Montana

Here are some highlights from our fun visit to Montana:

Visit with Great-Grandma Guptill in Billings




Montana Rail Link Train Ride
Grandpa works as a foreman with Montana Rail Link. He scheduled a ride for us with one of his engineer buddies. We met the train at a crossing and hopped on for a fun trip. The boys got to sit on the engineer's lap and pull the horn. They LOVED it!



Gunner- Grandpa Guptill's big black lab
Justin and Tyler loved throwing Gunnar's dog toys into the river and the lake. That dog loved those boys and they loved him. Justin planned to buy Gunnar some dog treats for Christmas and made Grandma promise not to tell him about it ahead of time. :) (Jumping ahead to Christmas 2007: While they were visiting us in Oregon for Christmas, Grandpa took Tyler and Justin to the pet store to pick out treats and a dog toy for Gunnar.)

Tom the Builder
Grandma and Grandpa have been doing a big remodeling project on their entire house. While we were in Montana, they were working on the exterior and the whole yard was filled with "construction heaven" for the boys! We have been watching "Extreme Makeover" Home Edition on t.v. with the boys this year. The boys started calling the main guy, Ty, "Ty the Builder". So, naturally, they called Grandma and Grandpa's construction worker friend, "Tom the Builder". Justin even got to be his helper. Bless you Tom!

Museum of the Rockies


Church in Big Sky

Travis' parents have a "calling" to attend a small branch in Big Sky, Montana. It is about 45 minutes away from their house. Dave is in the branch presidency and Bev is the primary "presidency". It was nice to go to church with them and see how the church is still "true" no matter how many come to church on Sunday.

Camping at Canyon Ferry




Fishing at Canyon Ferry and Three Forks







Golfing
Justin got to go golfing with Grandpa, Dad and my cousin Greg Lundell. He was so excited and provided some good entertainment. They drove a golf cart. He got to drive the cart and told me,
"You know, kids aren's allowed to drive the cart when you get close to the club."
"But, Grandpa drove over the bridges so I wouldn't crash on that part."
"And in golf, it's finders keepers, losers weepers. If you find a ball, you can keep it." And then he was really feeling like a pro. At one point Justin was riding in the passengers seat when the cart was coming to a stop. As it was still going along slowly, he thought he could just step off and get started on the next hole. He told me that he rolled down the hill like a bowling ball! Good times!