MVP, Chico, and the Garage

This weekend was wonderful!! Tara's wonderful family (Jenny, Libby, and Seth) came through Bozeman on Saturday morning to pick up Tara and me and take us with them on their weekend adventure! Our first stop was Billings Montana (a few hours from Bozeman) to watch Tara's cousin, TJ, play in the state all star football game. His team ended up winning and he was named defensive MVP of the game--VERY EXCITING :)

After the game, we went drove a ways back towards Bozeman to Chico Hotsprings. Now, I went to a hotsrings last weekend, so I thought I knew what I was getting myself into. Oh, how much I underestimated this trip. First of all, Mrs. Ray (Jenny) got us a room for the night at this hotsprings/resort. It was a such a nice place to be with great views and a lodgy/saloon feel. We arrived at about 9:00 PM, so after we unpacked a bit and walked around the grounds, we got in about an hour of swimming before bed. We all had a good night's sleep and then woke up to do some more poolside lounging and relaxing before heading home. It was such a nice way to spend time getting to know Tara's family and getting to enjoy one of Montana's hot spots. I would definitely not mind to go back to the hotsprings for a vacation at some point in the future.

When we left the hotsprings today around 1:30 PM, Tara's mom was going to drop us off in Bozeman on her way back to Darby (hometown of the Rays). Paul wanted to meet Tara's family, so we gave him a call and got him to meet us for a late lunch at the Garage. We had a delicious lunch with lots of good conversation about our exciting and relaxing weekend as well as reliving crazy stories from the past 2 weeks of our work in the office.


I am so glad that I got to spend this time with Tara's family and I cannot wait until I get to spend time with them again. It is so nice to get the chance to be a part of someone else's family, especially since I am so far from home and missing my own.

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