girls were so good the entire trip, I have to say I was thoroughly impressed. Our plane was delayed for a while so we sat in the airport and fought with our increasingly grumpy children. Luckily the flight back to Salt Lake wasn't very full so we were able to spread out and let Molly sleep across some seats. The flight was smooth as could be and the car ride home couldn't have gone any slower. We were just so tired at the end of our trip. We got home at about 12:30 am and put the kids to bed, then we literally fell into bed as well. It was a whirlwind of a trip, but we had a great time visiting with everyone. Thanks mom and dad for getting us down there, we really appreciate it!

Back: (left to right) Ken Nash, Jim Harper, Max Haws, Karl Haws, Kasey Haws, Adam Haws, Peter Haws, Aaron Haws
Front: (left to right) Chandler Haws, Stanford Haws, AJ Harper, Seth Haws, Harrison Haws, Stockton Haws, Derrick Haws, Keller Haws, Jake Haws, Sam Haws