Sometimes when you need to read a book, and there’s no where to sit… mommy’s foot will do in a pinch. At the nature center…you think she’s happy to be a butterfly? This is how our kids can always be found. Baby J exploring, and little M writing down her observations… Precious girl on a…

I think I see some mosquitos out there, can you put some bug juice on me? ~ little M, looking out the front door before going to the park. It is so hot outside, it smells like the sun. ~ little MWhat does the sun smell like? ~ meLike it is burning things. ~ little…

On our last day in Montana, Uncle M and Auntie J took us to Yellowstone… I have always loved Yellowstone. It is so big, and so wild. It has waterfalls, lakes, rivers, hot springs, geysers, and tons of wild animals. Something for everyone, haha. The terraces where the hot springs are are so stark and…

It was extra hot one day, so we took the kids to feed the ducks for a while, then we hung out inside in the afternoon… Little M has declared this activity one of her favorites in Montana… She has written about it in her journals several times, and talked about it non-stop. It is…

The grandpa found the idea for this cake in a magazine, and wanted to put it together for the kids… it made the kids very happy… And while we were driving one day, we heard the kids huddled up in the backseat conspiring and planning, and one thing they were discussing was to pretend that…

God has perfect timing; never early, never late. It takes a little patience, and a whole lot of faith… but it’s always worth the wait. ~ cross cards 

We were excited to go visit this ghost town one day. I loved to visit here when I was younger, when  the grandma and I often got a little bit of gold fever and went panning for gold… I just like ghost towns, and the kids were excited to hear that there was a train…

Our little family had so many firsts this week in big sky country… Baby J had his first bonfire. I cracked up over how baffled he was that no one was putting the fire out. The husband lit off firecrackers for the first time… And little M and baby J got to witness those fireworks…