Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Destination 2: Billings!

We felt very lucky to have the opportunity to stop and see Cody's uncles and their families on our way out west.  It's not every day we drive through Montana!  The first night we stayed with Lance and Malinda.  It was fun touring their beautiful home.  Malinda decorates like a rock star!  Seriously so cute!  It was also Carissa's 6th birthday, so the whole family got together for a barbecue to celebrate.  It was great catching up and watching Carissa open her gifts.  Having so many cousins around, she definitely got a lot of help!  It was adorable watching all the little ones interact with each other... they are all so cute and fun! 


The next day Carissa got together at the park with all her friends to celebrate as well.  They played 'pin the tail on the donkey', ate cake, and hit the pinata around a few times.  After everyone had a turn without hardly leaving a scratch on the pinata, they all coaxed Cody into giving it a whack.  After some pretty intense slams, and the plastic bat about snapping in two, we realized you just pull the string from the bottom and out comes all the candy!:)  Haha.  It was hilarious!


Jaden had tons of fun at the park playing with his second cousins and checking out the playground.  He swung on the swing set for the first time and seemed to really like it!  It was so darn cute.  He especially loved all the attention he was receiving from just about everyone!:)



The next night we stayed with Kert and Catherine.  They recently built their dream home so we just had to have the grand tour!  It was stunning!  I personally loved soaking in every detail.  The tour took almost two hours because I had to see and ask about everything!  Sweet Catherine wanted to make a special dessert to give us a taste of Montana, and that she did!  Get this: Montana Mud Pie made with "Stuck in a Rut" ice cream.  The recipe called for a different ice cream, but how perfect is that?!  It was super tasty.  She did a great job! 


Our last night there, everyone got pretty goofy and wanted to try out some new hairdos.  I think the guys got a bit on the crazy side, but the girls just had to top it!  Check it out!


Next stop: Seattle, WA!

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