Saturday, August 15, 2009

Summer in Montana

We spent the last 2.5 weeks traveling to Montana to see friends and family. When we got home, I had over 340 pictures to download! Here are some of the best that tell of our adventures.

We started off by driving to Coeur d'Alene for a Schmitt family reunion. It's a long drive for a 1.5-year-old, so of course we had to stop a couple times to play.
We had a good two days with the Schmitts, including spending some time at the lake.
After Coeur d'Alene, we continued to Helena.
Luckily we got some of this:
Is that my 6-month-old cousin Alivia who is almost as big as me?!?
Katelynn loves playing with 3-year-old cousin Tithen.
Grandma Gale was in town from CA and someone had the bright idea of trying to get 4 kids and 1 adult to smile and look at the camera at the same time.
The Helena carousel is full of animals native to MT. We took at least 3 trip there for a total of more than 10 rides. Katelynn loves it!
Matching outfits AND a photo shoot? We are out of control.
Ivey - 1 yr, Alivia - 6 mo, Katelynn 1.5 yrs, Tithen - 3 yrs.
The wives (our husbands are the brothers) and the girls.
After a trip to Glacier with the FitzGeralds, we got to stop in Sealy Lake and see our friend Ryan and his daughter Lana.
Plus Lisa, my college roommate and good friend, was in town so we got to hang with her and her boys a few times. (Nate, age 3, is below.)
And thanks to the Sheehys, Katelynn has discovered her love of sandboxes.
Grandma Sue, I appreciate all the toys you have for me, but this is even better!
Grandpa Ben and Uncle JT built Katelynn this swing set while we were there. Katelynn decided she was old enough to try out the big kid swing.
It was a busy trip seeing everyone. And our trips are bound to get crazier because next time we are in Montana we'll have three kids!

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