Montana - Phase 2

Wednesday night Lara, Kelsey, Renee and I got home from our road trip to Montana! Our trip started at about 6 in the morning on Sunday and we drove the 9ish hour trip through Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana and ended up in Missoula around 5:00pm. Even though it took ALL day, it wasn’t that bad at all. With a few coloring books, crossword puzzles, and lots of music, the trip went by very quick.

Monday we helped Alisa pack up her apartment for her move back to Oregon. Then, later that night, we decided to walk down to the bowling ally a block or so from her apartment. Let me just say… I killed everybody! Lara was my only competition :o)

Tuesday was Kelsey’s birthday, so we went to Big Sky brewery, then out to a very nice dinner, then out for a few more drinks. I think she had a good birthday.

The drive home Wednesday was a little more stressful because Tuesday night it started snowing and by Wednesday the pass heading into Idaho was pretty bad. But after we got into Coeur d’Alene it was a much easier drive. I had a great time. Now, hopefully my next vacation will be to somewhere warm!!

Montana - Phase 1

In February, Lara and I went to visit Alisa in Missoula, MT. We had such a good time that we are going back in a few weeks. Even though it was in the high 20's to low 30's there, it was so beautiful. Missoula is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the sky just lasts forever. 

Lara and I having a margarita to take the edge off of flying on Friday the 13th!

Saturday, Alisa took us to the University of Montana. The campus was so pretty, it reminded me of OSU. 

Go Grizzlies!

M for Montana, M for Mountain...

On Sunday we checked out more of Missoula. This is a river we walked by while walking around downtown

It's so cold that the sides of the river are frozen

I had to get a picture of this crazy person in the water... 

Because it was so cold, we went shopping and had fun trying on hats and sunglasses!

The day we left was gorgeous! Here are a few pictures of the mountains while we were getting ready to board our plane. 

Pizza Fridays

Our friends, Matt and Kelsey, decided to start "Pizza Fridays". They invited everybody over to their house to make homemade pizza and hang out. The pizza was very good and the homebrewed blueberry beer was even better :D Here are some pictures of our night...

Matt and Kelsey

Colt and I

Lindsay, Scott and I

Lynsee, Me and Marcy

Kelsey, Renee and I being silly :o)

Again, being silly (the blueberry beer had definitely set in!)

Colt and Jared

Jared and Gus

Gus and Ruby (Matt and Kelsey's puppy).

Turning 25

Yesterday was my birthday and it was one of the best birthdays I can remember. It literally snowed all day long and I loved it! We had a fire going and I just watched movies, caught up on 90210 reruns and Big Love reruns all day, while watching the snow come down. Colt took a ruler out last night at about 9:00p after the snow had stopped and we had 8 1/2 inches! That's crazy for Hillsboro! Gus thought it was the best thing in the world :o) 

We did it!

I am officially Mrs. Guillory now, and I love it! I can't wait to get our pictures back from Maggie and Josh! I could not have asked for a better day to get married on. The sun was shining and it was actually kind of warm too. I feel so blessed that we have such great friends and family.

Kauai was so beautiful. Unfortunately it rained most of the time we were there (there was even a flash flood warning!) but it was still about 80 degrees the whole time and we still had a blast checking the whole island out. We got to see pretty much all of the beaches on the island, the Wiamea Canyon, and some other really cool places.

Pictures coming soon...

Tagged

Per Mandy...

Here's how you play: Once you've been 'tagged', you have to write a blog of 7 weird / random facts/ habits/goals about yourself. At the end choose 6 people to be tagged, listing their names. You can't tag the person who tagged you, since you can't tag me back - let me know when you've posted your blog so I can see your answers.

1. Colt watches really weird shows about earthquakes and volcanoes, and the other day we were watching a show on the top 10 explosions in the U.S.... I know, I know... anyway, the number one explosion, the biggest/worst one in U.S. history was in 1986 in Las Vegas... and I was living there at that time and I totally remember it!

2. I love the smell of bleach, fresh cut grass, and dryer sheets.

3. I'm really weird about expiration dates on food...even if it smells ok, I'll still throw it out if it's past it's date.

4. Like Mandy, I also love getting up early, but ONLY if I have nothing to do that day. Saturday mornings are the best. I love getting up early, and slowly waking up on the couch catching up on DVR's with a cup of tea.

5. God has blessed me with more than I could have asked for.

6. I couldn't say my name when I was little so I called myself Nini, and my aunt still calls me Nini to this day.

7. If I could be famous for anything, I would be a famous writer. I would love to write books for a living!

I tag my sister, all my cousins, and Andrea. GO...