It has been a month since our babies have been here (even the grown ones!) and I was looking through pictures. I will have to blog a little at a time. The picture takers took lots. Cari told me I had to take lots of pictures to get just the right one, so between Cowboy and myself and anyone else picking up the camera, there are LOTS of pictures.
Here they come!!! Baylee is talking a mile a minute!
Baylee informed me and Great Granddad that it was a fun "alligator" ride. (Elevator) Baylee asked me, "Are you Montana?" I said, "I sure am!" I don't know who was gladder to be off the plane, the kids or the folks! They had a two-hour layover in Salt Lake City, Utah. The baby, Kelli was good other than takeoffs and landings.
We were so GLAD to greet them!! Three years is a long time since they were in Montana!
Our first "in the flesh" introduction to Kelli. What a happy baby. She was so good.
Kelli was HAPPY to be loose from the car seat! She just kicked and kicked! We had to wait around the airport for them to bring the car rental. You know the story... They booked a car when they got the tickets. When B.J. and Marsha got there to get the car, well, it wasn't quite ready. They did have a four-door pickup... I should have taken a picture of the luggage. That would not work in the box of a pickup if it rained! So, we waited for them to "detail" and wash the car. Very frustrating but what is one to do? They needed the car. The girls at the desk went in the back office. I would have also! Ha! After 45 min. to an hour, the car finally got there and off to Cari's to a B-B-Q. Tristin was going to come from Bozeman but her car leaked oil and she had just had the oil changed. So she took her car back and they told her she needed an air filter after an hour and a half and she had to work in the evening. I told her to stay put. It was a long drive for an hour of visiting.
Baylee "had to have" one of Auntie's purses to carry around! Too bad Cari had not kept the lime green purse, Sydney loved it when she was little. It would have been right up Baylee's alley!
Baylee posing for Grammy by the flowers. Remember the picture that I took of Cari's flowers right after she bought them? I love that fuzzy topped grass!
B.J. was the cook. He told me that this wasn't a good picture, but the story it tells without words... I took a picture of the two of them at the fair in Billings probably 10 or 11 years ago and they were hugging. It wasn't a particularly good picture of either, but I had it blown up because of the unspoken message it conveyed to this Mom...
More Baylee...
Bonnie brought cupcakes to celebrate birthdays--Cari belatedly and Granddad and mine. Baylee got to blow out candles. Is not that the fun part of cakes on birthdays???
I did my first blog of the Fourth of July parade. Where did the year go? I wanted this to be a silent Sunday with just pictures, but really! You are asking too much!! Women like to talk, write, babble... We always seem to have a comment about something. Even if it isn't verbalized, we have one.
The parade was small this year and the turn out even smaller. The 4th fell on a Sunday which took some of the people that wanted to attend church services. Monday is also a holiday, so people went fishing, boating, family events, camping, you name it.
I took money for the noon meal at the hall, we ran out of sloppy joes by the time Cowboy and I ate, so we ate a little salad and went elsewhere and had lunch. We came home and had a wonderful nap and then read papers. I am way behind on my paper reading and Cowboy read the Sunday paper.
Dave and Morris brought a team to town to carry veterans and Dave was outrider. Sorry about the junk in the background.
Cowboy looks good on Ace. Can you believe it was so chilly this morning that we needed jackets? We were glad for the cool weather. We remember a 4th when we went to Miles City with Tristin (we all had horses) and checked on cattle that we had on leased property. Whew it was a very, very hot day! Tristin said she remembered that her long-sleeved shirt had polyester in it...
Note the team in the back. The horses that you see were the only ones in the parade in Jordan. Sad!
Cowboy was trying to remember how many years he has carried the American flag... He feels it is such an honor and privilege. Patriotism runs deep at our house. We pray for our country...
