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now that i'm in montana i have access to more wedding pictures!!!

montana part 5

during the day yesterday Em and i made a dinner for this week, and we made giant cinnamon rolls!!! they are huge and so good. On wednesday nights Steve and Em help with the awana program at their church. Em is with the 1st graders (i think) and steve helps with the 3 and 4 year olds. I went with Steve and we put those kids in line!!! not really, they were really good. one boy there did shove purple playdough into his ear...but for the most part they were all really good. oh, and last night S & E got their jeep!!! so today Em and I went to the Montana store, and to get tea at Five Loaves (a cute coffee shop in Great Falls). and tonight Steve is renting a movie and we're just gonna relax and eat cinnamon rolls and yummy noodle stuff for dinner.

yesterday and monday...MT part 4

Steve went back to work on Monday (he took the weekend off) and Em and I cleaned the house, made cowboy cookies (chocolate chip cookies), and other fun stuff:) That night some friends came over for dinner, and we played games and watched the Secretariat. Tuesday (yesterday) it was snowing!!!! and that made it a snuggle day:) we made cinnamon rolls and took a lazy day:) and for dinner we had pizza and cinnamon rolls before going over to the Heine's to watch NCIS. I've been taking pictures, but I didn't bring the adapter to put them on the computer.

montana part 3

i'm just gonna throw stuff out there about today and it may not make sense.....just warning ya.
so....this morning i woke up and got ready for church. I wore a grey dress that Hope (the youth pastors daughter) gave me. she is an amazing girl....love her. with my grey dress i wore black tights so my legs wouldn't freeze and fall off, and Emilie let me borrow her black heels to go with it all:) oh, and Hope let me borrow some black and white earrings to match my outfit. and I partly curled me hair and Emilie did a 'princess hairdo' on me:) on our way to church we got bagels and donuts for breakfast. after church we came back to the house and ate deer back straps steaks!!!!! I. ate. deer. and it was really good. Emilie marinated it and Steve grilled it and it was yummy!!! we ate it with curly fries and dipped the fries in Em's special sauce (mayo and ketchup). then we went shooting at steve and em's friends' house. I got to shoot Em's .22 and it was really fun. i had never seen her gun before today and its really cool because it has pink and silver and brown in it:) after that we went to youth group (steve and em are leaders) and then dairy queen (the youth pastor was paying!). now we're finishing up a movie that we started earlier today. oh! we got some snow yesterday! it was really cool and pretty but most of it melted today. i think more's coming this week. that's all i can think of for now!

yesterday...montana part 2

yesterday morning steve, em, the puppies and I went for a walk. after our delightful walk we went into downtown Great Falls. it was really cute with a lot of old buildings and small shops. after that we went to Emilie's parent's house and stayed there for a bit and steve took a nap on their couch. While he was sleeping I stole his hat and wore it while Mr. Heine, Mrs. Heine, Em and i went to target. after target we went to pick up steve (he was taking a nap because he had just gotten typhoid shots and they made him kinda sick) and went to pick up a girl from their church's youth group on our way to a movie. we went to the movie with a few other people from the youth group and afterward got ice cream at dairy queen. then we went back to the Heine's house to say goodbye (they left for a cruise early this morning) and pick up one of their puppies to watch while they are gone. after that we came home and went to bed (it was 11:30 or 12:00 MT time, which for me felt like 1:30 or 2 my time). and this morning steve made pancakes for us and then put corn outside for bait for pigeons so he can shoot some more:)

i.love.montana.well, the people who are here, anyway:)

Yesterday was a looooong day. BUT I navigated the airports without getting lost at all!!!! I was pretty surprised at myself. maybe i'm getting less blonde? haha probably not! but anyway, I have already taken some pictures that I may post while i'm here, or i may do a photo dump when i get back...we'll see. so...after my long flights (which could have been worse, there wasn't much turbulance and we didn't get delayed) I landed in Great Falls, MT at 11:30 pm ish (which is1:30 am TN time) I got off the plane to see my big bro and sister. it made the 11 ish hours of travel worth it just to see their faces when I got off the plane. oh, and I first saw snow when i was flying toward Minneapolis. I think it was about 30-35ish degrees in MT when I got here, so not bad at all:). When we got to their truck I was also greeted by the puppies:) Daisy and Riley gave me lots of wet nose kisses. We got back to the house and I have my own little area downstairs. Steve and Em put down a matteress with lots of cozy warm blankets and I have my own bathroom! Em stocked it with shampoo and conditioner and all that good stuff for me:) This morning it is about 28 degrees outside I think but it is BEAUTIFUL!!! It is so clear and i love love love the mountains on the horizon!!! so cool. for breakfast I had coffee with heavy whipping cream and brown sugar, and me and Em at leftover rice pudding that she made last night for SO good. Steve ate eggs with cheese and homemade bread that Em made with butter and honey and I stole some of that too:) oh, and this morning there were some pigeons outside and steve took his .22 (i think) and shot one!!! he was pretty proud. He got it in one shot! now i think I'm gonna shower....i look like i got hit by a train. or worse. its pretty bad. sorry if this post doesn't really make sense, i'm not proof reading it and I don't always make sense when I write down my thoughts or what's happening with me.

Happy St. Patricks day!

3/17/2011

this is the final picture of my countdown because I am leaving today!!! my flight takes off at 5:55 pm from Nashville and I have one stop in Minneapolis, and then hopefully i'll arrive in Great Falls MT at 11:30 pm (their time, which is 1:30 am my time)!

1 day!

This is Emilie with her brother, Cole, and sister, Brenna

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i don't remember posting anything about this on my blog... so now i'll tell you... i'm going to Haiti this summer!!!! I'm going the beginning of July to an orphanage, www.forhisgloryoutreach.org/our_orphanage . besides being super excited about going, what reminded me to post about this is my shoulders. yesterday afternoon i went to get required immunizations for the trip, and some for college. I had to get so many that now they broke it up into two doctors visits. and they still injected two shots per arm. and now my arms are sore :~/ (oh, btw, that's my scrunchy face...like it?). but! now i am hopefully immune to four new things!

2 days!!

3 days!!!

4 days!!!!

3/12/2011

Kevin and Jessica (Emilie's cousin)

Steve with the girls:) and susie making a goofy face ;)

5 days!!!!!

3/11/2010

6 days!!!!!!

3/10/2011

7 days!!!!!!!
the picture above is Peter, Kathy and Steve playing with Steve's dog, Daisy.

3/9/2011

8 days!!!!!!!! (this pic is Steve and Em with the pastor)

3/8/2011

9 days!!!!!!!!!

3-7-2011

10 days!!!

3-6-11

Today we are going to Knoxville to see Kevin!

and.....11 days before Montana!!!! would you all like to see a wedding pic or other pic taken in MT each day before I leave as part as a countdown type thing? ok, well I can't promise a picture everyday, bc my schedule gets crazy, but I can try:) and I know some people are still requesting wedding pictures:)