Lots of travel and family time in October

The Month of October has been a crazy month with lots of travel!  It has been really nice to visit with and see both mine and Jayson's families.  Jayson and I left for Lovell Friday, October 7th after work.  We stayed the night about halfway there and got there Saturday around 1.  We had a nice weekend of visiting lots of friends and some family.  We were there for my brother Patricks prison sentencing.  It was on Tuesday and was a really hard day for all of the Durtsche family.  We were pleased with the outcome and are hoping this will be the beginning of the end of Patricks addiction and problems.  He will be serving 4-6 years in Torrington.  It was really wonderful to see him clean and sober and be able to hug him.  I hope and pray he will stay strong and be able to be a different person when he gets out.  Jayson and I returned home Wednesday.  Saturday morning we all got up bright and early and drove to Salt Lake for Jayson's niece's wedding at the Salt Lake Temple.  It was really cold there, but a beautiful wedding and reception.  It was nice to see all Jayson's sisters and spend time with them and their families.  We got home early Sunday morning and then all loaded up Wednesday afternoon and headed to Lovell again.  It was the first time all our kids had been to Lovell with us in almost 3 years.  We drove it straight and got to Lovell about 1:30 a.m. on Thursday.  We were there to welcome my youngest brother Steven home from his mission and listen to him speak at church.  We were able to drive over to Sheridan on Friday and watch my nephew Kirk play football and then all the guys went hunting on Saturday.  We all headed home on Monday.  I loved spending time with my brothers and their families and my nieces and nephews.  We are definitely tired of traveling though and are planning on staying home for a long time!