On Sunday we drove home from Las Vegas. We arrived in Orem around 5pm.
On this trip we listened to a lot of audiobooks. On Sunday we listened to Sarah, Plain, and Tall, Skylark, and Caleb’s story. Over the course of the trip we also listened to Number the Stars, How to Train Your Dragon #1, Rabbit Ears – the Moses books, Rabbit Ears– (some of the Beatrix Potter stories, but I can’t remember which ones), Rabbit Ears — How the Leopard got its Stripes, The Tailor of Gloucester and Amazing Grace. We listened to How to Train Your Dragon twice because it was the best audiobook we have ever listened to. The narrator was the most entertaining we have ever heard, and the story is rollicking. Although I have to say that Meryl Streep’s reading of The Tailor of Gloucester had my mouth open in awe. Her voices, inflection, and narration are breathtaking.
We also listened to a lot of music. We listened to TONS of Raffi, an Israeli world music CD, Jack Johnson’s Curious George CD, The Greatest Showman, and random favorite songs on Pandora and YouTube. Among these are: Sara Bareilles’ “Be Brave,” Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder,” the Piano Guys, “Amazing Grace/Fight Song,” and Alex Boye’s “Lemonaid.” We also listen to the Piano Guys generally, whatever Christian radio stations we could find, and, when it was really late at night and Abe was in charge, random pop music from the radio.
When we got home, my mom had prepared a lovely dinner and the house was spotless. We bathed all of the kids, ate dinner, let them play in the yard and pick tomatoes, and put them all to bed. Then Abe and I took the car to wash and vacuum it out. Our own end-of-the-day shower was much appreciated after the long trip.