Back From Montana

Evan and I just returned from a solo trip to Montana for a few days for grandma's 75th birthday celebration. We had a fantastic time, and Evan is a wonderful traveler (he's an angel anyway) so all around it was a good experience. Sure feels good to be home though! Evan's been having a grand time playing with all his toys again, as well as the dishwasher, the printer, Cody's water bowl, and all of his other favorite non-toy items.

It felt really good to be in Montana again with all the sights and smells that I grew up with (not to mention getting to spend time with my fabulous family)--not much has changed, which is reassuring. Evan had a wonderful time too, playing with his cousins,

and experiencing lots of new things, including horses,

and crazy old cowboys.

(just kidding, uncle Johnny, I don't think you're old!)

We got to see some pretty awesome weather too--they don't call it "big sky country" for nothing--sometimes you can look in every direction and the weather is different in each place. Wierd. Have you ever seen clouds like these?

They produced a pretty awesome thunderstorm.



Anyway, now we're back in incredibly crowded Massachusetts and continuing with life as usual. Although, more excitement is on the way, because saturday is Evan's first birthday! Let the festivities begin! Actually, I'm just making a cake and we're having a few friends over, but I think it will be a perfect birthday. By the way, no walking yet, but we'll keep you updated. What a big boy.

Stay tuned for "baby with cake-face pictures"!