Giant Springs...one last time

My mom's sister came up from Wyoming with my cousins for a visit and to help me out about two weeks after I had Emma. They were such a wonderful help with cooking, cleaning, playing with Ben, and making me laugh until I cried! We visited Giant Springs and the Hutterite Colony while they were with me.

Cousin Nick, Ricko, and BenOk, NOT the best picture of me! But this is me and my favorite puppy of all time, little Ricko Aunt Jae and Ben doing something silly, I'm sure!Playing "Poo Stick" at Giant Springs Nick and Ricko Cousins Russell, Ben, Aunt Jae and cousin Nick

Ben, me and little Emma, who was only 2 weeks old!!

The boys

One of my favorites

I wonder what Ben was saying?!

No, this one is my FAVORITE!!! Beautiful picture of Aunt

Jae and her boys!!

Sweet one....I'm glad my family LOVED this park!!

Hutterite Colony

Let me just preface this by saying that we had always wanted to tour one of the Hutterite Colonies in Montana and it was one of the last things we did before we left....which was kind of nice, actually. We went to the Fairhaven Colony in Ulm. The tour opened our eyes to how different our lives are from the Hutterites. It was pretty apparent that they are extremely hard working and very meticulous. On the tour, we got to see their church, the dairy cows (where we learned all about how they feed the calves), the garden where they grow all the vegetables, the kitchen and food storage areas, the area where they process their eggs from the henhouse, and the pigpen. We were even allowed to see one of their private homes, which showed how simple they live.

My aunt and my cousin in front of their garden
In the dairy area
I thought this was sweet....the girls would hold Ben's hand
on our walks to different areas

The hen house -- Ben petting a little chick

A Hutterite boy and Ben.....they all played so well together

The community laundromat

He totally looks like he belongs!!!!

Mario got this one of me running to the sign for

a picture

My cousin Nick, my Aunt Jae, me, and my cousin Russell

The GORGEOUS wheat field outside the colony

us getting INTO the wheat field!

It was so cool to be in there! It felt like you were in

a field of feathers!!