Chase is TWO!

What?! Chase is two! Time flies when your having fun. So we had some friends over to help us celebrate Chase's birthday. It was fun and Chase loved all of his gifts!

MMMM, cake!!

Here he is opening his "Bat-mobile".

Big Boy Bed

I have been working on Chase's walls for quite some time now and the task is completed (unless we have another boy, then I have to add to it). Then, we finally got him his own mattress and he has been sleeping downstairs for about a month now. However, I have just gotten around to taking pictures of the everything.

Kailey's First Day of School

Kailey's first day of school was August 24th! We can not believe it, she is getting so big. She is doing great and loves every day of it.

On our way home

We headed out of Glacier National Park on Friday and headed to a big water park in Columbia falls. It was so very nice there as well as appropriate for all aged kids. (Thanks Nathan!)

Kailey went on all of the slides all by herself. Tana would go on a few but when it came to the bigger ones, she wanted mommy or daddy to go with her. Even Chase went down slides (with mommy or daddy, of course!).

Mommy and Chase taking a break from the water.

Family picture right before we head out.

After our fun in the park, we headed to Danette's house. She is a very close friend of ours who lives in Lakeside (very close to Flathead Lake). It was so nice to see her, it has been to long. After she showed us around her beautiful home, fed us, and then we hit the sack!

The girls thought it was so cool to play in a tree house in Danette's back yard.

(Tana was just fine, she just "shook it off")

The next morning Danette took us to see a boat show down by the lake and then it was not long after that that we were back on the road heading home. Thanks Danette for all of your hospitality! Actually we were going to Seeley Lake for the night.

We lucked out because it looked like we got the last spot open in the campground. Whew! Anyways, once we were set up, we went swimming for a little while and then had a campfire.

We got up early the next morning (Sunday) to actually go home. There was a long drive ahead of us and we got all the way to Bozeman, MT, and then (we now know) we blew a head gasket in the truck. We pulled over and it was not long that a nice police officer helped us out. He called a tow truck and got us on our way. We took the truck and camping trailer to the dealership and then rented a car to get home. Why? Cause Kailey's first day of school was the next day!! Thank God, we all made it home in one piece that night!!

Vacation in Glacier National Park - Apgar

So come Thursday morning we got up and moved our camper from St. Mary's to Apgar, which is on then other side of the park. We were lucky and got a very nice spot to set up our camper, which was just walking distance to Lake McDonald.

Once we got all set up we headed down to the lake. It was so very beautiful with the such clear water. We decided to rent a boat for an hour and go out on the lake just for fun. It took a little while for the girls to get used to the boat, but Chase had no problem!!

Helping Daddy drive.

After our boat ride, we took a LONG drive through the Login pass. It was so long because of the road construction that was going on. It was a nice drive and gave the kids a chance for a nap before our next stop.

We got to a little walk to an overlook of a mountain and we found a mountain goat just tucked in the side of the mountain behind us. It is amazing how those animals are able to climb the way they do.

Here is the overlook.

Another picture spot.