Home for a visit and back!

Well, in June I said good-bye to everyone for 6 months. But then at the end of July I have the opportunity to go home for a visit! So I took it, I bought my plane ticket home and started the count down! And the day finally arrived for me to go home for 10 days! I was so excited. The best part about it was my brothers and sisters didn't know I was coming!!

So on Friday August 16th I got on a plane and went home! I got in in the afternoon and some of my friends picked me up at the airport. Then the 7 of us went to the college in Bozeman( where I flow in) and went swing dancing. It was a lot of fun and a great way to start my visit. We got back to Dillon around 3am sat morning. My dad had been riding around with some of the cops that night. So he picked me up in his police car. And he had an adventure to go on. So I rode around with him for a couple hours. We didn't get back to my house until around 5am. So I quietly went downstairs to my room and when to bed for 2hrs. At 7 sat morning I got up and took my camera and woke all my brothers and sisters up. They all were very surprised to see me home. And they all asked me the same question "what are you doing here?" We all got up and got ready to go to Idaho Falls to see my older sister,brother-in-law and nephew. I was excited and very tried. Only getting 2 hrs of sleep and about 4hrs on Thursday night. We all loaded up and drove to see them. It was a full day of shopping and visiting. And just some really great family time!!!
Sunday was church. We went to church and surprised everyone there. It was great to see everyone there again. We came home ate lunch and then worked on 4-H stuff!! Oh the fun of 4-H books and records!
Mon. they put me to work! We all help dig a trench for a drain we were putting in. We had a fire and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows!
Tues. Worked some more on other projects. And Tues. night went to a friends house and hung out for awhile.
Wed. was more work and hanging out with my family. The kids and I went down the water slide. That was a lot of fun!
Thur. Pretty much the same as the other days. But the afternoon was different. The kids and I went to the lake to go swimming. It is so much fun to have time with just them. The exciting part of the lake adventure was I got my car stuck in the mud. We tried to get it out,but it didn't work. So my mom had to come and help us push it out.
Fri. The same as other days. Hung out with the family and worked on projects.
Sat. Went to the fair grounds and help get things ready for fair. Then in the afternoon, my friends Chris,Stephen, Cassandra and I decided to go float down the river. We were all ready to go and found out no one has any tubes. So we went hunting for tubes. We found 2 but couldn't find any more. So Cassandra and I rode on an air mattress. It was a lot of fun until it started to rain,thunder,lighting and hail. We were freezing. We decided to get out and walk the rest of the way to the car. So we walked on the railroad tracks. It was good but cold but we made it. After we got both cars. We went to the taco bus and ate some really good food. I was going to go to Butte for a good-bye party for my sister and brother-in-law. But we didn't get out of the river in time. So we all just hung out and made some pretty crazy memories.
Sun. I had to speak at church. I hate talking in front of people. But I guess I did pretty good. That is what everyone tells me. After church Jillisa,Matthew and Boaz came over and hung out with us for a few hours. I love having the whole family together!! That night I went to Dillon and saw my old bosses and their family! It was great to see them. They kids have all grown so much!!
Mon. My last day home before going back to Washington. Jakoley and I got in my car and drove to Dillon to run around and do some stuff and see some people I hadn't gotten to see yet. It was hard to say good-bye again to my friends. We came home with ice cream and root beer! And Mon night we just hung out one more time as a family.
Tues. I packed up everything again. I wasn't ready to leave. I loved being home. But I knew I had signed up for 6 months and I couldn't quiet half way through.Saying good-bye again was really hard. Only a few tears with saying good-bye! Mom and I left and did some shopping and had some lunch before she dropped me off at the airport to begin part 2 of my adventure. I did fine until I landed in Seattle. Then it hit me that I have to be away from home for 3 more months. I cried my eye out in the middle of the airport. I got on the shuttle and made it back to were I am living in Washington.

I will have to say no one ever said moving out or away from home was this hard. It is the hardest thing I have ever done. I am 1/2 done!! 3 more months then I can go home for good!! I will make it. I just have to keep telling myself that. And I am praying some much. I hate feeling sad! But I know God put me here for a reason and he is going to get me through all the hard times I am having!! So here is to part 2 of my adventure!!

2 months!

Well I have been in Washington for 2 months. It seems much longer then that for some reason. It hasn't been an easy 2 month, that is for sure. I have had my ups and downs. I guess I will highlight the big things in the last month.

Jenna's Mom visiting- She came for a visit for about 2 weeks. It was great to meet her. I didn't really do anything. She did pretty much everything. She is super nice and loving person.

My birthday- Well, I made it to my favorite number "19". It was a weird birthday. Mostly because it was my first birthday in at least 16 years not at camp and that I had a lot of people around for my birthday. But I still had a great birthday. I got my first tattoo. And I got a cake, presents and a special dinner made by Jenna's mom. My family called to sing to me.

Scottish Highland games- A huge event for the Scottish. And me being part Scottish wanted to go really bad. So we went for the morning. It was a lot of fun. Got to see lots of people running around in their Scottish outfits. And got to see a lot of different events, like dancing, stone throwing, bagpipe playing  and lots of other things.

Mini Vacation- While Jenna's mom was here she told us on a 3 day vacation to one of the island of Washington. She rented a big house for us to stay in. It was a lot of fun. We had a great view of the ocean. it was great to get out of the house for a few days and away from all the craziness of life.

Whale Watching- While on our mini vacation we went whale watching. Jenna's mom got me a whale watching trip for my birthday. It was an all day trip. We got on the boat at like 10 am and didn't get back off until around 5 pm. It was really cool to be able to see lots of different things that you don't get to see from land. We saw lots of whales. We spent like 2 hours just watching whales. After a long day on a boat, I have had my fill of boats for awhile.

I think that is all the big things that happened in the last month. And all the little stuff is taking care of kids, making food, going on a lot of walks and talking to people at home. Every day here it gets a little better!