Final Destination for a little while – Scobey

Tyce

Tate

THE GIRLS

Friday was a 24hour train and airport excursion from Germany to Bozeman, Montana. It was pretty exhausting but surprisingly went by pretty fast. It was a bit confusing with all the time zone changes. My brother, Zach and nephew, Tate picked me up at the airport and my lil pregnant sis, Jenny and her husband Brock arrived at the house from Boise later that night. On Saturday, my 5 yr old niece, Tycelee, and 7 yr old nephew, Tate, had their last basketball games of the season so I got back home just in time. Tyce made her first two baskets and the shocked look on her face was pretty priceless. That was after she informed me that girls can play basketball and asked me if I had ever seen a girl play basketball before :) Tato is a pretty good athlete himself and had 5 or 6 baskets to count for. I was a pretty proud auntie! The remainder of the day was spent relaxing and forcing myself to stay awake in order to fight the jet leg. I was successful at the task until 9:30 when I could no longer take it and had to go to bed. At 4am Sunday morning I once again was wide awake. It might be a few days before I get on a better schedule again. Later that morning we loaded up and went to church. After church and some lunch, Tycelee, Tate, Jenny, Brock and I squeezed into their SUV for the 8 hour drive up to Scobey. As I sat in back in the middle of the two car seats, with my knees stuck together, and sweat dripping down my face, I was able to watch the in-service movies (my favorite was Barbie and the Diamond Castle), attend to the kids’ every need, and visit with Jenny and Brock when the kiddos finally fell asleep. We made it to Scobey through the flurrying snow at about 9:30 Sunday night. My final destination for the next 5-6 weeks. It is so great to see my family. This is our year to all be together for Christmas so I’m pretty excited. It only happens every other year so these times are very treasured. All 14 of us pile into our family home and spend a few days eating good food, playing games, visiting, watching movies, running around at the gym, laughing over memorable stories and just hanging out. Pretty soon mom and dad are going to have to add on to the house to hold all of us. Right now it is nice and cozy and we don’t mind just as long as we are all together.