Cousins!!

 So one of the best parts about being in Montana for the summer is all of the cousin time we had!  Heidi and Russ came up from Seattle and spent an entire week with us.  It was so much fun!  We went on hikes (here is Tyson and Christian's mom and Zorro)

 We played in the backyard!

 We went to my mom and Andre's house for the fourth of July!

 They sure know how to throw a party!

 Christian's Brother was running the fireworks stand this year so we got to have quite the show!  Heidi brought some cool ones from Seattle, too (including a floating lantern!)

 The sunset was stunning!

 Grandma always finds time to spend with the kids.  I love that about her.

 The kids all got to go to the Museum of the Rockies and enjoy the chocolate display and dinosaurs!  We got there just in time to make rockets out of coke and mentos and alkaseltzer poppers!

 We played in the Yellowstone room and it was so much fun to just get caught up and let the kids have fun!

 We played water-baseball and had a barbecue!

 Summer is not complete without popsicles dripping all up your arms!

 My mom :)

 The boys loved playing and the Coltrins.  They have a juke-box (that plays "Purple People Eater" and "Blue Suede Shoes") and an arcade.  They love it!

 We got to go to the Playmill theater and watch "The Foreigner"  Darcy brought bags of candy and chocolate for everyone and Josh and Greg stayed home to watch the boys.  It was so much fun!  Afterwards we looked at rocks in the gift shops and just had fun.

 We went bowling, which come to find out, my boys LOVE!

 We went to the library for lego building time (twice) and the cousins were so nice to each other and built things together.  It was awesome!

 Here's Russ torturing Austin :)

 We picked raspberries and Greg made his famous liquid nitrogen ice cream.  It was awesome!  The kids made up plays for the adults to watch every night and Heidi had the whole week planned out perfectly (including food and activities and treats--thank you!)  It was so fun to see the cousins all having a great time!

 Later that week, we headed up to Great Falls to spend some time with my sister, Laura and her family.  It was so fun!  We went to her symphony concert at the stadium and Addie was enamored with the mascot!

 She did a fabulous job playing all sorts of things from the Sound of Music and other kid friendly songs.  My boys had a ton of fun dancing and listening to her play!

 Austin took this picture and every time Neal sees it he gets really excited and shouts, "Daddy!!"  I love it!

 We rode bikes and went on hikes, we ate really yummy food (literally, every meal was fantastic)

 The boys played basketball

 Christian played, too :)

 Alan fixed my teeth--he does amazing work, by the way!  Thank you Alan!

 We went to this super yummy café (Laura's favorite) and the kids all had fun.

 Serious fun :)

 We went to the bounce house and just enjoyed being with each other.  Tyson told me he felt safe at their house and when it was time to go Austin turned to Tyson and said, "We're moving again!"  Someday we'll have a house!  But it has been fun to be with family in the meantime!  We love you!