The family

The family

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Vacation Day 3 - Hanging out in Big Sky, Montana

After two days of traveling we decided we wanted a low key first full day at the house.  So we slept in and hung around and enjoyed the house.  This house was absolutely amazing!  It had 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths.  3 of the bedrooms had king size beds and the 4th bedroom had full size bunkbeds with a trundle.  So Drew and Avery took the bunk beds and switched off for the top bunk each night and Brooke and Anna got to share a king size bed and enjoy having their own bathroom in their room.  It was a reverse 1.5 story so the kids enjoyed the basement and were able to spread out and play with their toys there and the adults enjoyed the family room upstairs.  Wyatt slept in our room with us, but pretty much had his own separate room (the walk in closet).  

 
the view from our deck
 outdoor fireplace
 beautiful trees and if you look closely you can see a chair lift in the background - the house is a ski in and ski out house in the winter
 panoramamic view of the house...

After we got up that morning, Christie and I headed to the grocery store to get some staples and food for dinner.  The groceries store are small and extremely expensive in Big Sky, but it wasn't worth driving 55 miles to a bigger city so we just sucked it up and paid a ton for food.  After shopping we head out for a hike that was close by.

hiking 
 Wyatt's view

 kids got to climb down to the river with daddy

 I stayed up top with sleeping Wyatt.
 beautiful Ousel Falls
 this boy loved exploring!
 me and my girl!
 sleeping boy






for dinner we grilled steaks, kabobs and hotdogs for the kids and as you can see Mike enjoyed a nice beer in front of the fire

Road Trip Day 2 - Destination: Big Sky, Montana!

We slept in a bit Saturday morning and agreed to meet for breakfast at 8:00.  And then got on the road to Devil's Tower.


 people climbing the tower, crazy!
ready to hike!
 kids enjoyed climbing around the rocks
 tower in the background
 don't forget Wy peeking behind Mike in the backpack 

 absolutely LOVE this pic, what a cutie pie!










 back on the road to Big Sky!  It was 7 hours from Rapid City, but somehow it took us all day long!  We did make lots of stops and of course enjoyed Devils Tour.  We made it to the house a bit after 8:00pm


 this guy fussed quite a bit, nothing new!

Road Trip - Day 1


We left Friday, July 17th around 5:20 am for our road trip with our buddies, the Dawsons.  Our final destination was Big Sky, Montana (where our rental house was) and Yellowstone.  The first day we headed to Rapid City, South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse.
on the road
I prepped the kids quite a bit for this long drive!  We made fruit loop ropes to snack on.  I also wrapped up fun surprises to pass out randomly throughout our drives.
don't let this picture fool you, the boy hardly slept in the car
lunch in Chamberlain, South Dakota 

the whole group picture along the way! looking at the Badlands
kids in front of Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse
family pic in front of Mount Rushmore!

silly kids!
the biggins
this boy loves a good snuggle!
amazing!

the dads (aka - as our drivers)

first time on my back, looks akward, but he seemed to love it!
me and my guy and my littlest guy in my backpack


Mike got a little into selfies on the trip...







the moms
in his pac n play at the hotel