Day #4 of our Montana Trip - time to head back ...

Our November visit with Sierra & Olivia was in Montana. We decided to stay at the Haymoon Ranch again (we stayed there in Spring of 2006), and we are SO glad we did - there was an error in the bookings - so instead of staying in the smaller place we reserved, they let us stay in the Great Big House - and it was INCREDIBLE! There were rooms for everyone - room to spread out and relax - THREE bathrooms - which was great with 8 of us. I can't believe how much room we had - or how much fun we had. The trip went far too fast - and now its time to drop the girls off and head back to Seattle ... so bitter sweet.

Even Cooper is pooped out after four days of running and playing in beautiful, cold Montana!

Bailey and her baby packed up in the car and ready to go home to Seattle

Happy, laughing faces - so beautiful!

All the kids around the breakfast table - being WAY too silly!

Bailey & Wyatt looking out the window towards the horses - everyone already getting sad that its time to head back to Seattle

Sierra getting ready ... we are almost all packed up - our trip has already come to an end ...

Trent snoozing on a couch in our own "parlor" off our master bedroom ... I can't imagine having this much space for a house in real life!

Wyatt spread out on one of the beds - the place was great - each of the little ones could fall asleep and wake up in seperate rooms - but this didn't stop them from STILL waking up at 6am ...

Day #3 of our Montana Trip

Another night - another board game for Chris, Dane, Olivia & I - only on this night, Olivia and I kicked butt at Craniums!

Wyatt & I by the fire

Bailey with a mouth full of marshmallows!

Ah, Dane - what a sweet smile ... thanks

Our fearless foursome around the fire pit

Wyatt & Bailey all bundled up & ready for the cold

Bailey showing off her new purple "glubs" (gloves)

Trent & Wyatt at dinner time

Sierra in the middle of saying "MOOOMMMM", in that so-sassy-sierra way!

Dane refusing to smile!

Olivia getting ready for a game of scrabble with me ... once I stop taking pictures of everyone!

Dane & Trent playing video games

Olivia helping make lunch

Bailey & Wyatt ... silly kids!

Trent at the outdoor skate park in White Fish, MT (Olivia and Chris in the background)

Breakfast time!

Wyatt and Trent were comparing their handwriting, and the three little ones ate almost an entire pineapple by themselves!

Olivia looking up breakfast recipes ...

Chris doing kitchen duty - and Cooper waiting for anything to fall onto the floor for floor duty

Day #2 of our Montana Visit ...

Everynight, Dane, Chris, Olivia & I would play board games - on this night, Chris & Dane won the game ...

Bailey and her cheesey grin - she like the turkey! (the first turkey I have ever cooked!)

Trent & Wyatt sitting down to their day-after-thanksgiving turkey dinner!

The funny thing in this picture is Wyatt and Trent reviewing the nutritional chart on a box of crackers!

Olivia finding good music for us to cook with ...

Its never too cold to go out and hit some balls ...

Kids coming out to play ... no matter how cold it is!

Dane, Olivia and an neighboring dog playing ball out in the (brrrrrrrrrr) cold

More hot-tub-time! These kids can't get enough of it - I loved it, too!

Dane hanging out in the cozy living room (there was a "formal" living room which we hardly even used!) ... this place was amazing to "live in" for a few days ...

Look at the size of this kitchen! And there is a whole pantry that is out of the frame ... I could fit 3 of my kitchens in this one ... a kitchen like this would be a dream come true!

Sierra & Syndey doing what pre-teens do ... play on their phones!

Day 1 of our Montana trip ...

Wyatt's ready for bed ... its been a long, fun day, with lots more fun to come in the next few days!

Bailey getting sleepy after a long, busy day!

Trent looking a *little* tired!

Dane crashed out early (he is hard to find in the pile of blankets!)

After a fun day of playing and swimming - its time to feed everyone!

After the hot-tub - all the kids rinse off in the big tub (I would LOVE a big tub at home!), Olivia just goes in to help out (she is such a good kid!) ... Bailey's face here cracks me up ...

Bailey LOVES the hottub - and loves any time she can spend with her big sisters

Trent looking so serious - and very grown up - in the hot tub with all the kids!

Sierra's friend Sydney came over to spend the night!

Cooper loving it here - unfortunatly, he loves it sooo much he would just run off from us (he never does that in the city!), he ran ride to the middle of the frozen pond - which wasn't so frozen in the middle - thank goodness he made it back to us without falling in!

Trent & Wyatt playing down by the frozen pond