Big Sky Montana

We are on a weekend trip to Big Sky Montana, for our friends wedding. The drive up was really nice. It was so beautiful! We took a bit of a detour and went to Yellowstone. It was such a trip down memory lane for me. I kept thinking about my childhood and the summers that I spent there with the Evers family. I explained what a gyser was to Emma and Ian, and they were so excited to see one. We got to see Old Faithful go off. It wasn’t as big as I remember, but maybe that is because I was smaller last time I saw it.

I have been kind of dreading this trip, though. It is a trip of all couples–some married some not–but none of them have kids. Bryan rented a 10 bedroom house and that is where most of our friends are staying. After being in the car for nearly 10 hours, we finally got the kids to bed at about 9:00pm. Nora was terrible going to sleep. She cried a lot. As soon as they got to sleep Scott wanted to leave to go over to Bryan’s house. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to go, mostly because I was thinking about all my other responsibilities. If I go, I will still have to get up early with the kids. Nora will still wake up at night and I will have to get up with her. And, I felt bad just leaving Sarah the first night here. I decided to stay home.

This morning I am totally beat! Nora was awake crying until about 3:30am. She would only sleep in my bed with me. Scott came home about 3:30am, after I finally called him and told him to come home. The kids got up at about 6:30am and came in and woke me up. I really felt like Scott should have gotten up, but he just rolled over and went back to sleep. Sarah got up and stayed with Emma and Ian, after I got them cereal. I tried to go back to sleep, but Nora just wouldn’t let me.