The joys of a "big city"

We spent last weekend in Fruita, Colorado for the great Lemon Joy make-over and we had a hoot! Chris and Jeff spent the weekend in the shop, but the kids and I ventured into the "big city" of Grand Junction to shop. On Sunday, I took the kids to Chuck E Cheese for the first time and they loved it!! They consumed the pizza in order to get back to playing the games and it really was fun watching them. Monday was Chris' 33rd birthday and after a delicious lunch of Chinese food we headed into Junction to Banana's Fun Park. Since it was a week day, the park was really quiet which was such a treat. We started out with the Rookie Go Carts where both kids were able to drive their own cars. Unfortunately, the cars were too small for Chris and I so there wasn't any of our normal crazy competition, but it was great to watch Alyssa drive for the first time. She was a little hesitant as the only thing she's ever driven has been Lemon Joy. Once she got out on the open track though, she was just fine! Brendon was his normal animalistic self and proceeded to lap everyone else multiple times. :)

The bumper boats were a party as well. It was such a hot day, it felt great to be in the water. Each boat has a sprayer so there wasn't much bumping going on! We all ended up soaked, but it was a lot of fun!

After a great game of mini-golf, we headed back to Fruita to pick up Lemon Joy. We decided to come home through Moab so Chris could have his birthday dinner there and plus, it's an easier drive. Both of our trucks know that drive so well, you can almost put them on auto pilot! :) We came down the river road just as the sun was setting and was it ever beautiful! Moab is such an amazing place, it felt good to be back even for a few hours. Chris choose La Hacienda for dinner and it was delicious. It was awfully hard to leave as usual, but after much contemplation and discussion, it was decided that work called so we made the drive home and hit our driveway about 3:00 in the morning. And as always, it was well worth it!!