Here I am! Did you miss me?
Life in Montana is wonderful...love the cooler weather, the big skies, and the gorgeous mountains. Plus, my parents house is huge so the basement where we are staying is larger than our whole house in Florida! Loving it!
The only downside of it has been the lack of internet -- no wireless and the connection they do have is VERY slow. They also have a really old computer so I can't even post to the blog (the computer can't support the newer browsers that are necessary for Typepad). I am trying to stay caught up on checking email, but other than that, I have been off the computer. Kind of nice, actually ;)
However, right now I am in the middle of a big project for my store so I plugged the connection into my computer and while I am waiting for things to upload, I thought I would check in.
Here is a HUGE picture recap of the last week...
Last Tuesday we went to BINDER PARK ZOO in Battle Creek, Michigan, with Jason's parents. The kids loved feeding the giraffe's and even though I screwed up these pictures pretty bad, you can at least get the idea :)
Levi's interpretation of the above scene:
Notice that Katelynn's hand is TOTALLY in the giraffe's mouth! LOL!
Jason practicing for life back in Asia :)
Taken with my rented 70-200 4.0L. Such a great lens!
My beautiful little butterfly...
After the zoo we drove to Grand Rapids to visit some friends of ours. We usually go for 4-5 days, but there just wasn't time this summer. One night was all we got. Eight kids under eight...crazy, but fun! Can you tell whose kids are whose?? LOL!
On Wednesday we flew to Montana. I just love the views here. My parents are on 25 acres with another 25 acres bordering their property. Some other people rent out some of the land for their horses we not only do we get the beautiful mountains, but we also get all the horses!
On Friday we went to the County Fair for a few hours. Good to get out and just be a family.
The next day we went with my dad to THREE FORKS, the headwaters of the Missouri River. Alaina and Caleb stayed home, so just the little ones went with us.
Here is a panoramic photo of the area we went to. I took five photos and merged them in Photoshop Elements Photomerge. Worked great!
And the rest of the time in Montana has been spent just hanging out and playing!
Wanna visit?
Count me in! I love that part of the country. We just spent a week in Idaho and saw some similar scenery. Love it!
Posted by: Kara | July 22, 2008 at 08:55 AM
I have to ask,, what camera are you using? Beautiful shots!
Posted by: Tara | July 22, 2008 at 09:16 AM
Aww, you are about 6 hours from me... wish we could have gotten together! Maybe some other time
Posted by: Julie Marie | July 22, 2008 at 12:30 PM
looks wonderful. need to add montana to my list of places to visit.
Posted by: Jeanann | July 22, 2008 at 04:44 PM
Sure! I would love to visit!! Sure looks like you are having so much fun!! Great photos too!
Posted by: Margie S. | July 22, 2008 at 08:37 PM
Montana is beautiful!
Now I want to go live there!! Absolutely breath taking!!
Posted by: Liz | July 23, 2008 at 04:07 AM