Wyoming Part III

Last Sunday we drove down to SLC and spent a few days with Mark's parents, his brother James and family. We also got to go out to Tooele for dinner with some extended family. We spent a few hours at Thanksgiving Point's Dinosaur Museum which was fun for the kids and the big kids for that fact. Afterwards we made our way back to the hotel for some swimming. The next morning, Mark & I took Max up to temple square in SLC where we spent an hour or two at the conference center, tabernacle and visitors center. They are doing some construction there so we did not get great close-up shots of the temple. But, I was so glad that we took the time to do this. Max was quite tired by the time we got there and was a bit of a handful but, I was happy to spend this time as a family. I love to see the Christus statue and this particular time I really felt the spirit. I just felt as though the Lord was telling me to hang in there and good things are coming our way. Our prayers are being heard it is just taking a little longer than we want.

After temple square, we drove back to Star Valley Ranch in Wyoming and got there on Tuesday evening. Wednesday morning Mark had a phone interview with a company here in Blacksburg, VA which was really exciting. We are hoping they will call for a phone interview this week. Keep your fingers crossed! After the phone interview, we received a call to confirm an interview with another company in Billings, Montana for Thursday at 1 pm. So we reloaded the suit cases and car and Grandpa & Grandma Tippets drove with us over to Billings which took about 8 1/2 hours from SVR, Wyoming! We drove through Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park - coming and going which slows you down a bit. But, the parks were great to see. We saw lots of snow, buffalo, moose, elk, deer, antelope and a few other little critters. Once we were in Billings, our hotel had a great indoor pool so Max was thrilled and could not wait to get in the water! Mark had his interview on Thursday and we spent that day driving around, seeing the town, looking at properties and we did find the temple. Friday we drove back to SVR, Wyoming in time for dinner, laundry and bed! Saturday morning we got up drove back over to Jackson and flew home through Atlanta! To say the least we have logged some miles on mom & dad's CRV but we laughed and sang lots of songs and had a great time together.

.... Things you would have heard in the car this past week:

The wheels on the honda go round and round, round & round ....
The people in the honda drink lots of coke, lots of coke, lots of coke ....
Don't get too close to the buffalo ....
Max, do you need to go poopie, again?
Max: I need to have a meeting and pretend to drive.
Max: Are we almost to the hotel yet? Are we going swimming now?
Mom: No we are not giving you the whole bag of gummy bears!
Max: Mom, I didn't swallow my gum!
Grandpa: Max look at the buffalo ....
Grandma: Max, you are such a little sweetheart ....
Dad: Sure hope these interviews go well!

Here are some photo's from this past week. We are so thankful for family and friends who are supporting us through these difficult times. We love you!