Montana

This year we decided to vacation in Montana and meet up with Jeremy's Aunt Jane, cousin Paul, his wife Heather and their son Rylan. We headed to Flathead Lake in Polson for a week of camping.

Now realize that Aaron was only 5 months old and we were taking him "tent camping"! Was I crazy!!

First of all I am not a camper and so packing was difficult to try and remember everything especially all I needed for Aaron. Thank goodness he wasn't eating baby food yet because it was much easier to get bottles ready for him.

The drive was uneventful and Aaron slept most of the 6 hours it took to get there. Our campsite was quite a distance from Paul's and so we spend most of the first day at theirs visiting. Jane had planned a get together lunch for family from the area to come.

After everyone left the boys went to our campsite and put our tent up. While they were gone, the clouds started building and getting darker. We started hearing thunder and seeing lightening. I kept hoping the boys would get back soon and they did right as the rain started to fall. They barely made it under the cover before the rain started pouring. Jeremy came right over to me with a blanket to cover Aaron and he tried to shield us from the rain. It felt like the rain wasn't going to let up and I was a little worried about sleeping in a tent. The storm didn't last that long and we enjoyed the rest of the night.

Jeremy's mom and stepdad arrived the next day and checked into their room at a resort close by. That next day we took advantage of the shower in their room and as I finished getting ready, Jeremy said he had a surprise for me. He knew I had a chance to spend the day on a boat out in the water and so he rented one for all of us. I was super excited and his mom Carla was nice enough to watch Aaron for the day. We drove across the lake to put on our suits and pick up Paul, Heather and Rylan. We had a blast going all over the lake and I got really burned but it was worth it.

The rest of the trip was spent visiting, eating Jeremy's awesome steaks, sitting around the fire and playing games. Camping turned out to be a really fun experience and we had a great time.

4th of July

I was excited this year for the holiday because I could go to the parade I had missed the past few years and Jeremy and Aaron could come with me.

We set our chairs up in the same place with our same friends. I had brought Aaron's frog chair for him to sit in but the majority of the time he was passed around. I made sure to watch for when a loud noise was coming and to cover his ears.

I was curious to see how Aaron would react with so much going on. He did great and even fell asleep for the last part of it!

The afternoon was laid back while we got ready for the bbq. Before heading to the river I opened up some sparklers I bought. I wanted to see what Aaron would do and he was pretty much in awe! I was a little worried about taking Aaron to the river to watch the fireworks but he ended up falling asleep and not making a peep.

It was a great holiday spending it with family.