Twice the Fun Plus One

On Wednesday of our week long stay in Montana, we headed to Cranbrook, BC.  This was Dave's and my first trip to Canada, AND it was Ellie and Gracelyn's first international expedition anywhere.  We knew that we had to go while we were close enough to make a day trip because we might not ever get the opportunity again.  I don't know what I was expecting.  After our other international travels, I figured Cranbrook would be different than the U. S. in some way.  It really wasn't.  I mean, I know it is different, but not in an obvious, you're in another country, kind of way.  It was just more beautiful scenery, wild animals, farms, rivers.  We are so glad we went, and now Ellie and Gracelyn can say they were international travelers when they were 1.   We did find a cute little deli for lunch. While we were eating Dave had to leave and put money in the parking meter. On his walk to the car he passed a park so we headed that direction after lunch....

Most of our days in Montana were spent relaxing until Jeremy got home from work around 4 in the afternoon.  Monday, Memorial Day, he was off work so we decided to make the drive to Glacier National Park.  We left Jeremy and Jill's house just after 10, stopped for an early lunch and then headed for Glacier.  Unfortunately, our visit was a little too early in the summer and we could only drive about 16 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road.  What we saw was breathtaking, though! Ellie, Jake, and Gracelyn watching a video before we ate breakfast. I had to include this picture of Ellie because this is how she and Gracelyn ate most of their meals--sitting in the middle of Jill's dining table.  Jill only has one highchair and Jake used it most of the time, so the girls just sat in the middle of the table and ate off their plates and anyone else's who happened to be sitting with them.  Ellie just made herself right at home! On the way to Glacier...

We spent last week in Montana visiting my sister and her family.  We originally scheduled our flight to leave around 10 Friday morning.  The airline moved us to an earlier flight.  6 AM!!!  No joke.  We had to get the girls up and to the airport to make a 6 am flight!  Dave and I got up just before 3 and were loading the girls up by 3:15.  We thought they would sleep the entire drive to the airport.  Nope.  We thought they might sleep in the stroller while we were waiting to board.  Nope.  We thought they would sleep on the airplane.  Nope, and yep.  Ellie stayed awake the entire time, but Gracelyn slept almost an hour.  We had a layover for about 3 hours in the Denver airport.  We strapped the girls in the stroller and I walked and walked.  Finally, they slept.  And, I got my excercise for the day!  We made it to Montana without too much drama.  We got our rental and drove to Jill's....