Kalispel (Continuation of trip #2)

We had a great time with my Aunt Jan and Uncle Tony after our trip to Seeley Lake. We went to Kalispel and Glacier. Jan and Tony took our family on some great hikes. It was so beautiful. We hope that we will be able to get up there again soon. It is to bad that Montana is so stinkin' big. Even though we have relatives in Montana it still takes us forever to get up there.

The kids were real troopers during the 3 mile hike up to a lake. I love that we can enjoy the outdoors as a family. So far it seems as though everyone likes to be out in nature. I hope it continues that way since that is where Russ and I love to be the most.

Trip #2 of the summer

We had a great family reunion with the Duce's this summer. They rented cabins at Seeley Lake, which is outside of Missoula. It is near where Grandpa Duce had a ranch in the sixties. There were lots of cousins for everyone to play with, and lots of activities. It was nice because they hired a cook and we didn't have to worry about cooking the entire time (every mothers dream). One day they hired a bus to come and take us to the old family ranch. It is a fancy dude ranch now. We got to eat lunch there and take a tour. We also went to a cool ghost town. We were right on the lake so that the kids could swim, fish, or go canoeing whenever they wanted. We also held a memorial for Grandma Duce. She died right before the reunion. We are so grateful for those that put such a great reunion together. There were a lot of great memories made.

Trip #1 of the summer

Our Trip to Utah

We had such a great summer. It all started with our trip to Utah in June. Russ had a conference in Salt Lake so we decided we would drive down with him. We went to Bear Lake with some of my family. The kids had a great time at the beach. They loved collecting shells and burrying each other in the sand. The weather was a bit chilly, but the kids didn't know the difference.

Dylan in the sand Grandpa and Lizzie Lizzie in the sand Peyton in the sand Connor and Katie

Later on in the week we went to Hogle Z00 with the Hall cousins. It was really fun, and the cousins had a blast together.

We then headed to Lagoon at the end of the week. It was pouring rain, but we tried to make the most of it. Not to many pictures of this day, because of the weather. I have a few of the little kids, but none of the big boys on their bigger rides.