We had a great time. We packed up the Eurovan with all the gear that comes with these little ones and headed to Spokane. We had a great visit with Uncle Mike and Auntie Diane. Auntie Diane score Dylan a bag of really fun toys - you know the kind that makes lots of great noises. Dylan's loving them all - thanks Diane! On the funny side - some of them we couldn't turn off, nor did we have a screwdriver to take the batteries out so lets just say our Eurovan sounded like something from a cartoon! Doooooiiing, zoooing, weeepeeepeeee... Every bump was a musical one.
After Spokane we headed Missoula. The Becker family was so great in letting us stay with them. Dylan (and Maggie) had lots of fun with cousin Lydia, while Matt and I held the newest little cousins Henry and Liam - so cute! Thanks Polly and Rob for letting us take over your basement!
So the big T-day! Well there were 40 of us. The family had made up t-shirts numbering all the family members in the order of their appearance. Little D was number 22! So cute to see how everyone numbered up. It was a great day for sure! Tons of fun, family, babies, funny stories, and laughs. Oh yeah and FOOD! Dylan loved every minute of it. The minute Matt and I walked in the front door G-ma Linda took Dylan from my arms, she was passed from one family member to the next to the next. I think it was a few hours 'til I saw her again (and I think it was only because she had a dirty diaper).
Matt and Dylan shot many pictures of the day together.
Dylan met her cousin Pike for the first time. Pike is 6 weeks younger than D. Oh boy, they LOVED each other!!! Well let's just say until Dylan bit him and made him cry ~ sorry Pike!
The big day also consisted of Great G-ma Ruth's 90th birthday. So there was a big celebration. Matt got some great shots of all the great grand kids gathered around GG-ma Ruth. So sweet. Happy Birthday GG-ma Ruth!!!
(if you look closely this is where Dylan bit Pike and made him cry).
(if you look closely this is where Dylan bit Pike and made him cry).
For those who want to see more pictures from the Gardner (Matt's Mom's side) Family Thanksgiving here's a lovely homepage my husband made of the photo's he shot. http://homepage.mac.com/str8films1/thanksgiving2009/index.htmlAfter our whirlwind in Missoula we headed up to Whitefish (where Matt & I got married) to show Dylan. We love it there and hopefully one day will have a cabin or property. We visited our good friends the Sabin's. Love them!!!! It was a great relaxing time together. We hunkered down at their house and just chilled. On Saturday it was snowing so we packed everyone up and headed out for a hike. Matt carried Dylan in a pack and she was shrieking with delight the entire time we were out. You could hear her a mile away. Her little checks were just about purple - i kept thinking she was cold - but the was having the time of her life. The snow was falling and it was beautiful! It was a great hike and so nice to be out in the woods as the snow fell. When we got back to the car Dylan put up a bit of a fuss and then was passed out with exhaustion! Just want to give a shout out to the Sabin family to say thank you! We had a great time.
All in all it was a great trip! We got home and then all caught colds - that part wasn't so fun. Hence the fact this posting is so late. Hope you all had a great T-day!
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