Lakeside, Montana

We had been looking forward to the next Schow Family Reunion for 2 years- with Luke's mom's side of the family, and this year it was up in Montana. We just weren't as excited about the 14+ hour drive! Luke's dad flew out so that he could drive with us though, and it wasn't so bad going up since we stayed a night in Billings, about halfway.

We toured around Billings the next morning, Luke was dying to go to Hardees for breakfast, so we drove around awhile until we found it.

Then we drove around for awhile in search for the Billings temple. We were about to give up but we finally saw it in the distance and made our way over, it was really pretty though set against the rock, so it was worth the trip.
Then of course we needed to make a stop at Cabela's and Luke and his dad each picked out new fishing poles. I was just glad they put them to use one day at the lake and Luke caught lots of fish, and a nice big one that he ate for lunch!

Here is the lake and the private cove where we stayed.

the view looking up to our "cabins"

One thing I was really excited for was to meet all of Jacob's new cousins. There were 4 new babies in the family all within 2 months or less apart from each other.
Tauri and Ella; Jennica and Landon; me and Jacob; Kate and Owen

Jacob and Owenthey played together...

they cried together...
Jacob and Ella- (twilight fans- sounds similiar huh?)

This is where Jacob hung out every day while I sat in the sun or was out on the water.

And I had been tubing before but nothing like how these Schow's do it, so this was kinda new for me. A little scary at times, but still fun!

And I tried water skiing for the first time! Well I went once when I was younger and didn't remember much of how to do it, but I figured if I could do it then, I could do it now. So I was pretty proud of myself, considering I'm pretty terrified of water!

One day we also took a trip up to Glacier Mountain.



This is Luke at the Weeping Wall, dumping out our water bottles, and filling them up with water from the mountain. I didn't dare drink it, but he never did get sick.. so I guess it was as good as he said it was!

We took a couple small hikes too in that area and looked at lots of falls and gorges and things. Very pretty!

So we had another great vacation, a nice week to relax and it was so fun spending time and catching up with all the family!