Good bye Gillette!

We'll miss you! Thank you for all the good friendships. Thank you for all of the good experiences and memories.

Happy Easter!

Well, a big snowstorm turned out to be a pleasant surprise. So here we are in Gillette celebrating Easter! (On saturday, April 3.)

We returned from the Pennsylvania wedding March 30th, tuesday. It was an early flight from Akron, Ohio where we had driven with Debbie, Blake and Uncle Don. We had a rental car that we dropped off there in Akron and Don drove Debbie and Blake in his car. We all had a good drive from Centerfield, PA to Akron and then Don drove back home to Luzerne, in upstate New York. He kept thinking that he would just drive a little bit further, then a little bit further as it got darker and darker. He ended up driving the entire way and got home real late. But there's nothing like your own bed after a long get-away!

We said our tearful good byes to Debbie and Blake in Denver and off they flew to Billings. Awesome Seth picked us up and it was so good to see his familiar face in the big crowd. We were getting a little bit tired and it was such a comfort for him to be taking care of us like that. Then off we drove to Gillette from his home. We arrived at about 3 p.m. to our nice clean house. (Almost ready for the real estate market!) It was hard trying to explain to Matthew and Kaitlyn how we were going home...and yet we weren't.

It was set for Adam to go to work in Omaha the following monday, April 5th, after our vacation. So we had two days to unpack, get the house in showing condition for prospective buyers, pack for apartment living in Omaha and finally drive there. We had the house pretty good before the wedding trip, but thank goodness for bad weather all the way to Rapid City on Good Friday! What a blessing. So Adam emailed to let his new boss know that he'd be a day late.

This ended up giving us 4 days instead of 2 to get ready! Double the time! Since we wouldn't be able to get in to our furnished apartment in Omaha until monday, we ended up leaving early, early Easter morning instead of Good Friday. We drove and spent the night (somewhere? can't remember now) and then drove to Omaha on monday, April 5th.

It was so nice not to have to get right back into the car so fast and be home for two extra days. Adam was able to rest up a little bit more - as with all of us. Get healthy again, more or less, plus - Kaitlyn got another tooth in! Her 8th one on Good Friday. So this is also very beneficial to easier traveling.

It's Always good weather for golfing!

We ended up with about a foot of snow after two days.

Notice Adam's close steps! This was so Matthew could follow in his footsteps.

One last tour of Buckskin Mine

Adam's last day at Buckskin, March 23, 2010! And he ended the day with us!

Tomorrow we will have a dentist appointment and three appointments for the house. Two realtors and one inspector are coming over to assess the house's condition and value.

The next day, March 25, thursday, we drive to Denver to catch a plane to Roger and Shari's wedding. We stop at Seth's on the way in Plattesville. He kindly drives us to the airport and keeps our car for us! Even after we only give him one day's notice! Thank you Seth! You are the best! We sure enjoyed visiting and hope we can see Casey next time (she was Very Busy with tax season).

Kaitlyn always checks out Daddy's pens. Just like Matthew used to do when he was younger.
Today he is interested in the stapler.

Good bye huge equipment!

Matthew used his binoculars.

Adam has Much Better quality photos of all this equipment. But we really saw these and it will bring back some memories for us. (Sorry Adam!)

A seam of coal. Very common here in the Powder River Valley. One of the reasons Gillette is known as the 'Energy Capitol of the nation.'

Contrast of colors, coal vs. dirt.

We'll miss you Wyoming! And all of your beautiful red soil.

Roger and Shari's Wedding

Congratulations Roger and Shari! ~ March 27, 2010 Curwensville, Pennslyvania ~ Zion Baptist Church

The rest of these pictures go from our last day to the first. Here we are saying good bye to Uncle Don Sebald.

Opening the presents at the end of their reception in Clearfield, Pa.

The Solberg Sisters!

Blake took the last swing and broke open the pinata at the reception.

The three groomsmen.

Ethel and George Mann from Hadley, New York

Blake and Randall still really like to play with Kaitlyn.

Matthew and his new very good friend, Mia, from Alaska. Her mother was Shari's maid of honor (whom I unfortunately didn't get a picture of).

Shari's brother, Brian, at the end of the table. He and Adam were the ushers.

Bruce, Cindy, Rachael and Randall Barron from Palmdale, California.

Debbie and Tara, Shari's bridesmaid, from Bozeman, Montana.

Roger and Shari's pastor is in the center with Matthew and her uncle.

Nephew Blake Chambers the ring bearer, cousin Orvin Solberg the best man, friend Chris Soper from Austin, Texas (moving to Phoenix soon) and friend Pat Hickey from Roundup, Montana.

Here at the rehearsal dinner, friday, March 26.

Shari's father, Fred Read, and brother, Brian, with Matthew. Unfortuanately, I didn't seem to get a picture of her mother, Susan.

Orvin and Pat

Shari's bridesmaid, Lynn, from Helena with her son. All of the ladies standing up with her in the ceremony are her friends.

Photographer, Brianna, from Bozeman with Tara and Shari.

Blakie hamming it up.

Kaitlyn's first airplane ride. They both did so well!