I got to go on a road trip 2 weekends ago. My brother, Greg and his family live there in a town called Melstone. It is about an hour past Billings. Grampa drove his car and was looking for a travel buddy. I was going to take my oldest 3 kids but Savanna got invited to play 2 soccer games in Boise and Hallie decided she wanted to stay home with daddy since he had been to Florida. She knew she would get some good quality time with him with a couple of the kids gone.
It was a nice drive. Very pretty. Jase was a bit grumpy on the drive there because of how long it took. I think he thought I was joking when I told him how long it was going to take. It was funny because we stopped in Bozeman for some lunch and he was mad because I told him we still had about 3-4 hours left so he refused to eat lunch. All we were having was a Subway sandwhich. So I let him go with out. So the funny part of that is on the way home we were stopping again for lunch and I asked him if he was hungry and he says "Yeah, can I have a Subway? Ever since I missed last time, I have really wanted a Subway." Dad and I both just looked at each other and chuckled. Needless to say we had Subway again.
Back to the trip. It was nice seeing them. Jase got to ride horses, play with puppies and play in the mud. We spent saturday in Billings. We went to Famous Dave's for lunch. Oooh, it was so good. We did a little shopping. Stopped at Cabella's. That is a fun store. Dad or I hadn't been in it before. Dad really liked it. We got some pizzas and headed home. Greg took the scenic route home. There is a big coal mine out there in the middle of nowhere. We got to see quite a few big herds of elk. Jase didn't bring his glasses so he would use mine. He thinks he only needs them for school. Not being able to see things will help him want to wear them more outside of school.
Sunday we went to their branch. Greg is in the bishopric. They have a tiny little building but it was so full of the spirit.
After church, we had a yummy ham dinner and just chilled. I went out and took some pictures and we played with the puppies. The kids were riding horses and playing basketball. Later, we went out to shoot prarie dogs. It was pretty cold so we didn't see very many so we put a plastic cup out to hit. We headed home and Greg got the truck stuck in some mud. There is no cell service so the kids ran about a mile to get some help from his boss. Luckily it was only a mile they had to go.
It was fun. I got to do lots of chatting and got to just hang out. We really should make it out there more often.
On our way home we stopped in Idaho Falls at the Army Surplus Store. It was a really cool store. Jase was wanting a hat with furry flaps and they have a whole wall of them.
Jase had a good time. He didn't love the drive, but he was much more patient on the way home. Thanks to my sister for helping out at the home front with the kids.
I will load my camera pictures later in a part 2.
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| They had a pregnant mama that needed some walking. |
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| Jase leading horse back to barn. |
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| Father like son-Nap time |
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| The batch of puppies were so fun. They were little nippers tho. Watch out. |
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| This sweet girl just sat there and posed for me. I could have kidnapped her. |
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| Out shootin' gophers. |
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| Here is where we got stuck. |
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