Down Yonder 2008

Thanks to the help of Todd's sister Tana we got to

go the the Brewer Cardinal game. Had wonderful

seats and Cardinals Won! - Pretty exciting game.

Karlee likes very few things more then being outside.

Add food and a tea party with Aunt Tana and nothing

can beat it.

Smore time fun. They could be for breakfast, lunch

or dinner. Sorry Gene!


Karlee so enjoys being around her Groat cousins.

She cannot wait to see them again at Christmas.

We are excited that both of our gals love the

outdoors. Sierra favorite is play in and eating dirt.


A little lap time with Grandpa and Grandma.

The only glitch was that the Missouri mud

harden inside the back tires on Tren/Melissa's van.

A little banging, WD, 3 men supervising

and one doing the work fixed it all.

What a fun Labor Day Weekend!

Glacier National Park Vacation

Oh where do you begin. It was such a GREAT trip.
Our destination was Glacier but we also stopped at
Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park in N. Dakota on the way out.


We did 3 hikes (3 miles, 2 miles and 1 mile each way).
Karlee hiked up on all three trips and some of the way down.
Sierra rode and slept on the way down. Karlee loved
having snowball fights in the snow fields and Sierra loved
seeing all the mountain goats.


Brother Larry and Todd got to go fly fishing and the
gals and I would play in the water, sand or rocks.
The other picture is Todd exploring/rock climbing at Twin Falls

on our last hike before heading home.


This is Karlee on our first hike once we got to Avalanche lake.
She took her hiking boots off and waded as soon as we got there.
Sierra just wanted to throw or eat rocks.

At the end of the days we hiked it was either an ice cream
stop or back to the condo to make fresh chocolate chip cookies.

We saw the world's fattest chipmunk who wanted to eat
Sierra's cracker and Karlee was so proud of her rainbow trout.

It was great to have my brother, AKA Uncle Larry, travel with us.

If you cannot not tell the gals absolutely adore him.

The mommy mountain goat and baby actually wanted us to
get off the rock so they could use it. It must have some type of
mineral in it because as soon as we moved they started licking it.

We are so blessed by our little gals. They did SO good.
We are definately training them to be outdoor enthusiasts.


This is almost to the top of the road going through the
park called the Going to the Sun road. It was amazing!! Behind
the gals you can see a herd of about 20 Big horn sheep.

While we were watching the herd this one came walking
around the corner about 20 feet from us.

We could not help but proclaim ~ "Our God is an awesome God"

The scenery was unbelievable. Pictures just cannot capture it all.

This was a saying in the visitor center at the top. May we never
fall into apathy in our lives or journey to Jesus!

Finally Finished

Both of Karlee's and Sierra's room focus around beautiful quilts

they have received from different Aunties. The pictures do not do

them justice. The hand quilting on them is amazing.

Karlee's room is pineapple yellow and very bright and bold.

Sierra's room is a sage green - she needs it to be a little

more mellow to help calm her down.

Thanks Auntie's for all the time and effort you put into the

quilts. They will be cherished for many more years to come!

Cabin Fun

We spend a beautiful afternoon at Corni beach

playing in the water and having a lot of fun.

If you cannot tell by the pictures our girls

absolutely adore Uncle Larry.

Beach beauties!

In the morning/evenings we played at the cabin or took naps.

What a great way to spend a weekend.

The sign is true: "Up North IS a State of Mind"

We are blessed.


Daddy and his gals - does a mommy proud.


Our last night we went to Herbster beach and threw rock

and watched the sun set. I didn't think we would get the gals to leave.

Thanks Todd and Connie for letting us use the cabin.

We had a blast!