the one about arbitration, hogle zoo, the Castillos and the air show

We went to SLC and Ogden this weekend and stayed with our good friends the Castillo's. We originally went for Brett's hearing about his motorcycle accident 2 years ago. It went well, but we won't know much for about a week or so. I don't want to dwell on it and I hate to broadcast any details on the web, but the crazy thing about it is that it is very clear that Brett was not at fault. He did nothing wrong, but the insurance companies of the other two people involved are fighting about who has to pay for OUR BILLS! In the mean time, we have been sent to collections, get harassing phone calls and are stuck with thousands of dollars in medical bills. Nobody else was injured, Brett was the only one not cited, yet WE are the ones that have suffered for two years! ERRRRRRRRR!!! Its so frustrating. Oh well, hopefully it will come to an end soon. Coincidentally, it was the same weekend as the Hill Air Force Base Air Show. Tony and Melanie Castillo invited us to come stay with them and hang out this weekend, so we thought, "What the heck!" It worked out well because Spencer wanted to go pick up a few things at his parents house and visit with them. They just live a few miles from Tony and Mel, so it was perfect. We had never met his parents, so we were able to sit and chat with them a bit. It was so nice. They were so nice and welcoming. We loved them! It was fun to finally meet some of the people that I have been blog stalking for so long! ;)

First thing Friday morning (we left home at 6:00 am. YUCK!) Brett and I had to go to arbitration at our lawyers office. Thank goodness we had Spence to hang with Quayd. They went to the Clark Planetarium, an arcade and their favorite place to eat: Panda Express! After that part was over with, we headed to the zoo to meet up with Melanie, Mikah and Konnor. Sweet Mel had packed a lunch for us to eat at the zoo, and it was delicious! We just did the typical zoo stuff.



We put Spencer through absolute hell by making him be in pictures with the kids and stuff.


It is funny to us, but poor Spence. He is a good sport though.

It was so great for Quayd to be able to play with Mikah. She is 8 and such a cutie! They hit it right off and had a BLAST together.

We were also able to get some "family" pictures taken at the zoo! (thanks mel!)
It was so weird... I saw this cute little girl in the funniest tiger mask and paws. I had to show Brett and everyone because she looked so cute. Then I realized it was Cara's daughter Anika! She was there with her girl scout troop! I took a picture with my phone and sent it to Cara. It said, "Look at this rare white tiger I just spotted at the zoo!"

Saturday morning was time for the air show. SO COOL! We had never been, but we knew we would love it. It did not disappoint! Spencer ended up going to his parents in the morning. It is so weird, but we sorta felt "incomplete" with out him. Brett and I worried about him all day. Then he ended up spending the night at his parents! Of course we knew he was fine, but we missed him like crazy! We have gotten pretty attached to him. Anyway, it had been rainy and yucky the day before at the zoo so we were a little concerned about weather for the air show. It actually turned out to be PERFECT! It was slightly overcast and a little breezy so the temperature was just right.

We got there just as it started and stayed until the kids were getting bored, about 2:00. Then we went to the Museum on base.
We stayed at Mel and Tony's again Saturday night, picked up our big boy and headed home Sunday afternoon. It was such a fun weekend! Tony and Mel were AMAZING hosts. They fed us wonderful food (AWESOME RIBS TONY!!!), they played wii with us, set up the pool for us and truly were fantastic to us. We are so glad to have such great friends.

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend. The weather was a little rough at times, but we didn't care. Arbitration went well and its over with. Good food, fun, great friends, met the parents with whom we share a son and we just relaxed. Does it get any better?