day 2

Thursday was our day to sleep in, enjoy having the house to ourselves, have a orange rolls for breakfast and take our time getting ready for the day.  Actually, Emmy decided to take a longer nap than planned so that's really what gave us the relaxing time.  My favorite place at the house was rocking chair on the porch.  I think my mom loved it too because we took turns reading our book out there, studing maps or just relaxing and enjoying the beautiful neighborhood.

When Emmy woke up we head out to visit another little lake town in the area, Whitefish.  It was super cute!  Reminded me a lot of Jackson Hole.  We had a very YUMMY lunch at a local pizza place and walked the streets while making the occasional stop in an antique store, souvenier shop or to get some famous huckleberry ice cream!

We kept in touch with the rest of our crew who were driving up that day and really just bummed around until we thought we should head back to the house to meet them.  While we were in Whitefish, mom suggested we visit "City Beach"

Flathead Lake is beautiful!  This little city accesss was super fun and I only wish we would have had more time to spend here.  Pack a lunch, bring our suits and towels and spend an afternoon.  Emmy LOVES water and she really enjoyed playing on the beach.  She especially loves throwing rocks in the water!  Gosh, I love this little girl!

Holly and mom were such a big help to me with Emmy these first few days (as well as the rest of the trip, but everyone else was super helpful too).  Holly is leaving to go to school at Dixie in a few weeks and I KNOW Emmy is going to miss her SO MUCH.  Holly has been helping me with Emmy by babysitting a few days a week while I go to work.  I really think her and Emmy have been able to form a special bond.  Emmy even tries to say "Holly" and it adorable!  WE'LL MISS YOU HOLLY!

When we heard Dad, Heather and Derrick were getting close to Kalispell we headed back to meet them.  On our way to the house we saw there was a "party in the street" and turns out we had more time to spare than we thought, so we headed over to join in on the fun. 

There were a few vendors selling things like shoes made from rope, skirts you can wear 100 ways and other random items.  There were also a lot of food vendors and boy were we hungry!  We listed to the band play for awhile and decided we had better wait for the rest of the group to arrive before we ate.

(dogs are just as prominent as people in MT.  We saw all sorts of dogs everywhere we went!  This guy looks like he's sad he's missing out on the party!)

Finally, we were all together!  (Minus Dave and Brian and we missed them).  We gave Dad and his crew a hard time about his GPS leading them the wrong way and how our good ole map got us there just fine.  It became a little joke throughout the trip.  We showed everyone around the house, helped them bring in their things then we all went to dinner.

It was another late night for all of us, but that's what vacations are about right!