Dinner with the Todds

So much fun!!! The Todd family makes us so happy! We always love spending time with them. Shrimp and chicken tacos and lemonade - yum yum!! Making animal noises, Yahtzee and Boggle fun! Running around with the kids and taking photos made my whole weekend! We love them so much! Laine can eat a ton of food and downed a whole bunch of watermelon - hilarious how kids devour food so fast - survival with three kids around!! - The three kids remind me of my brothers and I growing up! so precious!

Dinner with Kent, Heather, Hannah and Ken

I haven't laughed so hard in awhile! Heather got poppy seed dressing everywhere - on herself that is!!! We had our wonderful friends over for dinner. I had so much fun preparing a meal...it has been a long time (since in our old house we were without a full kitchen for almost a year). I made shrimp tacos, coconut rice, salad, lemonade and fried ice cream. Tony gave them a tour of the shops and showed them out it is done:) Very fun evening!!

4th of July Weekend - Flathead and Whitefish Lake fun!!

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I missed Tony like crazy - while Tony was being the wonderful husband he is - working on our house remodel (he did celebrate the 4th with some of our friends) I was shooting two weddings over the 4th of July weekend. I had one of my own on Friday and I assisted Lauren on Saturday on Flathead. It was a beautiful day and we "tried" to stay cool in the intense hot heat and sun:) We also stopped by and visited the Stanley family on the lake before arriving in Whitefish. On Sunday my dear friend Allison - (I grew up with her in Washington and was very close to her during my college years and first 2 years in Bozeman - she lived here for a few years before getting married and moving to Oregon) she is currently working and living in Polebridge, MT and came down and spent the day with us and ended up spending the night. On Monday on our way back from Whitefish we visited Lauren's aunt in Helena...and visited the Mercantile - one of the most unique gift/coffee shops I have ever seen. It was a pleasure meeting Kathe - I received her book from Jason and Molly a few birthdays ago - before I had even met Lauren. She is truly inspiring and has a wonderful spirit! It was an Awesome weekend with Lauren and Allison - we had so much fun!!!! Check out Kathe's website at http://lesagephotographics.com/

4th of July Parade in Livingston

Hannah and I had a fun afternoon at L-town's parade!! Running into friends and hanging out a bit at the Murray after wards. It is always fun to see the little ones get excited over candy!! and there is nothing cuter then kids dressed in their Western wear - boys in Wranglers and girls in pink cowgirl hats! Fun to see Abby and Lee's new puppy Vanessa - so adorable. Celebrity spottings - I am such a sucker for this. Can you find the two celebrities in these pictures? Out of respect for one - I didn't get my camera in his face - and tried to be more discreet. Annika you will enjoy this game!! Happy 4th of July! May it be fun for you all!

More of Vegas from Angela's camera

Marie Osmond sighting..and she is little!!! and yummy dinner at PF Changs. So much fun seeing Angela's photos.

Mercury June Birthday Celebration

What a fun gathering it was! Marla had this super fun idea of doing put-put golf in our office. Hilarious! It turned out great! I also LOVE watermelon and was so excited for the first bits of it for the season!! Becky was an amazing cutter of the melon!!

Our dear friends Angela and Seth

Angela and Seth have officially moved to Sheridan Wyoming for new jobs and new adventures. I am in denial that they are not going to be living in Livingston anymore. We have so much fun with them! We ARE so excited for them and look forward to visiting their new home. Luckily they will be back a few times over the summer - and are getting married at Chico Hot Springs in September! We had a yummy dinner on Thursday...I couldn't resist putting the picture in of all of them eating!!

Marla & Me!

On Friday for work we had a retreat and Marla and Alisha came up with a great idea of wearing trucker hats to lighten the mood!!! It was so much fun to see the variety of hats! I feel so lucky to have Marla as a friend and co-worker! She is amazing!

Sevilla!

Sevilla loves looking out the window at our house in town! We always laugh when she does this - it reminds us of Puss and Boots from Shrek!

Judy & Gordi's last days with us in MT

Wow cribbage every day - the one thing I learned is that Tony and Judy are really good and they taught me a thing or two! Hot tub fun!
Enjoying Judy's scrumptious scone recipe - chives and sharp cheddar - so amazing fresh out of the oven! and our new favorite beer!!
Enjoying the property and all of its glory! It is always a breath of fresh air to visit - literally and we are so thankful for having it!
Visiting the Natural Bridge outside of Big Timber. The weather held out for us while we were visiting - Judy got around great with her healing ankle (she broke it a few months back and had to have surgery). The wild flower were pretty much done and had clearly had some rain damage.