Tina

Spent the past 4 days showing my dear friend some of the beauty of Montana:

First trip to the Rocky Mountains

Bottom right corner - using binoculars to see mountain goats

Thankfully, we were blessed with incredible weather

Laughing at visitor's center

Logan Pass

We love this lady!

I asked Tina, before the trip, what she wanted to do while she was here...

 

...her answer was: "see a waterfall with my own eyes."

Coloring together while waiting for our lunch

Thanks for coming, Tina.  Having you with us, even for just a few days, was HEAVENLY.

School, Butterflies, and Dance

First days of school:

Parker started 6th grade (middle school!) last week

Lincoln started kindergarten Tuesday

All settled in at his table when we dropped him off for his big day

Anndra started preschool yesterday.  She wouldn't let me take a picture, so we'll have to make do with this one from Parker's first day

Butterflies:

Grandma sent caterpillars again and the kids loved watching them change

On Sunday it was time to release them

Lincoln watching one flit away while Parker goes for another one

That little blurb of color above his hand is the butterfly

Anndra went to her first dance class Tuesday:

She liked it so much and did a great job following the teacher

But of course she insisted on wearing her pajamas!

A few other recent moments:

Great buds

recovering from more oral surgery - yuck

happy girl - growing up way too fast