Monday, July 13, 2009

Over 4th of July weekend, we went to Wolf Point for my cousin Jami's wedding. We decided to go through Glacier Park since the kids have not gone through there before. Which leads us to take US Highway 2 across the hi-line to Wolf Point. Now I remember why I didn't like this highway. Mind you...the roads were good. No road construction. No turns. No twists. Just STRAIGHT AND NARROW all the way to Wolf Point. Talk about putting someone to sleep! I had a hard time staying awake! We decided to leave Spokane Thursday afternoon and stay at a hotel in Columbia Falls to get an early start through the park and on the road, that way we would not be driving in the dark on Highway 2. Entrance at West Glacier
This Eagle is huge! I don't have anything to compare it too, but it has to be at least 30 feet wide
One of the many pretty waterfalls
Mike took this picture of me after I took some pictures for a couple that was at the Heaven's Peak rest area. I was laughing because they were trying to teach me how to use their Nikon camera (we have a Canon)
What a beautiful blue sky, but there was this eery cloud coming over the mountain range
The Weeping Wall Waterfalls
The eery cloud again
The cloud was right over Logan Pass. That is were we saw all the animals last summer, this time we didn't see any. The vision was about 10 feet in front of the Jeep when we got up there. The temperature dropped down to 42 degrees.
Haystack Falls
The eery cloud going over the mountain range



Caite took this picture of Dad through the sun roof of the Jeep. I thought it turned out pretty neat. She has a good eye. Great...it runs in the family...more camera's to be bought!
Caite took this of Josh sleeping.
Saturday afternoon we drove out to Fort Peck Lake. You would not believe how many people were at the dredge cuts! I think all of Valley and Roosevelt County were there! So we headed to Flat Lake, which is between the Sub-stations on the face of the dam and the spillway. Not many people here, but it was perfect. Josh and Caite got to be in the kayaks at the same time
This is at the hotel before we headed to Fort Peck. Josh and Mike were setting things up and Caite was helping out, also
Caite took this picture in dinosaur country (Phillips County-Malta area). She thought the cloud looked like a dinosaur, it actually does look like one!
How many times do I have to tell you not to play with your food??? Josh and Caite were making a person out of their licorice and pretzels
The Powerhouses
A view from the top...of Flat Lake
Mike giving me quick lessons on kayaking. It was my first time in the kayaks, I LOVED IT!
Caite wanted to see if the life jackets really do make you float
Caite doing the back stroke
We had such a fun time up at Fort Peck on the lake, to bad it had to be a fast trip...it is just soooo far away (12 to 14 hours). We all had tired butt after this road trip!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Jami and Arlon Chapman's Wedding, July 4, 2009

Jami and Arlon Chapman with wedding party, July 4th, 2009

Mike, Josh, Caite and I went to Wolf Point, MT over July 4th weekend. My cousin Jami Nordwick married Arlon Chapman, Jr. Their wedding was at her parents home on the outskirts of Wolf Point. Friday evening, it rained hard and the wind blew even harder. Tree limbs were everywhere and mud puddles! BUT if you know Northeastern Montana...you know that rain water was sucked into the ground. By the time of the wedding on Saturday, the roads were dry with no evidence of any rain storm the day before.
Here are some pictures that were taken Friday and Saturday. The pictures were taken by Walker, Mike and myself. Walker took the more formal pictures where I took the "snapshots". It was so fun to see our family and to spend this time with them!
I did get permission to post the pictures from the wedding to the blog from Auntie Nancy, she says that way the family can see some of the pictures.
Jami and her friend Rachel Caite singing a Taylor Swift song with my cousin Tawnya looking on
Mom and Auntie Nancy
Walker trying to teach Caite to jitter bug--it looked like she was actually dragging her around the floor. Caite was loving it!
Jami and her oldest son Blake
Jami and her baby, Jalon
Brandi and Auntie Nancy
My mom and Arlon
Walker and my "Baby" cousin, WhitneyMarti looking like a "princess"
Getting the baby all dolled up!
The photographer at work...Uncle Randy and Brandi
Auntie Nancy and Brandi
Evan Blue--, my cousin Brandi's youngest daughter, 6 month's old. Uncle Randy calls her "Eleanor Fudd"
Uncle Randy and Blake
Jalon all dressed up!
My cousin Charlie's little girl, Aleesia Valarie
Auntie Dez and my cousin Tawnya
Me and Evan
Auntie Nancy and Uncle Randy
Auntie Nancy and Jami
My mom and her best friend since she was a little girl, "Auntie Rosie"
Uncle Larry, Auntie Dez, Uncle Leon and Uncle Chuck
Arlon and Blake
One of the flower girls...she looks like "whennn isss thisss gonnnnnaaa enddd????"
Uncle Randy and Jami
Jami and Brandi
Rachel and Jami waiting to go out
Auntie Dez, Mom and Auntie Nancy
Arlon
Blake
My cousin Tawnya and part of her family, her husband Eddie, his niece, her youngest son, Brayden and daughter Breanna
Brandi and Evan
Marti and Jalon
The wedding party walking down the road to get pictures taken


The girls waiting for more pictures Jami and her girls
Jami and the guys
Showing some skin!
The guys
ooohh, a mean looking bunch!
Jalon attacking the cake
And they lived....happily ever after...
Check SpellingYou had a beautiful wedding, Jami and Arlon! We love you guys!