Murphy's Law (if something's going to go wrong - it will) became our motto on the trip to Great Falls, MT to see my mom. It was a girl's trip with Chersten, Halli and myself. We were going to see Jane Nickeson (DeVonne's mom, Chersten's grandma, & Halli's great-grandma).
- Thursday, 3/5- We were supposed to leave on Thursday morning, but Chersten was playing piano in the evening with the Community Choir and also the weather prohibited us.
- Friday, 3/6 We were going to leave on Friday, but when I checked the weather forecast - things didn't look so good so we postponed the trip until Sat.
- Saturday, 3/7 Halli woke up with a cough. We made a Dr.s apointment just to be on the safe side. We couldn't get in until noon and when we did, he told us it was because she was teething! He was a PA and has misdiagnosed several patients (found this out way later). We left his office, got on the freeway and listened to books on tape until we got to Butte, MT. I couldn't remember how far Great Falls was from there. Someone said 4-5 hours so since it was dinner time and we were tired we stopped at a motel. It was a lot of fun. We had a cooler and made ourselves ham & turkey sandwiches and watched tv. Halli's cough got worse.
- Sunday, 3/8 Halli is really sick now. She's got the runny nose, cough, fever and she didn't sleep much last night. We tried to get in to see a Dr. but would you believe that there were none opened to treat a pediatric patient unless we went to the ER at the hospital. So we had a great buffet breakfast and Halli just got sicker and sicker.
- Monday 3/9 We were very worried about exposing Grandpa & Grandma to any illness, so we found a Dr. in Butte and couldn't get in until 2pm. She had an ear infection. We left his office and went straight to Wal-Mart to get a prescription which took about 30 min. to get. We made a decision to go on to Great Falls. We arrived about 6:30 pm. Halli was not a happy camper and Chersten had another sleep-interrupted night. I felt bad for her because I know she thought they shouldn't have come on the trip but I'm glad they did!
- Tuesday 3/10 Halli finally felt a little better towards the evening. We tried not to get her germs on the grandparents. We waited until Halli had been on antibiotics for at least 24 hours before letting grandma hold her. We thought about going to the store but it was about 5 degrees below zero - so we stayed in. Chersten helped my mom clean out some papers and I found the Quarter collection coin book my mom's been looking for (two years), that had fallen down behind the file drawer. She thought someone had stolen it. We took a four generation picture.
- Wednesday 3/11 We had to leave for home today. Halli is back to her cheerful self.
Oldest to youngest - Jane Blythe Brock Nickeson,
DeVonne Brock Allred, Chersten Allred Wright
& Halli Paige Wright!
Great Grandma & Halli having a fun moment together!
So . . . . the actual time we were supposed to be with my mom was one week and it ended up being about 36 hours. She was as disappointed as we were, but it was so good to see her and let her meet her great-grandaughter. Right after we crossed the border into Utah, we were greeted with this awesome sunset. The multitude of beautiful things that our God has created for us to enjoy never ceases to amaze me. It seems like those things say to us, "All is right with my life - the little inconveniences mean nothing in the grand scheme of things."
