The beginning of some fun adventures...

My parents flew out to visit us on the 7th. Emma was sooooo excited for them to come to our house.

Ivan had to work most of the time they were there but I had a fun time hanging out with them. We took them to the Ray Cafe which is a tiny place inside the Ray "mall." It took FOREVER to get our food but it was decent. When you live in the middle of nowhere it's slim pickins on places to eat. We also ate at the Gas-n-all for lunch. It is just the little gas station in town. They have really good burgers and fries though. Grandma and Grandpa decided to make an Emma sandwich while we were there.

While Ivan was at work on Thursday the kids and I went with my parents and did a lot of driving. We visited the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. We went to the visitors center there. I thought it would be a tiny little place but it was actually a very nice little museum.





We also drove down and looked at Fort Union. We saw lots of beautiful fields on our drive and also checked out Lake Sakakwea. There are lots of bright yellow mustard fields around where we live. Emma says they are her favorite. We have also seen very pretty pea fields and a flax field. We had to call Ivan to ask about the flax field...we weren't sure what it was. It almost looked like water from a distance but up close it was almost periwinkle. I think it was my favorite.

After Ivan got off work on Thursday he took us for a tour of the Viterra plant. It was pretty interesting. Emma's favorite part was the drinking fountain. :)




My dad flew out on Friday afternoon and my mom stayed with us to drive to Utah with me and the kids on Saturday. We planned on leaving at 5am our time but both kids were awake at 4am! Emma has been having night terrors lately. It is not fun for anyone! That night she thought she saw spiders in her room so she went out to where Grandma was on the couch. Then she saw her monkey blanket and thought there were mean frogs on it looking at her. When this happens she is terrified and just screams. Then she will talk to you but is convinced that everything is real. The next day she will tell us about it again and still believe that it was real. Hailey and Caden had a sleepover with her here the other night and she ended up in Grandma and Grandpa's bed at 3:30am. She thought she saw a spider web and a big spider on Caden's pillow. Hopefully she will grow out of this soon.
It took us about 16 hours to get to my moms house! My mom was amazed at how good the kids were in the car. Levi gave us a little bit of trouble, but he is teething so it's understandable. Emma watched Robin Hood over and over the whole way. I bet she watched it 7 times! She thinks it's so funny and likes to give us play by plays of the movie. We have been here two weeks now and she still won't let me change the movie in the car. She is a funny girl.