I love every opportunity I get to go to Montana. Jesse puts in long days of work before we go to make sure I'm able to visit my family and I am so grateful for it. It's a long drive from California to Montana so we stopped and stayed the night in Bern with Grandpa and Grandma on our way up. It was so nice to be back in Bern and not near as strange as I imagined having someone else living in my house. We spent the next morning with them and then headed to Helena.
The next day, all us girls had our yearly tradition of getting pedicures. I love that the little girls love it as much as us big girls. While were were getting our nails done, the boys saw Ant-Man and the Wasp which Atreyu loved.
That evening we went with Stephanie's family to the fair where the kids got to ride a whole bunch of rides. They are getting taller so they are able to ride on some of the bigger rides now. We enjoyed the fair food and the good company.
The next day was the reunion and my grandma's 88th birthday. We had lunch at the Montana Club in Missoula which my aunt Vicki so graciously paid for. Then that evening we had dinner with all the family and a fun program learning about some of our ancestors. I love being with my extended family and I feel so much peace with them.
We stayed at the cabin that night and enjoyed the lake and the new outdoor kitchen/dining/hot tub area my uncle Lee just put in this summer. It was such a wonderful day and the kids spent most of it in the water.
We were able to go to sacrament meeting in my mom's ward the next day and then we drove down to Bern. We were able to stay the whole next day and the kids were able to play with their friends and spend some more time with Grandpa and Grandma.
I had been feeling stressed with life here in California before we left but being able to go home I felt rejuvenated and ready to go back to the chaos of California.
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