The greatest Monday in September

We had big plans for Labor day this year.  We were going to float the river all day.  When we heard the weather would not permit us to do so, we decided to drive 2 hours and go to Flathead Lake and swim/tube there.  We then found that the weather there would also be crummy.  At that point we were determined to go somewhere.  We made plans to drive to Glacier Ntl Park on Monday morning no matter the weather.  We got a call Sunday from Erics sister inviting us to stay in one of their vacation properties.  Wahoo!  So sunday night we watched TV, popped the corn, drank hot cocoa and called it a night.  Monday we drove to Glacier and it was beautiful then cold and gray and then beautiful.  We had a blast.  It snowed a bit.  We had fun!  Thank heavens we live in Heavenly Fathers most beautiful mountain areas!  

Sara through the years

First off, thanks Emily for the idea!  I saw this on her blog and couldn't resist.  The site is: yearbook yourself.  Enjoy!                             my favorite one!
                                                         I used to have hair like the one below!
       reminds me of Saved by the Bell

10 years! and Yellowstone!

Eric had his 10 year high school reunion on 8/9.  We decided to make the drive to Star Valley, Wyoming for the event. 

 We took hwy 93 so that we could stop at signs and learn a little more about lewis and clark.  We had hoped for a little more excitement. it was beautiful though!

  8 hours later we made it! We stayed with Eric's sister Sharon and her husband Steve and our niece Isabelle.  It was a lot of fun!  Kids usually have a way of bringing out the kid in me!  The reunion wasn't too exciting.  it was nice to meet some of Erics friends and hang out with them. 

  As you can see, it wasn't hard for them to take to their old ways.  The tough guys on campus!  After spending a day with Sharon, Steve and Isabelle...

 we decided to depart into the wilderness and drive by Jackson Hole and the Tetons and into Yellowstone!  It was so beautiful!  Words cannot begin to describe its beauty and all of the incredible formations we saw.  These pictures will never do justice to those beautiful sights.  But its worth a shot! Teton National Park

pretty self explanatory
these are everywhere, and beautiful!
OLD FAITHFUL...and it was!
Morning Glory.  this isn't man made. Does that blow your mind?! 

It stinks worse than I make it look!

The wild life in Yellowstone
One of the many waterfalls..beautiful.
looking up at another fall
the trail down to look up at the fall..
the stairs just kept going and going.  The whole way down i was thinking, "we have to climb every single one of these steps back up and then hike the rest of the trail.  Total there were 300 steep steps up.  What a workout!  We had so much fun and I really want to go back.  I feel like there was so much more we could have done.  We just ran out of vacation time.  I don't know, ... something about work and paychecks?  I highly recommend this trip to everyone! 

 

My little niece Tasia!

This is Tasia!  She just experienced her first day of school!  She is in kindergarten!  I cannot believe that she is old enough to go to school.  She is a sweetheart and I miss her so much.  Love ya tater bug!

Our 3rd Anniversary celebration and more.....

Eric:  getting ready
Sara:  Can we go now?
the cabin on Flathead Lake
ascending into the clouds with our bikes!
Eric on top ready for the ride!
kodak moment/thx to self timer!

I only wrecked once w/2 battle wounds!
I just owned that mountain back there!
In my spare time i like to make cherry pie

w/cherries i picked myself!
side of Morrell Falls

Eric hiked into the falls!

putting our tents together! Yippee!
    Rule #37: see giant bull, stop & take pic w/it!

On July 22nd Eric and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary.  We had so much fun.  We stayed in a cabin on Flathead lake and then decided to take our bikes up to Big Mtn ski resort and ride them off the top of the mtn.  It was a Blast!  The other pics are of some waterfalls (Morrell Falls) an hour or so from our home.  They are beautiful and breathtaking. (pictures don't do justice)  We hiked up to them and then camped by the trailhead.  We made tinfoil dinners and s'mores and what not.  It was a very fun weekend.  Hope you enjoy the picture overload and keep looking below this post for other fun and exciting adventures!  

Post for the past

The parade in Big Fork
The cutest superman EVER!
fireworks on Flathead Lake
boat in the middle of the lake
view from the top of Big Mountain 

all the way down......
Whitefish Lake......ahhhhhh
Fourwheeling in Polson MT
Farmers Market downtown Missoula

Here are some pics of the past month and the fun we've been having.  The months of June, July and August outdoors and the beauty of September, October and most of November are what makes the 6 months of gray sky and cold worth living here in Montana!  Warning:  this may be picture overload.  I can't post slide shows for some reason!

Our 4th of July Blast!

Our celebration started out on Thursday evening.  We drove to Big Fork (eric's sisters live there).  There was an open house that evening for the new AMAZING lodge that people can rent for a vacation getaway.  We got to stay in the cute little cabin near that for the night.  I love that cabin.  it's right on the lake and in the middle of a cherry orchard.  Friday went: breakfast at the church (typical but good), parade in Big Fork (awesome), picnic at the lake (beautiful), boat ride (always a blast), then the amazing part.  We went to eric's sister's friends house right on the lake and watched amazing fireworks put on by some pyrotechnic guy!  Woohoo!  We got to take a boat into the middle of the bay in the dark and have a panoramic view the the fireworks.  Words and pictures can't even describe. Saturday we went to a ski resort called Big Mountain.  Sounds, well...like a big mountain, right?  Oh it was!  We rode the ski lift to the top, ate lunch and played and rode back down.  It was amazing. After that we swam in Whitefish lake.  it's like a tropical paradise up in the mountains! Eric and I will be returning there in 2 weeks for our anniversary with our bikes.  We are going to ride the lift to the top and ride our bikes down!   Yipee skipee!  Hope ya'll enjoy the pics