Aunt Kristi & Aunt Sarah

For five busy but fun-filled days my sister-in-law Kristi and her sister Sarah visited us early in October. The real reason was that our congregation was hosting the Dakota-Montana-Nebraska District Teacher's Conference. Really we know they just like us a lot, will take any excuse to visit us, and the Hills are out our back door which are kind of like mountains. :)

One of the first orders of business was to hit the trail. We had to wait until late Sunday afternoon for both the weather and activities to clear before hitting the quickly darkening trail. Many of my crazy adventures here involve my good friend Denise, so we invited her to join us on a trek into the dark. It was light when we started but a star filled sky rapidly appeared.

In the pictures you'll note Kristi who (according to Evan) "looks like a big white squirrel hiking there" and Sarah, who became Aunt Sarah over the course of the visit, making fast hiking buddies with Evan.

It was great to have them here for five days and I really wish I could cut some of the boring parts out of the eight hours between us all so we could do it more often. Love you ladies! :)