The Big Move and Drive

Sunday night we spent time cleaning up and packing the last and final things. We said goodbye to everyone which was really sad. Here's Jetta, Brant, Tilden, and Dawson one final time together before we move. I'm sure we will get lots of pics of them together again when we come visit.

We stayed the night in a hotel in Orem and J.D. left the next morning. I drove with Jori and the kids so we could take our time getting there. Jori also needed to visit Carson's grandparents in Orem. Carson's grandma made me a potato bag and the gave Jori all sorts of things she had sewn. The boys had a blast playing with the toys and dressing up. :-)

We didn't end up leaving until late that afternoon, but we made it all the way to Lander Wyoming. We let MK take a bath in the sink while the boys overtook the bathtub. She's so cute!

We took the kids swimming and we got up super early so we could make it to Glendive. We had a pretty awesome road trip after that. Jori turned on some indian 'hi'yie'yie' music as we passed through Shoshone country. The boys were banging drums and Jori was pumping her fist in the air. We passed signs that said, "Watch out for sage hen crossing" and then "Watch out for Kows crossing" (yes spelled with a K), and then we passed a sign saying, "Antelope crossing 55 mph." My sister Jori was a little confused by this sign and asked, "Why do antelope cross at 55 mph? Do they know it's a road and they don't cross any slower or faster?......................." I just laughed my head off! 

We passed a town called Meteetsee....

 

 We had a perverted laugh about this town and it's name. :-)

AND THEN we made it to Montana!

 Jori pulled off the side of the road so I could get a picture. We still had a 5 hour drive, but we were only getting closer to Glendive. We had to stop quite a bit to feed Monty, but we finally made it about 8:30 pm and the boys had already started unloading the trailer. My brother Matt had to load cows in the morning so we had to unload his trailer in -12 degree weather that night. It was freezing, but we got it done fast. 

We stayed at Jori's for the next 4 nights until our place was ready to move into. We had to get the water turned on, set up utilities, paint, and set up a bed to sleep on.
All in all, we made it!