Montana June 2015 Part 3 - The Farm

I should probably finish my Montana blog posts.

So the 3rd and final part of Montana was the farm. It was just like I remembered it. The barn was the same and there are still tractors there that the boys loved playing on. There was some horses still there that other family members have and Grandmas house felt the same even though it was different.

We stayed at Aunt Linda and Uncle Jim's house and that was nice. It was scorching hot the first night but the 2nd and 3rd nights were nice and cool, just like Montana weather. The boys love playing with cousins and all the toys they had there. Garett fell several times and skinned his knee, but that is rite of passage. Some of the cousins had a nerf war and the boys loved playing in that. And of course we loved being with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Cathy and Uncle Ben.

Gavin found a new BFF in Hannah (Cousin)

Tractor fun

Ben and Garett

Happy Boys

Grandpa ran for State Rep

Nerf Wars

Playing Basketball is fun and easy with Grandpa

Cool Dude

Just lounging

Montana June 2015 Part 2 - Grandma's Funeral

Grandma's Funeral was on Friday, June 12th at 11 am.  We saw her in the casket and she looked very beautiful like Grandma to me and peaceful. The funeral was very nice, Mom did a great job of the Eulogy and  Uncle Robert's talk was great as well. After the Funeral we had the luncheon and the boys wandered off and found a baby raccoon hiding by the church. I meet some people that my mom and dad grew up with and heard some fun stories as well as Grandpa singing. That was nice!

At 3 pm we went to the Graveside service and it was nice. The boys of course jumped on all the headstones (sorry dead people) and Uncle Hy dedicated the gravesite and pictures were taken and goodbyes were said. You were always so nice to us and helpful. You always wanted to talk to us and find out what was going on in our lives.You made the BEST Chipped Beef and Toast and I always craved it for months after we would leave Montana. We didn't spend much time with you because we lived in different states, but I loved the time we did spend together and I'm sorry I didn't get to see you before you passed, I was trying to make it up for the July Reunion to see you. Until we meet again, Grandma!

The boys and I after the funeral

The baby Racoon at the church

The siblings with Grandma

Grandma's final resting place

Grandpa's headstone

Montana June 2015 Part 1 - The Drive

I am going to try to do this Montana Trip in 3 parts, so stay tuned...

Part One is the Drive to Montana.  We left early Thursday the 11th and drove up to Montana. There are some awesome things you pass in Montana that are things we always look forward to seeing and Cathy got some good pictures of them.

The Sleeping Giant

The Mother Mary, Mother Theresa, Madonna statue (Many names)

The Madonna statue

We stopped at Harmons in Odgen to change the boys' clothes and got doughnuts for Breakfast and Garett loved his!

Grandma and happy Garett eating his doughnut

Some awesome pictures of the boys finally falling asleep.

Sleeping Boys

We didn't have to stop too much, but we did take a 40 minute detour (wrong way) to get back on the right path and to Vaughn.  That was fun! Next up, Part 2 - Grandma's Funeral.

California Trip - Part 4 - Michelle's Wedding

After we got ready, we headed to the Condos for Michelle's wedding at 5. It was a beautiful wedding with a sand ceremony to tie in the kids. After that there were pictures taken and we headed up to the reception and had dinner and dancing. It was fun to be there with family and to see family we haven't seen for a while. It was a fun time and we are glad we got to be a part of it. After the reception, the boys were done, so we walked back to the hotel, and crashed from a busy day so that we could go home the next day.

Our Drive home was long, but we are so glad we are home now. It was a great trip and something I for one totally needed!

California Trip - Part 3 - Beach

On Friday night we went to Michelle's Rehearsal dinner and hung out at the condos right off the beach. It was a beautiful sunset and I am sad I didn't get any pictures because I left my phone in the car. It was a bit cold after the sun went down. We decided to go get ice cream after we left there party and head back to the hotel to sleep off a long day of walking around Legoland.

On Saturday, we got up and they didn't need any help setting up for the Wedding, so we drove down to the beach, but there was literally NO WHERE to Park. So we drove back up to our hotel and walked down to the beach. Gavin didn't really like the water, but loved playing in the sand. Greyson at first didn't like the sand, but started to come around to it and absolutely hated the water. And Garett hated everything about the beach, the water, sand and all of it. He finally fell asleep and took at nap and I should have put him in the sand when he woke up to see if that made a difference, but I didn't.

We went back to our hotel to get ready for the wedding after the beach. It was such a nice day on the beach and I am so glad we got a chance to take the boys and play.

The view from the condos

Mike and Jaden playing in the water

Me and my boys

California Trip - Part 2 - LegoLand

We woke up on Friday and the boys were so excited to get to LEGOLAND. It was all they could talk about since we told them the week before that we were going. It was wet and raining, but we had decided we needed to go check it out because it was our only day to do it and we had already bought the tickets. We got there about 15 minutes after they open and it was not busy at all. It rained on us until about 1pm but then the clouds departed and it was sunny the rest of the day. It was so nice, no long lines and lots of fun things to do and look at. The boys had so much fun there and are already asking when we can go back. We didn't even get through the whole park. There is so much to do there, it was a lot of fun. Enjoy the picture overload!

At the hotel in their Lego Shirts

Legoland!

They had the actual sets from the Movie, it was cool!

We even met Wyldstyle

Mini-Land was amazing!