Our Trip to Gillette

During the middle of June, we went with Ken on a business trip to Gillette. There was a big oil show there and Western Engineering had a booth set up. Ken and his co-worker, Brad, left super early in the morning. Brad's wife, Mary Ann, and their two kids drove over with us later in the day. It was a pretty good trip, and the kids did pretty well! Hayden got a little car sick and we had to stop and do some major clean-up. Other than that, it was a pretty uneventful drive. I really enjoyed getting to know Mary Ann a little better; we actually have quite a bit in common!

We got there quite a bit later than we had planned, but the kids were set on swimming. We settled a bit and then headed to the pool. For dinner, we just ordered pizza to the room. We were watching their kids while Brad and Mary Ann went to the banquet for the oil show. When they got back, we were able to meet up with the Ringer family! It's been a while since we've seen them and it was so great to get to hang out with them for a bit and see how well they are doing! Some of our friends are really struggling right now and it was really refreshing to know that even though the Ringers had difficult things in their life, they've come through it and are as wonderful as ever! They are great friends and we love getting to have some time with them! We were all so exhausted and it was so late by the time we got back to our room, we all pretty much crashed right away. I stayed up doing some laundry from Hayden's little mishap. It was kind of crazy, because I had to drive around for quite a while trying to find some laundry soap! I finally got to bed and we all slept pretty well!

Breakfast the next morning was amazing!! Ken and Brad had pretty much accomplished what they needed to at the show, so they went to man the booth for the morning, then came and got us for lunch. Then we decided we were so close to Devil's Tower (45 min.) we couldn't pass up the chance to go! Ken's been wanting to go there for quite awhile now! I'm so glad we took the time to go! It was so beautiful and it was an incredible sight! I know I went with my family when I was young, but I didn't remember much of it! It was mostly fun to see Ken so excited about it! The kids had a great time, too!

We went back to Gillette and the guys tore the booth down. We stopped by Wal Mart and I did some shopping for Bailey and I, then we were on our way home! We saw some moose in the mountains.

The water was just unbelievable! This was above Ten Sleep! It was just so incredible to see!

Even though family trips can be a big production, I'm glad we went and that we were able to have that time with Ken and to get to know the Sapp family better!