Montana (July 9-18)

We always love our annual Montana trips. It is so fun to get away for a week or so, and Montana is always so beautiful during the summer (the part that Curtis is from, anyway). This trip was especially fun because it was Mckenna's first visit to her dad's hometown. We spent time with friends and family, ate lots of huckleberry ice cream (a trip to Montana wouldn't be the same without it), went out to eat a lot, went on a beautiful boat ride with some very generous friends, and had a great time all around. On our way home from Montana we made a detour to Sandpoint, Idaho to see Curtis' aunt. We saw a lot of beautiful scenery on the way. There are a lot of pictures that follow - so prepare yourself.


Curtis' friend Fletcher from growing up. This picture reminds me of that line in the movie Sweet Home Alabama: "Look at you, you have a baby...in a bar". Yeah, that picture was taken at the Garden bar in Bigfork where Fletcher works.


Mckenna's first taste of huckleberry ice cream. It was hard to pry her away once she tasted it.






We found this great little place to eat called Somersbay cafe. It will be a place we visit everytime we go from now on - the food was unbelievable!






Aunt Whitney had Mckenna wrapped around her little finger. She LOVED Whitney, but Whitney definitely had to work for it.






Right before we got our motorhome, Curtis' brother bought one just like ours. They're so cute together!
























This trip we decided to venture outside our normal hang out places and try to eat somewhere new. This picture was taken at the WORST restuarant EVER (which I will not name...wouldn't want to hurt anyones feelings). The place was completely empty except for 2 tables. It took them 10 minutes to even come out and seat us. And then we waited for 30 minutes to order our food, and another 45 to get the food we ordered. When we got our food, let's just say it was disgusting. I ordered a crescent with chicken salad. The crescent was hard as a rock and underneath it was stuck to the plate with apricot jam... really weird. Curtis and Whitney had similar food experiences. We will not be visiting there again anytime soon.






To say that Mckenna hated the boat ride would be a major understatement. She screamed pretty much the whole time.

Our new toy (June 27)

We have been wanting to buy a motorhome for a while. We have talked about it several times, and thought it was a purchase we would make years down the road. However, we had many trips coming up this summer and we thought now was as good of time as any for us. So, the weekend before 4th of July, we found "the one", Curtis and his brother drove out to Colorado to look at it, make sure it was the right one for our family, buy it, and drive it back. It has been absolutely wonderful and we love it. So far we have put about 5,000 miles on with various trips, and have used it as a guest house for friends and family who have come to say with us.







This is Mckenna's crib that Curtis and his brother James made. It's awesome, and very useful on trips.





These are just a few pictures from our various trips this summer. I'll go into further detail of each trip in other posts. But isn't she a beaut? We have had a lot of fun so far, and are excited to make more memories as a family.