hotel on the way home from Montana.. last one is a video

 super fantastic grand finale finale to our montana Christmas with the hickles/gowans.  thanks buelos!

go to www.losgowanitos.blogspot.com to see the video below.

Montana zoo!

The warmest day of vacation and we packed up to hit the outdoor zoo!

Love how snug and happy the boys r here!

Monkey face on the monkey

Bald eagles up close and personal. Huge and amazing birds. ( we have seen three this morning on our drive home so far)

Picnic time!

Pretty kitty & Jacob!

Lunch by the sunbathing Siberian tiger.

A bighorn sheep & and soaking up the sunshine

Ha ha this iguana and Buelo were so funny interacting! Henry kept calling it a frog. :)

2 cheetahs

We are now headed home after a super fun and fast week with the Gowan/Hickles.  Sooo blessed by family that are friends too!  

8 hrs of driving today and a hotel/pool tonight.  Then home to where it is suppose to be a brisk -8 degrees tonite!

More Montana pix to come! Happy trails from true cowboy land...

indoor waterpark fun in MT

water park, zoo, settlers, ceviche, steak & chimi, a belly bug, 6 kiddos under the age of 5, train at the mall, a slide in sunday school, toy guns,  tea party, fancy japanese fans, brmmm brmmm mcqueen, ...  it's super great to be here!

Christmas in Montana

opening gifts together!

we skyped with Caleb (deployed in Japan) and Nancy & Sophia (in San Diego)

 

Robbie John ... tired out.

 

one of the gifts from buelos... a photo puzzle.

fishing!  buelos made them a fishing pond

Uncle Cookie's gift... REAL fans from Japan!!

teehee

japanese parasol

Japanese beautiful robe

 teehee.  yup.  we are blessed by family!

we are really missing caleb, nancy and sophia.  

and look forward to time with them in the next year!

today we went to an indoor waterpark!  sooooo fun! pix to come.

love y'all!