Easter in Montana!

We've been back now for a little while, and I haven't done my post yet. Not that anyone is dying to read it but you know Journal purposes right? We decided that we like to travel at night (when safe) with the boys. It makes it a nice peaceful drive. They sleep and it gives Matthew and I a chance to have a nice relaxing visit. I wish we could do it more often! Anyway, here are some pictures that say it a lot better than I would.

We found some awesome bunny ears at Smiths (grocery store, not a friend that we stole them from). I thought it would be fun to put them on Sam, cuz I thought he would make a really cute little chubby bunny. Of course when Max got a look at them he wanted to wear them too. So here are my two little Easter bunnies!

Max and Janie (his only cousin that is even remotely close to his age in my family)at the East Missoula Easter Egg Hunt. It was crazy! I think parents coach their kids for months on getting the "good" prizes! Moms and dads may as well have brought their own Easter baskets! Never the less, they had an awesome time.

This first pic was taken before the hunt began. They love each other! Yes they do fight sometimes, but at the end of the day its all love.
I Can't believe that I didn't get any parents in this picture! It was so cute, because they countdown and blow this horn then all the kids are off like bandits to get their eggs and candy. Notice how quick Janie was! I walked out and went with Max just to make sure that he understood what was going on. I mean, its not like it was much of a hunt, all the stuff is just laying out in the grass as you can see. I was funny cause, when his basket started to fill up with goodies he said "ok I think I am done now" even though there was tons of stuff left out there. I guess he isn't overly greedy.
Max and Janie going over their loot. Jane was all over the place! She got TONS of stuff! Atta girl! The beautiful girl in the bug shades is my good buddy and niece (Janies sister) Kayla.



Then it was off to the Carousel in Missoula for Max's cousins birthday. What a fun time! I thought maybe he would be kinda scared, he's never been on anything like that before. This is his sweet Grandma Melodee.



Ah, an adventurous ride in Papas motor home! Max didn't know quite what to make of this. He definitely has never been in a motor home before. We drove up to Polson, Montana to see Flathead Lake and get some lunch at Lynn's Drive in.

This is my dad. We have always called his sunglasses his birth control glasses, cuz lets face it, they are pretty ugly. They are kinda like aviators, but not quite. Don't worry, they come in night vision too! All joking aside, my dad has awesome driving abilities due to his extensive experience as a trucker. He was actually trying to get me to drive this mammoth. No way was I going to attempt to maneuver this 45 foot long beast! I told him to forget it!

Papa and Max throwing rocks into Flathead River. I have so many memories here!

My happy little baby boy. The marks under his mouth are from his Binky. It is fading now though thanks to Lansinoh!

Back to the Carousel! It was so much fun the first time we thought we would bring the whole gang. This group is comprised of a couple of my nieces, a nephew, my sister, and my cousins daughter. This day was nearly perfect.

The troops taking a break from the carousel for sum yummy Little Cesar's Pizza. This pic was taken shortly after we found Alex. See the story goes like this...Stacey, (my sister in the green) who is a great mom (by the way) and I decided to take the kids to the carousel. You would think that wouldn't add up to a dangerous situation, especially considering the fact that so many of the kids are teenagers. Anyway the park connected to the carousel was super super super busy, and so was the carousel, and in the confusion of getting everybody safely from the park into the carousel we lost Alex my 6 year ol nephew. Thank goodness for his good instincts. He just sat under the play structure and waited. It was sooooo sad and scary. Poor guy was so scared! Fortunately it wasn't anything that a little pizza, capri sun, and pony rides couldn't fix. OH and hugs of course.



Just a fun pic of Sam and I at the park

I refer to this hat fondly as his Colonel Klink hat (you know, from Hogans Heros). His hat was a bit small and so it looked a little like an army helmet. Funny, It was plenty big for Max when he was this age. Could it be because Sam weighs a hunky 16 pounds? I always forget this and think, oh Max wore this when he was Sams age, it should work great. hahaha

Well that pretty much does it for my trip to Montana. I was real and it was fun. OH and it was real fun. Someday I hope to live there soon!