Spring Break & Easter

Easter!

Hanna and her friend, Madison Leishman, decided to plan a spring break trip since they didn't go on the school trip to Thailand (didn't feel good about it, parents wouldn't let them, too much $$$).

Madison's grandparents live in St. George, so the girls flew from Kalispell to Las Vegas and her grandparents picked them up from the airport. Madison's sisters, Jill and Ally, ended up going too. They actually got a ride to the airport with Mike and Cindy Schow who were headed to Kalispell to their cabin. Hanna said it was actually a really fun trip and they all sang most of the way!

Hali Leishman flew down on Monday to join the spring break party. They spent most of their time laying in the backyard in the sun. They also went shopping, to the St. George Temple and to Zions National Park.

Jill and her friend Sadie drove down Friday night and spent Saturday and Sunday morning with Hanna. We haven't seen Jill since Christmas so it was good that they got to see each other. They did both comment to me separately that it wasn't the same and they aren't as close as they used to be. I think it was partly because they were in a different house and they each had a friend that they were with. Hopefully their friendship will always stay strong even though they are moving to new chapters of life.

These four girls all got to share the backseat of Grandpa Uiebel's truck all the way from St. George to Great Falls where they picked up Hali's car at the airport. That's a long way to be squished, but they survived.

For spring break excitement on the homefront, Austin and Lucy went to help Joe at his ranch for  2 days and Carly hung out with Grandma Nunn while I was at work. (It is in the heart of tax season). Then Austin, Lucy, Carly and I did go to Kalispell over night. We went out to eat, shopped, swam at the hotel, shopped, ate and came back home. It was a snowstorm on the way back home. We knew it was supposed to snow, but Austin said he would still take us because we have driven in snowstorms every where we have gone this winter. But it was worth it. There is nothing like shopping in the USA.

We also had our last Southern Circuit rodeo at the end of spring break. Lucy did good in barrels and goats (still working on poles). Carly did good in her events of barrels, poles and goats. Austin team roped but his heelers didn't really catch. He had team roped in the last two rodeos and placed both times. We ended up having three weekends in a row of rodeos to make up for snow cancelled rodeos. Glad to be done!