Montana 2009

Good day all. I thought I'd drop an update on ya. I'll go ahead an start with the most obvious...(refer to the title of this post). our trip to Montana. We decided a few weeks ago that we wanted to get away for a little bit and thought Montana would be a good place to go...so we went, and we were right. We flew out dark and early from Mesa and landed in a cloudy and chilly Billings, Montana about two hours later. I must say the change in weather was a welcomed surprise (sunny and 116 to cloudy and 65). We stayed at the Melins the first two nights and just took it easy, hung out on the banks of the Mighty Yellowstone, and watched a movie or two. We then went to Helena and stayed with Matt and Amie. While we were there we were entreated to the finest of Helena. We attended a city softball league game where Matt was able to fill in on the Police Dpt. team. He had the opportunity to make a few very heroic plays, for which he was quite sorry in the days to follow. NEWS FLASH MATT.....YOU'RE AN OLD MAN NOW. YOU CAN'T GO DIVING AROUND WITH OUT SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. The next day we took a tour of Helena on a train, we learned a lot about the history and architecture of the city. On our last day in Helena we went to the farmer's market down town and got to see some interesting things. After the farmer's market we stopped by Laura's house for a quick visit and headed back to Livingston. Laura it was great to see you and your family, we're sorry the visit was so short.

When we got back to Livingston, we went out to dinner with Jamie and Rich. They too us to Montana's Steak and Chop House. I had the best Cedar Plank Salmon ever, it was freakin' awesome after that we went to Summerfest and strolled around for a few minutes and then went home. On Sunday we went to sacrament meeting and then headed for Yellowstone. It was a free day at the park so we thought it was a great way to spend a Sabbath afternoon. When we got back to Livingston the Posties were waiting for us at the Melin residence. We spent the evening playing, hanging out, and watching movies. On Monday we woke up and had a lovely breakfast and then we headed out to float down the river. Unfortunately, Rich did not accompany us on the river adventure, he had to go back to work. I guess somebody's gotta act like an adult. Upon completion of our river adventure we went back to the Melin Estate to eat pizza and play Norwegian Golf.
The Posties took off at about 7:30 and we just hung out for a bit then went to bed.
The next morning we woke up a 5:30 and got ready for our trip home. Jamie drove us back to Billings. Our flight was delayed 2 hours due to a lightning storm in PHX. We eventually made it home and we've been here ever since.
Back to real life...crap!

Anyway,I want to thank everyone who made the trip possible: Jamie, Rich and the Melin crew, thank you for the round trip to/fro Billings, letting us crash at your crib, loaning us your ride, for taking us out fro a wonderful dinner, and for the non-stop week long party. We had a wonderful time, thank you guys so much. Matt, Amie, and the boys thank you for your hospitality; it was great to be with you guys. Thanks for making the journey to Livingston to hang out with us, we wish we could do it more often. Finally, thanks to Mike and Brenna for the rides to/fro the airport. Thanks again, we love you all. Pictures below :)