We had a fun & busy weekend here in the Flathead Valley. On Saturday we took the kids to our first "ski joring" event in Whitefish. This is an old Scandinavian event and has now been updated a little with the use of horses rather than reindeer. Stephan's cousins Jesse, Jessie, Charise & Pete have been involved locally for a few years now. My photography skills didn't do the sport justice. Ideally a fast horse with a good rider pulls a better than average skier through a course with gate & jumps. They are timed & thus the winners are determined. We stayed for the "novice" division & Stephan was able to catch part of the "open". It was fun especially watching family members do it. The weather was beautiful but a little windy.
Whitefish Ski Joring 2009
The skier just hangs on to a regular rope.
Marcus & Audrey
Jesse & Jessie's little Banyan....catching a few zzzz's in the tent.
Jessica, Malaki, Graham, & Aunt Marie.....more Byrd/Johnston family.
Jessie the cowgirl. I wish I could have gotten a picture of her chaps...they were fun!Saturday evening we went up to Mel & OB's for dinner. Uncle Chris & Aunt Maureen were able to join us as well. The kids successfully tore their house apart. Then we went on to Julia's 2nd birthday party. Steven & Grace just moved into their new house up in West Glacier. We had a fun day & evening with family.
Grace & Julia the birthday girl.
Some of the kids in Julia & Elyse's room.
Steven with his girls. Elyse's green dress was Graces' mom's old dress from Germany & Julia's cute polka dot dress Grace made....darling!
Somehow OB always gets stuck hanging out with the kiddos. Although I think it's by choice.
Ravenna was loving Marcus that night.
Mel & OB pre baby Riley May.
Grace & Julia the birthday girl.
Some of the kids in Julia & Elyse's room.
Steven with his girls. Elyse's green dress was Graces' mom's old dress from Germany & Julia's cute polka dot dress Grace made....darling!
Somehow OB always gets stuck hanging out with the kiddos. Although I think it's by choice.
Ravenna was loving Marcus that night.
Mel & OB pre baby Riley May.On Sunday we went on to a Superbowl party at some new friends Rich & Marcy's house. It was very nice of them to include us. They have 2 little girls Zurita & Hope. It seems the moms hung out in the kitchen while keeping track of the kids, and the dads enjoyed the game. We had a fun filled weekend with new adventures over her in MT.
The kitchen with Mel, Grace, Steven, OB & Marcy.
Princess Zurita & Zoey in the front, Elyse the Voyeur, and Hudson & Ravenna in the back.
The guys.
Kiddos enjoying popsicles.
The kitchen with Mel, Grace, Steven, OB & Marcy.
Princess Zurita & Zoey in the front, Elyse the Voyeur, and Hudson & Ravenna in the back.
The guys.
Kiddos enjoying popsicles.
1 comment:
Wow! You guys have been busy! It sure is fun to see pictures and get updates on all of the cousins. Grace is making dresses now? Good lord, that girl puts us all to shame!
Glad you guys having so much fun! Miss you!
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