Montana Part 3

Our last week in MT was a little Scussel family reunion with Chads parents, both his sisters and their families. I always love it when everyone can be together. And luckily for me I LOVE my in-laws....ALL of them! I just didn't take as many pictures as I wished I had.

Round 2 of pony rides. This couple is amazing. They use their ponies as therapy for kids with handicaps and through a friend of a friend they let all of us go up to their house so all the kids could ride.

Jessa enjoying some ice cream with Nana
One of our family reunion days was spent up at Lake Seeley. We rented 2 jet skis, and although it wasn't super warm (I went out one time with my sweatshirt under my life jacket), we still had a great time.
Sorry about the backside shot. This is Addie(5), Collin(17), and Jessa(3). Collin and Beau were so amazing with all the younger kids. The whole day they were so willing to take turns taking each one of them out on the jet skis and behind on the tube.
Maisie(9), Noah(10), Seth(9) and Justin (5). Justin love love LOVED being with all of his older cousins.
Chad and Jessa
This is a picture of the last ride that does not even begin to tell the whole story. Chads sister Tammy took 5 kids out (bad idea). 3 in front with her and 2 on the tube. During the middle of their fun ride the jet ski quit working so the 2nd jet ski with Matt and Beau on it went over to see what was going on. This is where it goes from good to bad. The tube rope from Jet ski 1 gets sucked up into Jet ski 2. Now BOTH jet skis are stuck. And then bad to worse. It starts to rain. Chads parents hop in the canoe and go out to "rescue" the kids. More rain. The kids make it back safely to shore. The canoe goes back out to help tow in one of the jet skis while the other one slowly gets pushed back by 2 of the guy swimming behind it. Thunder and a complete down pour =TOTAL CHAOS! Long story short. Kids were screaming, a few adults were trying to get gear hauled out and the others were loading up the jet skis. The only way we possible could have gotten any wetter was if we had jumped into the lake with all of our clothes on. IT WAS AWESOME! The only reason we didn't get a picture was because none of us were willing to get our cameras out. There was nothing to do except look at each other and laugh!
Grinding meat with Papa



Everyday of our whole trip was GREAT! We loved every minuet of it. We left Chads parents house at 9:00 am and after a little visit to my sisters house in Utah (playing, dinner, baths, pjs) and a few stops along the way we pulled into our drive way at 7:00am the next morning. Chad always amazes me with his driving. He drove until 5:00am and then finally switched and had me drive the last 2 hrs. We LOVE Montana! It will always be home to us....until next year.