Only two weeks later...

After a brief break from updating, I thought I should make a new post before I get TOO far behind.

We had a good trip back from Chicago. The following Tuesday, that being last Tuesday, Drew flew in from Montana to help us drive to Montana. We went to a Mariner's game that night, which was a lot of fun. After running some errands on Wednesday, we packed up the car and picked Henry up from work to leave for Montana. The trip went pretty quickly and we arrived safely in Montana.

The Montana weekend was wonderful! We got there early Thursday morning and got a few hours of sleep. Thursday we hung around the house. That night, dad cooked the fish that we had brought out from Seattle for dad for father's day. It was delicious. Friday morning started with Dad, Drew, and Henry teeing off at 6:30am at Cottonwood Hills. Ashley and I went and walked along with Henry after Dad and Drew left at the turn. Friday night we had a fabulous meal at Sir Scott's Oasis in Manhattan. Saturday morning Henry left early for breakfast at the Garden Cafe with Dad and Drew and Mom, Ashley, Karen, Sue and I went garage saling! We didn't really find much, but it was a lot of fun.

Side-note, Mama H made some fantastic cream of potato soup for us (me)! :)

Later on Saturday afternoon we went out to Martin Kimm's dad's lake and tried to do some fishing. The fish were NOT biting. After that we went out to Plunkett Lake and had a hotdog roast. Again, delicious! Drew, Henry,and I went back to the fishing lake to try again. Still no fish biting. :(

Sunday morning we did some packing and then went to Bethel CRC with the fam. It was good service and it was nice to be back at Bethel. After the service we came home and had a quick lunch and got on the road to head back to Seattle. We arrived there at about 10pm.

Monday and Tuesday were big time laundry days. Also, Henry's grandma was admitted to the hospital and wasn't doing well at all, so we spent some time there with her and other family members. Grandma had a sever infection in her blood and they weren't sure she was going to make it. However, she has improved a lot so we praise the Lord for that.

Wednesday monrning Henry brought me to SeaTac airport bright and early in the AM. My flight left at 7 on the dot. I flew Northwest/Delta from Seattle to Minneapolis and then from MSP to International Falls, MN. Michelle Veldhuisen met me there and took me over the border to her home in Emo, Ontario Canada. We've had a great time here! Thursday night we went to her parent's farm in the country. They have a beautiful farm house. Michelle's brothers were demolishing an old garage that they were replacing. It was quite entertaining to watch! Michelle's parents were out fishing, so we made waffles for dinner for us and her brothers. After dinner we ran some errands and then came home to fall asleep to a movie. Great day! Today we slept in and then went over to the farm again. We spent some time chatting with Mrs. Veldhuisen and watched the garage get torn completely down. Around noon, we went back to Michelle's cozy little house to eat some of what's left of her perishable food and to play some Nintendo Mario Kart! It was great fun. Tonight we went to the farm for dinner. We had excellent chicken and potatos (favorite!) and played with Michelle's little 4 month old niece. After dinner we went to a friend of Michelles house and visited with her. We watched her kids swim in their back yard pool and just chatted. It was pretty relaxing (as long as I wasn't the one watching the kids!). Now we're home and, again, playing Mario Kart.

It has been a wonderful few weeks since school has been out! I've enjoyed getting to visit family and friends. This is definately one thing I LOVE about being a teacher!

Hope you all are doing well! I will most likely be seeing most of you next week. Can't wait!

Love from Canada to all of you! Have a blessed 4th of July.

- Lindsey, 'eh?