The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

So, I'm sure the only people who read this besides us (Summer and Bravid) are wondering why we are titling our entry "this" a day after we got home from Cleveland... well, the "Good" part was totally Cleveland. Bravid ;) and Summer and their kids are the coolest kids East of the Mississippi! Seriously, we enjoyed our stay their sooo much. They were so generous and let us stay with them and eat thier food. It was so nice of them. Thanks Guys!
So we got there late at night. Landing as the snow is piling up over Cleveland. The plane was struggling to stop, hydroplaning a bit. It was really nerve-wrecking but we survived (the first of future blessings). Once there (a half hour or more late) the kind Summer called and the poor girl had been sitting with three kids in the car forever. We're so sorry and so grateful for you Summer. Thanks for being the best.
So we got home barely... snow was making us slide all over and poor Summer was worried about hitting the house as we drove in. So Chris, in her sweet perfection, said to me "in secret"... "lets shovel the driveway before she has to pick up David in the morning..." So we got up early and shoveled it clean. I love my wife. I love helping other people but I don't always see thier needs. She is always on top of that. Thanks babes.
SO next day was really nice and laid back. WE got to go on a drive around Cleveland and see all the cool old fashioned houses. Its something you just can't see here in Utah. Then we played a ton of Smash Brothers with Logan and Andrew. And yes, they can beat us both.
Then Sunday we slept in and woke up for the Super Easter festivities. I love that the Easter bunny hides the baskets. I loved that growing up. And he didn't forget us in Cleveland! He found us there! After eating candy, we went to Church were I heard a lesson about Dirt and Grains that was so profound I'm still pondering it... and then home for a nice relaxing day. And I got to play Bop It!
Then the next day we ditched our hosts (actually they are way too nice... we reluctantly left them for a time) and took a ride on the "Trax/Subway" of Cleveland. I think everytime I go somewhere new I'm gonna have to ride thier train... you get to see what the place is really like. Then we went to a huge Mall- Tower City- and bought stuff at the All a Dollar. Cool tops that light up for the kids. And then we took off to see the cool Sea Science Center on Lake Erie. Right next to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Who knew that Rock and Roll was "Born" in Cleveland Ohio? We actually just had our pictures taken there so we could say we've been there. It was like $45 to get in!!! Well the Science Center was super Cool! Everything was hands on! We got to fly a Blimp, play with funny sound equipment, ride in a Hang Gliding machine that was turned off, and Chris loved the Medical stuff with its MRI Machine and Brain stuff. I was actually kinda grossed out.
Then we took the Andersons out to dinner to the best spot in town... Olive Garden. Which was actually the best spot in town.. even better than the best place in town... Flemings, which we got up and left once we saw that kids don't have a menu there. Olive Garden was great... even though there was no frozen strawberry lemonade like they have here... the lady was so funny. She kept saying, "Where are you guys from? "Utah". You're just such nice people."
Tuesday was great too. Kirtland, Ohio. Chris and I agree, it's very spiritually strengthening to be in the places where amazing Church history has happened and to hear it while you're in the same spots... like being in the room where Christ came down and visited Joseph and Sidney Rigdon... the temple, with all that its lost being out of the hands of the Prophets... is still so nice to be in. Chris told me she got such a testimony from being there and I did too. We both loved seeing the way the Saints lived and the things they did to pass this wonderful Gospel and Church on to us. It's pretty amazing.
Then we played some Star Wars Legos for the last time and slept a bit. Then we got up at 4 and flew over here to Salt Lake. The flight was a lot smoother than the first. But I couldn't sleep. Which was really frustrating because I was really tired.. and I had to work that same day... Enter: the Bad Day Phase...
We got to the Airport and waited awhile for our luggage to come around the carousel... it didn't come... another flight comes it... nope, still not there... fianlly I trun around as a joke to see if its on a didfferent carousel... and yep. There they were... so I ran home... well my Mom came and got us... Thanks sooo much Mom. And we got home... as I'm hurrying to ready myself to leave to work in 5 minutes time... Chris started to smell something... "Umm, do you smell gas?" Sure enough... we had a gas leak. I had to leave.. so I left my wonderful lovely wife to take care of Business... I love her. She got a guy over to fix it for free and then he said... is it okay if I can run some other tests? So he ran a test on Carbon Monoxide... and yea... we had some... a lot of some... Our Furnace apparently is not just broken.. it's trying to kill us... Good thing we have the power switch. Now we have to get a new one. Lemme just say... It sucks to have to replace that... but thats a lot easier than reversing death... well, after surving a long tired day, I woke up to Event: Ugly
So I got to work today, after teaching little kids all about eating Healthy... which makes me feel guilty becasue I had a pizza in my car waiting for me to scrounge it down... Well, at work I had to kick some reluctant leaving but troublesome teenagers out... and then a lady came in cause her car had been broken into and some one else had to.. I went outside to see what was up... and the other victim was me. I have no idea why they would break the window on my old broken Saturn that has nothing of value inside.. but it's kinda frustrating to say the least. The cop came and did what little he could... and left me with my broken window... Luckily... we have a great agent who was so nice he made me forget any reason to be upset and I'm getting my car taken care of tommorow... So even though its an Ugly situation... really, as my wise Chris said, "At least we're not dead..."