Busy!

We've been pretty busy...too busy to stay inside! So I'll catch you up.

Charles and I went on a REAL date!  He got tickets to a small dinner on the fairgrouns (Montana State Fair) where Aaron Tippin was doing a meet and greet (haven't listened to him in YEARS but it was neat to meet him), and we stayed to watch the rodeo afterwards.  Halfway through we got bored and just walked through all the exhibits and goodies.

On the way there





With a very aged looking Aaron Tippin lol

None of us were ready for this pic ..the guy was all talking to us, next thing we know, he took the picture :/

Pretty typical picture-taking behaviors here

The Rodeo lol

Walking around downtown, we discover.....

Mini Golf on a very hot Saturday afternooon



 Here we go!  Ironically this was the hardest hole for all of us LOL

 MAN we are sweating here!  It was in the upper 90's and had been all week.

 Charlie - hanging out near the misters...again...

 Charles, loosing to me :) 

We were invited to a little graduation get together at a ranch.  It just looked like a house in the middle of rolling fields.  The family has 1400 acres there and bunches other places.  Somewhere there is cattle, horses, sheep, crops, etc.  I didn't see any of that..  Anyway, I took Key Lime pie.

 Yes, I am the dork who took a pic of the pie in the oven :)

 We gather in a nearby field for softball.  So much fun!

 Charlie

 Looking back at the 'ranch' from the softball field

 More ranchy stuff

 My friend, Amy, trying so hard to hit the ball lol

 Amanda

The outfield.  They made us run FAR!

To my right I see an old building ..I thought it was sort of 'pretty' sitting out there lol

Kids playing 'crack the whip'

Cowboys

the kids were given these glow stick thingys...worth HOURS of enterainment

Somewhere along the way we went to an air show.. in 101 degree temps.  WHOSE idea was this??

 "Scary" prop plane tricks

 Sweltering.  And somebody isn't a silent sufferer.....

 The Blue Angels are up next to do tricks.

 Taking off

Yeah, I know, airshow pictures are kinda lame.  I do have some pretty cool little video shots that show some of the cool tricks in the air, but I didn't have the patience to upload those tonight.



So, anyway, we've been staying busy and getting to know people.  It's so different how social people are here v/s our last town.  Here, they just want you to come along, which is nice.  This weekend Charles had been invited by a group of brothers in our Hall to go on a 70 mile 4-wheeling trip, some sisters on the ranch invited me to harvest apples, which means baking pies, making applesauce and apple butter all day, to help them put up their crop.  And I'll get to take home a ton of yumminess too, of course.  And this Wednesday, we were invited to the lake with some friends for skiing and fishing, so Charles is going to take the day off to do that.  Today I was supposed to join my friend, Claire (remember her?..the mountain lady LOL) up in the mountains about an hour and a half away, to stay at a cabin with her and her friend.  They were going to take us on a hike up to a look out tower on the peak.  But, I couldn't sleep for some weird reason last night (fell asleep at 5 am!) and couldn't get up and meet her.  Maybe next week.  And we've been in service twice as much as we ever have before.  They really try to stay active during the summer because once it cools off, the snow comes and things slow WAY down. 

Ok, so that's what we've been up to :)  We secretly can't wait for the snow to come but for now we are soaking up summer!