A Visitor!

We had a visitor last weekend! Ginger, Erik's aunt from Arizona, came up for a visit. We had a very good time giving her a tour of some of the best sites in the area.

Her first day we took her to the National Bison Range, which you may remember from here. We had a great day for travelling and sight seeing. Here's a few pics:

Ginger and Erik

Arrowleaf Balsamroot and Mountains

Ginger and Tonya

Buffalo

They just had calving season and this guy was the closest to the road

Yellow headed blackbird:

Pretty view of the mountains:

Stop by later for our trip to Glacier with Ginger!

Views of a cats world

How are you all doing out there?? We've been doing well. It seems that now that we've been in Montana over 2 years we have less NEW stuff to post for you. We still REALLY love where we are living and we're getting outside all the time we just don't always take the camera anymore.
The cats wanted to say a quick hello and show off and few of the things they have been doing the past few months.

They used each other this winter to stay warm!



















Rio helped me make Thank You notes after Christmas!

They both like to play in the yard. Ferocious Kitty!

Geez, can you stop taking pictures of me!

Erik also like to stay warm with the cats on front of the gas fireplace.

Don't worry we have some good photos coming up. Visitors, views of Flathead Lake, Glacier etc. Stop back again in a couple weeks.

Mid Winter update

Boy, this winter is lingering on and on!! WE were starting to warm up here in Missoula. Spring was on the way and Old Man Winter shook his head and yelled, "No Way!" It's cold with snow flurries the last couple days. I don't think it would be that bad but for the fact that it had really warmed up here for a few days so it lures you into thinking it's going to stay that way! Uggggh! Well, at least we can continue skiing! ;-) We've been to visit to friends and ski with them in Feb. One is west in Sandpoint, ID and on is east in Bozeman, MT. We had great times of skiing and fellowship with our friends. Heres a few pics:

This is Picnic Point on the x-ctry ski trails at Schweitzer near Sandpoint, ID.












Here we are at Bohart Ranch x-ctry ski trails, Bridger Bowl downhill ski area is in the background. Gorgeous, huh? This is outside Bozeman, MT.









Laughing about something on the ski trails.













Erik pulled our friend' Jennifer's daughter, Eva in the sled. He did great, only dumped her once, HA! Jenifer is in the rear of the picture. We had turned Eva around so that she could talk to her mom.
Well, That's all for now! Until next time!

Recent photos, Christmas and more

Hello all!
Well, we've been having a good winter so far. We were able to make it "home for the holidays" back to good ol' MN and we saw lotsof our friends and family while we were there. We have finally begun to x-ctry ski out here. We have yet to make it downhill skiing. Not that it's far away, cuz it's not. But it's soooooo much cheaper to x-ctry ski! Like free in many areas out here! Anyhoo we're still just waiting to hear that we've been picked for an adoption. God is good while we're waiting! Your prayers are welcome though! Here's a few pics from the last couple months:
Me, Mom and Tara:














Me and Erik:














Here we are digging out our car at the Spokane Airport: (It was a couple feet of snow!):













Now it's 2009 and here's me skiing:



















Erik and me:














Well, Happy 2009! Drop us a line and tell us how you're doing!

Meowwy Christmas!

Hi It's Rio and Sophie and we wanted to wish everyone a Meowwy Christmas and Happy New Year. Our humans will be with friends and family in MN from the 26th thru Jan 5th. They said to tell you that they will see a lot of you there. We can't wait to have the house to ourselves for 10 days! MEOWWWW!