We arrived in Billings Friday afternoon. Taylor took to Katie right
away. And, although the boys weren't too sure about hanging out with
girls all weekend, they had a good time too. Even Blake was pretty
accepting of the Blake family! Lori and I have been friends since
kindergarten!!!
Friday we just pretty much settled in. Oh, we did run to the mall to
get the boys some new sneakers. Lori made a very tasty dinner of
spaghetti, meatballs and sausage. It was delicious!
Saturday we played, visited and Paul went shopping... Hey, that's
supposed to be my job! Our friend Nick owns a men's clothing store so
Paul usually finds something he "needs" when we visit. Too bad for
Nick that we don't visit more often!
After Paul's little shopping spree (heehee) we went to visit my
Grandpa at the nursing home. I hadn't seen him since the last time I
was in MT, 5 years ago. He looked great! So much healthier than the
last time I saw him. He's eating well and going for walks. I think
he enjoyed the kids being there too. I'll bet that nursing home hasn't
seen that much action since... well, ever! It's a good thing his
little motored chair wasn't charged because Reed kept trying to take
it down the hall. He finally settled for pushing the walker across
the room and sitting on the little seat attached to it. Blake &
Taylor had more fun playing with the room divivder curtains. They'd
open, close, crawl under, run in circles around them, play peek-a-boo,
just about everything you could do with a curtain, they did. I think
Grandpa might have even been a little jealous that he doesn't have
that much fun with those curtains. I'm sure Grandpa needed a nap
after our visit. Heck, I needed one!
Lori made us another awesome dinner Sat night. It was called "Company
Pot Roast" by the lady that does Barefoot Contessa, on the Food
Network. It was so moist & tender and delicious! It makes my mouth
water just thinking about it!
After dinner we let the kids light off some fireworks. We thought it
would be better to do it the night before since we'd be busy with the
cookout on the 4th. It's so funny to watch the differences between
boys & girls. Chase & Reed liked standing over the top of, or running
through, the smoke bombs. The girls really didn't see the point in
that since it would make your clothes stinky. I think that's what the
boys liked best! They ALL liked to light the fireworks with pretty
much the same enthusiasm. The bigger, the better! Blake didn't care
much for the fireworks so he watched the movie "Cars" for probably the
50th time.
Sunday, Lori & I ran to the grocery and also got a couple of photos
developed that we took with Grandpa. Paul & I took them to Grandpa
while Lori watched the kids for us. It was nice to visit with him
without all the noise! But, I am glad that he finally got to meet all
our kids the day before. He appreciated the pictures. We even put
them in frames for him. I sure do miss him... and my Grandma. She's
been gone almost 9 years.
Later that evening Nick & Lori hosted a cookout for us and Nick's
family. The food was great! My favorite part though was Lori's
homemade ice cream. Yummo!!! We had decided not to go anywhere to
watch fireworks because the kids were wiped out & very crabby from the
late nights we've been keepin'. Then all the sudden their neighbors
showed up with a box of fireworks for the kids! Needless to say, (but
I will anyway) the kids were ecstatic! The neighbors had seen how
much fun the kids had the night before and wanted to add more fun to
the 4th. Of course they were the heroes of the night! We all had a
great time watching the fireworks! It was extremely nice of them to
do that. My kids will probably remember that for a long time.
Monday morning as we were packing up the motorhome, Blake decided to
sit in the car so he wouldn't get left behind. I kept telling him that
we weren't driving the car this time. He didn't care. He didn't get
out until we made him. I guess he was tired of riding in the
motorhome cuz he did not want to get back in it!
Luckily the ride to Great Falls is only about 4 hours.
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