What a busy couple of weeks. Casey and I flew to Virginia on the 1st of September. We dropped Casey off at Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's house and they headed to the lakehouse for the weekend with Aunt Marcy, Uncle Stuart, Jack and Lily. Casey had a blast running crazy with her cousins.
Stan and I headed to Glacier National Park in Montana for Kirsi and Konlee's wedding. The views flying in are amazing. We rented a boat on Flathead Lake, did a quick hike up to Avalanche Lake inside the park, and of course enjoyed the wedding at Apgar Ampitheater and the reception at Green Valley Ranch. The park is beautiful, we look forward to going back again soon.
We all spent the following week in VA. Monday was the VT/Boise St game at FedEx Field. Grandma & Grandpa kept Casey while we went to the exciting but disappointing game. Tuesday, Casey and I got to picked Lily up at the bus stop. She is now in Kindergarten and seems to love it! We visited Jessica and her youngest, Jake on Wednesday. Thursday, we met up with Aunt Marcy, Lily and Jack to go Apple Picking in MD. Unfortunately, Casey was in a bit of a mood that day, so there was a lot of whining and crying and disciplining going on, but we made it and did enjoy some moments. Casey ate a few apples and assisted Lily in feeding the goats some grass/weeds. Friday, Grandpa Tom took gave me some flying lessons. Though I was a bit rusty at first (made the plane take a short cut down a small grassy hill to get to the runway), I got better as the morning went on and I am now an expert at turns, 360's and take offs (at least in my eyes). Next lesson, landings.
Friday we drove down to Roanoke to visit Gramma Lois. We all went to the VT/JMU game in Blacksburg. It poured down rain the whole game. Casey was great! She watched the whole 1st quarter, slept through the 2nd quarter and half time, woke for the 3rd quarter. We left early because of the rain and got to listen to the loss on the radio. Nuff said.
We're back in Dillon now. Casey was a good little traveler, but was definitely ready to get back home. She is quite the talker. She loves trying to join in on conversation and she'll come out with words and sayings that are definitely influenced by Mom. She's starting to be interested in playing with other kids. At the playground on Tuesday, she found a little girl who was younger than her and went and sat by her and "petted" her (Casey's words, "Mom, I'm petting the little girl.") and kept saying, "awwww" and giving her awkward hugs. She would go play on something, then say, "I need to go see the little baby girl." She can do a somersault all by herself now. She perfected them at Gramma Lois' house. Looking forward to tumbling on Friday!
A belated Happy Birthday to cousin Lily who turned 6 on Sept 10th!!
Enjoy the pix.
Me and Kristi on Flathead Lake in Montana
Doing the bear "Roar" at Avalanche Lake inside Glacier National Park
The wedding was at the Apgar Ampitheater inside the park on Lake McDonald.
Our camera does not do the views justice.
Apple picking with Lily and Jack
Tasting the goods
Tantrum.
After about 30 minutes of apple picking,
she decided she didn't want to walk on the ground with the smooshed apples.
Hanging with her cousins, eating apples
I'm a sucker for these cutouts
At the Hokies game in Blacksburg in her rain poncho. She yells, "Go Hokies, Go Hokie Bird."
