I think I've fallen in love with the great state of Montana.
Every summer, all of Ben's extended family on the Dawson side, takes a trip to Montana. Ben's Uncle Doug has two cabins on Hebgen Lake. This was our first year in going... and all I kept thinking is 'why haven't we come sooner?' We decided to make our road trip a little longer, to go over to Missoula to see Luke and Lisa. I don't even want to count how many hours we spent in the car, but it was worth it. I loved seeing Montana, it's so beautiful.
We got to the cabin last Saturday... we got to hang out with family we don't see too often. Ben's brother, Freddie, and his family were able to come. We went to Yellowstone (saw a few buffalo), rode bikes, swam in the lake, and played games. My favorite part was visiting with family :) I really didn't want to leave, we all had a great time.
Tuesday afternoon, we headed out to Missoula. Our trip from the lake to Missoula was so beautiful. We had a great time seeing Luke and Lisa and where they live. It was like being in Heaven, Luke cooked us all our meals, and he even did some of our laundry. Lisa was able to get off work on Wednesday, so they took us to one of their favorite picnic places. We got up Thursday morning to leave for home. The kids had about all the vacation that they could handle.
Thanks Brenda and Doug, and Luke and Lisa for our great trip!
Every summer, all of Ben's extended family on the Dawson side, takes a trip to Montana. Ben's Uncle Doug has two cabins on Hebgen Lake. This was our first year in going... and all I kept thinking is 'why haven't we come sooner?' We decided to make our road trip a little longer, to go over to Missoula to see Luke and Lisa. I don't even want to count how many hours we spent in the car, but it was worth it. I loved seeing Montana, it's so beautiful.
We got to the cabin last Saturday... we got to hang out with family we don't see too often. Ben's brother, Freddie, and his family were able to come. We went to Yellowstone (saw a few buffalo), rode bikes, swam in the lake, and played games. My favorite part was visiting with family :) I really didn't want to leave, we all had a great time.
Tuesday afternoon, we headed out to Missoula. Our trip from the lake to Missoula was so beautiful. We had a great time seeing Luke and Lisa and where they live. It was like being in Heaven, Luke cooked us all our meals, and he even did some of our laundry. Lisa was able to get off work on Wednesday, so they took us to one of their favorite picnic places. We got up Thursday morning to leave for home. The kids had about all the vacation that they could handle.
Thanks Brenda and Doug, and Luke and Lisa for our great trip!
Luke and cousin Sadie
Abby and cousin Porter in their 'coon skin caps
Luke, using a small bush to roast a marshmallow
Carly and Minnie
Carly, deciding if she wants to nap or swim
bathing Hailey in the kitchen sink
some cousins buried Luke
The whole way to Montana, Abby held her 'pink' lifejacket. That was probably her favorite part of the trip... wearing her pink lifejacket
Ab was so excited to spend some time with girl cousins. That doesn't happen very often on the Dawson side.
so excited
If you know the Dawsons... you know they are pretty hard-core about chess
Abby asked, "why did the buffalo cross the road?" I thought it might be a joke... but she seriously wanted to know.
All the Dawson's except Eli and Ryan.
Abby with her Papa Larry
Our family picture. We should have at least lifted Hailey's cover
Fisher, Dawson, Kaitlyn, Grandma Sharla, and Luke
happy Abby
enjoying the sand
on our way to Missoula, passing Quake Lake.
On our picnic, looking for Grizzlies
Our wonderful hosts, Luke and Lisa
Carly loved being so free in the wild, she kept running and running
looking for fishies
Oh good, a family picture where you can see our whole family.
8 comments:
What a fun trip! You have such a cute family! :) I miss Yellowstone.
Montana is awesome... i forget about it (it's only a couple hours away... how does that happen?)
fun vacation!! love the pic of Abby in her super awesome coon skin cap... hilarious!
you make the CUTEST kids... never stop!
Looks like so much fun. Montana does look beautiful. I love the picture of Abby and Sadie holding hands. So sweet!
You made me homesick! That drive from the cabin to Missoula is gorgous. The whole state is amazing. Thanks for the pictures, it is always nice to see a little bit of home.
I also love Montana. We just spent the weekend there too. Quake lake is one of my favs.
What a fun trip. I agree with you, Montana is such a fun state. There is so much to see and do there.
The pictures of the kids are so so awesome. I love them all. I get a kick out of the pink life jacket.
Sounds like an awesome family vacation, you got some great pictures. Hebgen lake is our 'dream cabin location' key word...dream. I wish you could have packed me in your suitcase!
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