Fixed our Camera!

Sorry we have been a bit behind on our updates. Bill dropped our drop-proof camera and it broke. Lame. Lucky for us they fixed it for free! So here are some pictures from the rest of the summer.

We went skiing for Billy's birthday, June 14th. We searched for snow on the backside of Emigrant peak, and after a long haul, found it!










Lovely Ada and the daunting storm building behind her.


Success.

Billy's summer school

The view out the window of the studio






This is the porch Billy slept on every night. And, I joined him quite often.


Bill and his good buddy Sten.



Not a bad place to have class.

Summer!!

Here are some pictures from an overnight trip we did no Livingston Peak early in the summer. We brought our skiis searching for snow and ended up playing a game of gin in the woods instead.


Our new Coleman stove. Thanks Mema!


Bill loves his truck


Bill was working on a school project that evening. Building a kite.


A storm brewing


Annie's Mac and sauerkraut for dinner. Wierd, but that's just what we had in the cupboard.

Baby Eric

Eric's Christening

Eric was Christened on Sunday May 17th. We woke him up from his nap to put his outfit on and he didn't like that much, but he loved the part where Father poured water out of the shell onto his little head. We went on a picnic in the park to celebrate!

Billy and I flew home on Monday and I took my last exam on Tuesday. I have two papers to finish up by Friday and Julie is coming to visit tomorrow! So hopefully I can finish up today and be ready to play by tomorrow afternoon. We'll see! Work starts next week!

What's new in our lives?

Well, it's been a while since we've filled you in on our exciting lives. We're currently down in Tuscon spending time with Mark and Heather... and of course, or new nephew, and Godson, Eric. We flew into town last night and spent the whole day hanging out with the little guy... what a handsome lad!



I'm done with school now... so life is magical once again. Went skiing up in Beehive Basin on Saturday with a couple of friends.


We spent all day Sunday doing yard work at the house with our good friend Lynnie.
Michelle and I headed up to the top of Mt. Sentinel on Monday for a little post exam picnic with the pups.



Right as we were packing up to head down to the Big Dipper for an ice cream cone a big ole' bald eagle landed in a tree about 50 ft. away from us.

Spring Break!

Billy had his Spring Break last week and was in Missoula with me for almost ten days in a row. It was wonderful. He took care of Amy and I, made dinner and breakfast for us, skied with dogs every morning and fished in the afternoon with my buddies. Now it's my turn! My break starts tomorrow!



Billy and the dogs on Lolo Pass.



They had a bunch of quality time together while mom was in school. Billy really wore Sasha out. She is getting older and is really starting to love her snuggle time at home.





Billy and Paul touring in the Bitteroots . . . my law school friends skipped class to hang out with my husband, and I was a lame dork.



Fishing with the boys on the Bitteroot, they are trying to hit the squalla(sp?) hatch.

Adam

Billy


Evan
Evan is my law school best friend, our dog sitter, and an all around badass. Some how he is always skiing and fishing. . . Montana is the best place to go to law school, ever, in case you are thinking about it.





Skiing with friends at snowbowl


Martha, Paul, Billy and me



A more typical weekend:





Dorks!

Weekend apart

I miss Billy soo much today. It's very hard being apart. Here are some pictures that make me happy.


Baja. Pure marital bliss.


Camp Muir. We had the honeymoon sweet on top of the cook shack. And boys and girls tooth brushes apparently.


Bridger. I make him kiss me.


When the car broke down in Teton National Park. We had a picnic and waited for the tow truck to arrive.


He's my best friend.


Our family in Bozeman at 616 Wilson. Oh how I long for the life of living in the same city. What an easy thing to take for granted. Don't.

We arrived back into town from Tucson in time for a New Year's ski trip with some friends. We picked up Matt in Spokane and drove over to Missoula to get ready for our trip. Tommy arrived New Years Eve just in time for the celebrating. We had a few really good days skiing on Lolo Pass, but the avalanche reports were scary for the Swan Mountains, were the yurt is located. We ended up canceling the yurt trip at the trailhead because the 12 mile snowmobile in was too dangerous. Not to mention we wouldn't have really been able to ski. Instead we explored small mountain ski areas and hot springs. It was a great trip!

Thanksgiving in Montana

This Thanksgiving Bill, Jan and Julie flew out to Missoula to join me, Billy, and Amy. We spent a night in Missoula and the sped out of town to Seeley Lake. We had a little cabin at the Double Arrow. It was perfect. We loaded up on food and wine and cozied up in the woods for a few days. We played lots of cards, drank wine, and went for walks in the woods. Billy and I only did a little bit of homework. It was so nice to be together and to have the whole family in Montana.



Dinner our first night at Biga Pizza. What a lovely mustache, it's MOvember!



Our cozy cabin in the woods outside of Seeley Lake, MT.






Thanksgiving Dinner at the Double Arrow



One of many evening strolls







Sisters watching Superbad.



We played lots of cards. I think Julie was taking a picture of the deer out the window.







Family hike around the lake.







Back in Missou. Dinner at the Oldpost





We saw this Christmas tree and knew that Jan would love it, so we had to take a picture for her.