I talked to Jessi on the phone a couple of times and she was not sure if she and Brandon would be able to make it this year. They were trying to come back but not for sure. Everyone kept telling me that they probably would not be able to come back while I was there.

Sometimes somehow, I was kinda confused about what they told me. Sometimes it sounded that they were going to come out to the ranch but when I asked they denied everything.

I was suspicious about that but still dod not have too much hope that they would make it. However, Missy was coming back to the ranch and Shane planned on going to Billings in order to pick her up. Bill & Sue asked me if I wanted to go to Billings with him. Sure, I had never been in Montana before, so why not? But there was confusiom again: Why do they wnat me to go to Billings too? Shane could go alone, he's old enough *g*

Anyway, the day came and Shane and I went to Billings to pick up Missy. I was so happy to see her again. It had been a while since I last saw her. After four hours of driving we arrived at the airport, checking out flights. Shane was walking around. I followed him and then we ended up in front of a gate which was not the gate Missy's flight would come in at. Hmmm...... Well, we stayed there and I started to watch people (I love that!) and talked to Shane some. Suddenly he pointed in a specific direction and I was like "What do you want?"

I looked over there and it was ... Jessi... I couldn't believe it, they really managed to trick me! It was so good to see her again. It's our life - the first thing that came in to my mind. Brandon was just smiling :-). I wonder why...

Together we now waited for Missy's arrival and when she finally came through the gate, it was like "the 2000 gang was back together again". I missed Jeff and Zack though. Wow, that was great. And now, we had one week of spending time together. It should be so much fun!

And it was. We had a blast. It started out when we came back to the ranch and we had a real "Bear adventure". A bear that had been around for a while, always getting into the trash, was sitting on a tree the night we came back from Billings. It was scary but interesting as well. Jessi, Missy and Brandon: WELCOME BACK!

Zack came back too and it was just a big reunion. I already knew that I would die when I had to go this time...