Montana in July 2018

we braved a second year of driving (two days, about 11 hours) up to Montana with the kids and it was so much fun and definitely worth the craziness that came with being home minimally in the last 30 days! We came home the morning of the 4th and got the kids to bed before the fireworks started.

Before we left: new outfit from Mama Astrid, making forts leftover from when Sarah was babysitting

 and of course catching up on our summer movie of the week (we have not missed a single one! and no it was no oceans 8, Annabelle just wanted to take a pic with the girls!)

 and some swimming at the rec

 we watched Drew finish out his last baseball game of the season

 and I got in a single workout before we left (again!)

 and a final swim of course!

 Malad Idaho... for our favorite strawberry shakes!

 and someone decided (not me!) everyone needed to take pictures with an ant the kids found

 then we found a cat and no one wanted to leave!

 but we did... drive drive drive

 made it to a chilly Montana (50-70 degrees almost the whole time, just perfect after the 100+ temps of utah!)

Lo braved the water with Gpa Mike on the kayak, which the twins both loved!

 Drew with little d

 I decided to "soft start" my whole30 as soon as we got there, since I was planning on starting with Keely on July 1 (midway into our trip) AKA it feels like I've been doing whole30 forever at this point!

 amazing clouds for daysssss and little a loves her uncle brady <3

 I can see why!

 Sunday was church (which was rough) and a lot of screen time since it was raining/too cold to go outside

 we still managed an attempt at family pics! (too sunny ALWAYS for this crew!)

 Love him ^^^^ (trying out the autoselfie app on my phone)

 the whole party... minus a brother in law and two wives! (and we finally got to meet Cory's longtime GF who is a GEM and we love her so much!)

 I need to send these to daniel.... or print them out and put them up in our house!

 BRAVE SISTER GIRL!

 WORKING ITTTTT

 "Love letter to Maggie"

 Kids did paper airplanes  for a few hours with Cory and Maggie while I got to read and get some quiet time!!

 ducks at sunset (we didnt get too many amazing sunsets since it was so rainy/cloudy!)

 whole30-ing

 on our way to glacier national park!! probably my favorite part of the trip!

 the twins favorite part of the trip where they were actually allowed to throw rocks!

 Lovebirds C&B

 crammed in the back of my honda pilot on the way home...two sweaty babies!

 playing with second cousins!

 Brady with little d.. I was so impressed with little d because he did go paddle boarding and kayaking solo (although I was too terrified to take a pic because I was afraid if I took my eyes off him for a second he would be gone!)

 I lost Lan's blanket at the church Sunday... he was so happy to be reunited with it a few days later!

 and the worst part of the trip... three days into my whole30 and Drew was so sweet to find me a grocery store while he took the kids to McD's... those coconut chips ended up being NOT whole30 compliant! I was so mad I was going to have to start over that I went ahead and got ice cream with the kids and Drew in Idaho (yummy but NOT worth the crazy tummyache I had for the next 12 hours!). Needless to say, I was 3 days behind Keely but I started back again the next morning!

Idaho Falls, you are lovely!

 we made it home on the 4th and everyone crashed hard!