After the Reunion

After the reunion was over, we said our good-bys to the Rocky Mountains, and headed east to spend several days visiting family and friends in the Billings area.

Being the farm girl that I am, I insisted that we stop for a photo of this wheat field. 

I will always love the smell of a freshly combined grain field, an Alfalfa field of hay, a newly plowed field, the sight of the straight rows of a cornfield...

...and don't forget the cattle and the farmland.

We were treated like royalty by our good friends Jan and Dave. We shared so many good memories and also great food! Thanks so much for your hospitality, dear friends.

We also were able to spend a morning with Jim's cousin Bruce. He set aside time to visit with us and also give us a tour of his place of work.

So many trucks and engines...I kept thinking about how much fun my grandson would have had if he had been along with us- he loves trucks and fire engines (yes, we saw one of those also!)

We stayed a night with my cousin Ruth. Such a great time of fellowship we had together. We are so thankful for the heritage that we share, both as sisters in Christ, and also as cousins. 

M&B were housed with another cousin...so many family members! We are very blessed!

We were so happy to spend some time visiting with Jim's aunts. For all of our lives, this woman and her two sisters have been such a support to us in our ministry. We are so grateful for the many prayers and other ways that they have helped us. I remember the time that we visited them in their home and our son was the age that his daughter is now...what a fun time we had introducing them to the next generation. (and K loved the fascinating wheelchair--what a great place to sit and play with her Great, great Aunt!)

Airports are always interesting places. This one had a great place for the kids to play (also parents).

In this age of cell phones, I wondered, "How do you explain the concept of a pay phone?"

It's a bit out of focus, but this little one was so proud of the fact that she was sitting in the place that her big sister had been sitting only a couple of minutes before. The rivalry has begun!

It was a great trip, and the kids were real troopers the whole time. But they did get tired...

...and so did Daddy.

 We treasure the memories of our trip, but we were all very happy to be able to sleep once again in our own beds!