Thursday, July 23, 2009

Montana Vaca

Wow, we crammed a lot into 10 days! But it was 10 days of fun and adventure. The girls and I headed up to UT on the 9th. We stayed @ Destiny and Shay's. Then the next day we followed them up to Hamilton. With 2 kids and a guinea pig, we only had to stop 4 times. :) We were at my parents' house for almost a week. Then Benj flew in and we headed to Kalispell for a long weekend. Our "new" minivan made the trip even better... we brought a lot of stuff back with us, hehe. We got to stop and see friends/sights on our drive home too. Here are some pics:

HAMILTON
We all stopped @ Big Hole Battlefield for a break... the girls with Tiggz, Destiny's pet.
Bubbles with Grandpa
Helping mow the lawn


Shannon, Julie, and I

All our kids!


My mom, the girls, and I at Skalkaho Falls- so pretty!
Popsicles after running through the sprinkler.
Leaving for the airport to pick up Benj ... Romeo wanted to come with us. ;)


Lunch break in Polson @ Flathead Lake
Kalispell

Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park... we went on a boat ride (the big one)


Benj's dad, Benj and the girls... taking a rest along a hike







SNOW!



On our way down on this hike, we saw 3 big horned sheep


And goats


Playing @ Whitefish Lake


Took a walk through Woodland Park



I love these poses, lol!




Picking vegetables from Grandma Baumann's garden



On our way home, we stayed the night in LOGAN! We got to eat @ The Bluebird... mmmmm, that Bluebird chicken, I sure miss it. We went up to campus and walked around... it's changed since we attended there, oh 6 years ago! The whole town has in fact...



Waaaaaayyyy too young to become a "true Aggie!"




We also stopped in SLC and walked Temple Square. This is at the top of the Conference Center.

I miss MT already... family and friends, and those cool MT temps!! But we had a great time with everyone we saw there and along the way. Now it's back to reality!!!

5 comments:

montana diana said...

We miss you guys too and glad you got to come up and have lots of fun. Looks like the rest of the trip was just as wonderful. Love the pics at Utah state, wow, wasn't that just yesterday you were graduating and pregnant with Lexi at the same time???? The house is awfully quiet without you guys here, but look forward to seeing you soon. Love you guys.

montana diana said...

p.s. I sure said "guys" a lot!

Destiny Rayburn said...

Mindy, I think that if we both lived in Hamilton we could handle it... Alone, not so sure. Atleast we'd have our families... :) It was so fun to "travel with you" heehee. miss ya!

Hi I'm Apryl said...

Those pics are so pretty! I'm glad you had fun but I sure missed you.

Suzanne G said...

It was so fun seeing you guys. Thanks for stopping in. It's so fun reading your blog and seeing your girls growing up. They are so pretty.
Take care. We love you guys