Mattocks Family News

Well here we are in Washington.

Started out Friday morning. Got up at 5:30am and was on the road by 6:20am.
The boys were starving so they said so I thought well I will just stop in Susanville at the McDonald's and get them some breakfast, forgetting that I don't go through Susanville usually. But since I didn't get them anything in Sparks I had no choice because there is nothing between Sparks and K Falls which is the way I usually go. So I ended up going the other way so they wouldn't starve to death and die on me like they thought they were sure to do. Unfortunately it had been so long since I had went that way that I forgot where to go from Hwy 36 and so passed my turn and turned around and passed it again and so turned around again and finally remembered that I was to turn on 44. Finally made it to McCloud without falling asleep and got me a bag of chips and a 5 hr energy. But after eating the chips that woke me up and so I saved the energy for later. So then after getting on 89 we encountered a fire that was put out but smoking and so there were firefighters everywhere and the smoke was so thick we had to go slow and it went on forever and ever so we lost a bunch of time there. Finally got to the 5 and by then I wanted to just step on it because I was so tired of driving and me not even half way here yet and Coda asking "are we there yet" every 10 minutes. They were convinced that by me going a different way made us take soooo much longer to get here than it normally does. haha
So we finally get to Medford and I decided to go ahead and get fuel. Got off the freeway on an exit that said there was a Shell and then it didn't say where the Shell was so we ended up taking a ride around town until I finally found a Fred Meyer that had Fuel. I thought they were trying to rob me with $2.69 for fuel until I got to Centralia and they were robbing people with $2.89 and that was at Safeway. Good Grief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So anyways, obviously FM was the cheapest because there was a line on every bay and so we had to wait forever until we finally get fuel, all the while Dallas is jumping all around in his seat saying he is about to have an accident. He tends to be dramatic though. So anyways we head over to the Taco Bell and spend forever using the bathroom. No more McDonald's breakfast for my kids on a trip. It does bad things and takes up time. LOL So then Coda wants a taco and so I may as well get one too huh. Dallas says he will pass because he doesn't want to have to use the bathroom again. hahahah
Finally we get on the road again and I told them no more stops, Period!
Finally make it to Portland and rush hour traffic. So we sat in traffic for about a half hour with the windows down and the radio blaring and waving at the truck drivers and the boys trying to get them to blow their horn in all the traffic. None did though, much to the boys disappointment. :)
Finally 11 hours after leaving home we make it to Napavine and meet Travis and Dad who were just getting home from work at Plaza Jalisco. Best mexican place ever, besides the place in Grant's Pass which I don't remember the name of. HAHA
Saw Roberto and DeeDee and visited with them for awhile and ate some dinner and then finally made it to Grandma Heddie's and bed.

Got up Saturday morning bright and early. People here don't sleep in. UGH The boys and Grandma went for a walk and then Grandma made them all sausage, eggs and toast and Travis made himself a huge omelet so big he couldn't eat it all. haha

Headed up here to Yelm, stopped at the mall in Olympia to get Travis a case for his phone at the Att store and then walked around the mall. My has it changed since I lived here.
After that we went and ate at Pizza Hut and then got here to Yelm and went to Wal-Mart to get the boys some play shoes and stuff for me to make some potato salad and Macaroni salad.
Greg and Cindy are out of town so we have the house to ourselves. Travis took care of the service yesterday and then we went and ate with Jeff, Trena and Maverick at the Bunkhouse (they have the best fries I think I have ever eaten) and then went and saw Jeff and Trena's new house. Then we went over to Wal-Mart again because Travis decided he wasn't going to live out of a suitcase so had to get him so plastic drawers to put his clothes in.
Got home, made some mac salad and then layed around reading the rest of the evening.

Travis got up this morning bright and early and headed off to a busy day of work and the boys and I got up later and I have been doing laundry, making potato salad and the boys have been playing camping and church. They love it here because they can play church with the whole set up and everything. They really get with it. :)

So that is everything so far. Very long I know. LOL

Oh and it hasn't rained yet. It's in the forecast every day for rain but it's holding off. Yesterday was actually pretty warm and not too bad of a day. It is of course overcast every day but hey, its not raining so I won't complain.