The details.

Our trip was great!  It started LATE. We had to wait for a semi transmission to get pulled out so we could take it back with us and to make sure we could stop in Montana to pick up the new semi.  We finally got on the road by 11pm Thursday.

We thought the trip there was pretty rough. After we got the semi we had to fuel it up. Ron lost the company credit card between Williston and getting the semi. It took a few tries to get our own credit card to work because we were traveling and out of our "area" and we were trying to make an unusual purchase for us. Pain.In.The.Butt. ...but, nice to know we have good fraud protection!!!  The kids didn't last long sleeping. They were wide awake and ready go go at 6am...we were only half way there!! So we enjoyed some Magic Tree House Books!!

We finally made it!! Ron got his hair done. Enjoyed the reception. Ron got to play morning church ball. We made it to the temple and lunch with Ace and Mindy. Missed a bridal shower. Celebrated with my birthday boys. Went to our old ward! Visited with Larry and Jayne. Ron went snow machining. The kids and I spent a day at Smith's. Went to the temple and lunch with Pam and Taylor. Hustled to get new tires on the pickup to leave Tuesday night...then it all happened.

The pick up needed more then new tires. All the ball joints needed replaced not to mention new brakes. It wouldn't be done until Wednesday at 10! So, we stayed another night! Did some laundry. Packed. Went to get the pickup. Ron didn't get back to grandma's until after 4!! (I had hoped to leave around 1 or 2!) He pulled in with 8 semi tires and a semi seat in his pickup bed!! There was NO room for our luggage! Grandma and I about died!! Somehow Ron always makes everything fit!  Even if we were stacked higher than the cab of the pickup! We went through Rexburg to get extra tie downs so we went home through Island Park. It.was.so.slow! A snow storm had just moved it. It was SLICK! (When Ron says it's slick, it is slick!!) We got stuck going 30mph behind a snow plow all the way through Island Park! We finally made it to Bozeman. Madilyn needed a potty break and Ron needed a nap. I was not going to drive that load through that snow storm. So Landon and Ron slept while Madilyn, Payden, and I hung out in a nice rest stop. It snowed on us clear past Billings! Ron had to pull off a few more times. It was the slowest trip ever!! I will never do the night travelling again! It ends up being me staying awake the whole time and being drained the whole next day. Payden was the main reason. We wanted him to sleep the whole way. He still kept waking up crying. Then to top it off we ran out of gas 10 miles from Glendive!! We were so blessed! I was prepping myself of being stuck in the pickup with 3 kids for several hours! Luckily only 3 cars passed before a good couple on their way to work at the gas station stopped. They recognized Ron from always stopping in when he was travelling back and forth all the time. "They NEVER stop for anyone!!" And told him he would have to find his own way back. ...until they heard I was sitting in the car waiting! I couldn't believe it when I saw Ron back so soon!  We watched the deer on the other side of the highway. Payden had a blast "driving". We read more Magic Tree House. We finally made it back to the truck yard at NOON!!

It was quite a trip!!  Nothing ever goes uneventful for us!! I'd have to say we were all very glad to be home even if no one wanted to come home!