July Photos

Here are a few photos from July 4th (which have already been posted on facebook) followed by photos from our big road trip out West for Eric's sister's wedding!

We started our trip in Saint Louis and honestly it was my favorite part! We loved Saint Louis and stopped there again on our way back.

The City Museum was a highlight, it's like nothing I've ever seen before!

Forest Park was pretty incredible too.

Next stop was Sioux Falls, SD. It was soooo hot! Pretty though, we enjoyed it.

 We made a stop at The Badlands on our way. It was really interesting and alien looking.

A pretty sunset in Sturgis, SD.

We made an unexpected stop in Spear Fish to get a flat tire fixed. Luckily we were able to check out a beautiful park and fish hatchery while we waited.

Sadly I have almost no photos in Bozeman where the wedding took place. I was busy with wedding activities :-) I'll have to wait for the professional pictures of that.

We had long hours in the car and some fun gas stations to stop at.

We had some great food on the trip. These photos are from a diner in Wyoming

I don't remember where this was, it was by some gas station on our drive home.

We had so much fun seeing a whole new section of the country and the girls did amazingly well in the car. It has definitely encouraged us to take more road trips in the future!

June Photos

For some reason I don't have a ton of photos from last month, I think it boils down to "I'm tired and it's hot" Anyway, I make up for it in July so stay tuned!

Lots of water play last month to beat the heat!

Exploring Caves

Sampling spring water.

Days at the lake.

House Update

This house update is long overdue, here is a glimpse of what's going on as the house feels more and more like home. The first picture is our play/art room. We are getting so much use out of this space and everyone is happy with the new arrangement of the girls sharing a room.

 
Some views of the dining room and kitchen areas. Since these were taken the kitchen cabinets have gone in and we are now just awaiting the plumber to hook everything up so we can have a fully functional kitchen again.

The living room is feeling a lot less like a construction zone lately and we are getting to enjoy our new furniture. Also pictured: Clover being a ham.

Eric set me up this little corner as my work space and I couldn't ask for a more lovely spot! Perfect for my computer or doing some watercolor painting with beautiful views and good light. It makes me so happy :-)

We are busily unpacking boxes and rediscovering our belongings and we are soooo close to being done with this ordeal. We now have a working washer and dryer (yes!) and aside from the kitchen the last step will be the spiral staircase.

We are also in the middle of a bathroom remodel that needed to happen but was unrelated to the fire damage but that deserves it's own blog post. I'll try to get it up on here soon, we are very excited by how it's coming together!