Montana at last

We were so grateful to have Jared's parents help moving to Montana. They drove our car and helped wherever there was a need. Gage was always checking to make sure Grandad and Grandma were still around. He loved having then close at hand. We also enjoyed more family when we got to Missoula. Jared's brother, Nathan, and his family were on their way to Glacier National park so they stopped by to visit. It quickly made our two bedroom apartment very busy, we loved it. Gage especially loved having lots of cousins to play with.

It was sad to see everyone go. Gage kept asking about his grandparents and cousins long after they left.

Now we are mostly settled in. Here are a few pictures of our new home and its surroundings. We love this area. It is so beautiful. Our desire to be back in the mountains has been satisfied. We had a very nice welcome in our new ward. Missoula seems to have just about everything in the way of stores, services etc...but it's the mountains we are enjoying the most. The smell is glorious also. These pictures are what we see out our big living room window.

We have tiny little patio out our back door which is great. There is lots of grass and running space for Gage too. Here also is our living/dinning area and the kitchen area.

It would have been nice if we had cleaned a little more before we took pictures, but oh well. It is always exhausting trying to figure out where everything should go and we still haven't given everything a place yet. It is definitely bigger than our last apartment which is wonderful and we have our own washer and dryer, thanks to Jared's parents. In our almost 12 years of marriage we have never had our own. This is definitely the hightlight of our lives right now. NO MORE QUARTERS!