My Trip Home to Montana

After the family reunion on Monday, I traveled home to Montana for a 3 week visit with my folks. It was very relaxing and great because I got to touch base with them and enjoy talking about everything and anything! I also got to go and visit with my great Aunt Mary and see her beautiful gardens. I stayed over for my Birthday and it was fun. We picked up Aunt Mary as she was in town for my birthday and to get her car fixed. We went out to eat at the Pink Cadillac. Then after we dropped off Aunt Mary, we went to Spotted Eagle and I waded. Then we went to a museum out at the Pumping Plant (water treatment plant). All in all it was a great trip.



My Dad just waking up from a nap (at Aunt Mary's)


Aunt Mary


The Rock Garden


Sunflowers

Strawberries

Side garden by the deck

Hollyhocks

Mom by the deck

Mom and Aunt Mary

More Hollyhocks (Aunt Mary had pulled out 3 wheelbarrow loads of them that morning)

By the front of the yard

By the driveway

On the other side of the driveway

Me on Sunday

The turkeys....they came every day!

The deer who came along with the turkeys one evening

The woodpecker...he woke me up one morning!

A Few of the many Birds that Mom & Dad feed

They sell cowboy hats here and it's a dollar store

Me wading on my birthday!

This is at the museum that Mom and I went to

Photos of Miles City and Indians from the area

A Western Chair

A statue at the museum

Dille Family Reunion 2009

Daveda and Leland (who was in charge of the reunion)


Basketball anyone? Emma & Pat (her fiance)


This year's reunion was fun! Here are some of the people who made it this year!


Shauna's daughter, Emma and Aaron's daughter, Carter


Taylor, Paige and Lorinda


Saturday potluck luncheon at the park!

Lorin (our oldest son)

Elaina and Jake at the luncheon

Some of those doing ceramics at the school

More ceramics

Marin and Alexis doing (guess what!) ceramics and Nathan

Emma and her dog, Pedro

Mark (Alison's son) and Carter(Aaron's daughter and Grandma Dille

Aaron, Daniel and Nathan and Grandma Dille

The reunion started on Friday and we went to the movies, I can't remember the name of it, but it took place at a museum where everything comes to life at night, oh , it's called Night At The Museum. On Saturday we had the potluck luncheon and one of Uncle Joe's daughter, Wanda and her husband came. We did ceramics and played a game and went swimming. Then Sunday we went to the Shoshone Ward (Grandma is now in the Dietrich Ward). We were in charge of the Sunday luncheon and had Roast Beef, left overs, mashed potatoes and gravy, a relish tray and Apricot Upside Down Cake. And then we had the family meeting and talked about Grandma and the fact that she's forgetting things, etc. Grandma decided that she wants to get rid of her car. And we asked Daveda if she could check on Grandma a couple times a day. All in all it was a fun reunion. Dad found a new talent: ceramincs. We talked a lot and caught up on what the year has brought each of us.