happy 4th of July!

This year for the 4th of July we went to Glacier National park in Montana. It was a lot of fun. Ont eh way there was not so fun. 3 out of 3 kids have thrown up on road trips at the same age! Owen threw up only after about 30 minutes on the road. Riley and Paige did the same thing. (Andy remember the trip to Georgia?) I should have thought about giving him motion sickness medicine, but I didn't. He also threw up again when we were coming down from the Going to the Sun mountain. Yeah not fun. Apparently they get this from their dad!!! Adam did the same thing at their age.

I'm one who has to see fireworks on the 4th. So I was a little bummed about going to Montana because I didn't think we were going to see fireworks. But we actually saw the BEST firework show we've ever seen. We went to a town called Hungry Horse. They didn't have commercial fireworks everyone just brought their own. It was like a big party in the street. Fireworks were going off all around us. We had some go off right above our heads. it was pretty cool. It was to loud for Owen and Henry. Owen actually fell asleep. ( just a little side note-the baby on Riley is not mine, I wish she was. That's Adalyn, Jordan and Abbie's baby.)

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OK this is the only picture we got of the cabin and Riley took it. They were really nice they even had A/C even though ours wasn't working. It fits 14 people on 2 floors with 2 baths and 2 TVs. Which if you know the Tait's they like to watch their sports! There was a pond in front where you can fish. No one caught anything but they had fun. We also went white water rafting. Which I have to admit I was pretty nervous. Tanner and I almost didn't go but we sucked it up anyway and we're glad we did. It was so much fun. Adam and Jordan were in the front and Abby and I were behind them and then Kyle and Amy and Tanner and Duane and the instructor in the very back. Of course we got wet the most. It was a good thing I've been doing push ups every day because I didn't realize we ALL had to paddle! It was a good work out. It was hard when you go over the rapids and your paddle or ore or what ever it is would get out of sink with the other paddles around you and you hit the other paddles around you. It was pretty funny. They said it was pretty calm this year. I'm glad it was.

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There were so many water falls. There was one the "weeping rocks" (self explanatory) you pretty much drive right under the water fall. The kids liked that one. In the pictures you can see the dark clouds coming in and on our way down the mountain lighting hit and it was so loud. It sounded like it hit right behind us. It was pretty scary.

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This is what it looks like when you got to the top of Going to the Sun Mountain. This year it had snow, last year there were wild flowers every where. It was so pretty. They had just finished plowing it the day before. You can see how high the snow was. It was pretty cold too. It was actually nice getting out of the heat though.

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Here's the mountain goat we saw and the ram. Paige started to run right up to it. She probably could have touched it if I hadn't of called for her to stop. You can see it's losing the winter coat. Owen didn't like it. Every time it came closer he would tense up. Riley and Paige thought it was cool to see it so close.

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All the boys and Amy went fishing. Riley was mad because he wasn't catching anything so he decided to take pictures. Look at how beautiful the scenery is.

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Every time we come here we go up a mountain on a road called "Going to the sun" I think thats what its called. It's called that because you keep going and going and going up. It is the prettiest drive I have ever seen. Its scary though. Its 2 lanes and you are literally driving next to the cliff. In one of the pictures you can see the car mirror and the side wall and I can look out the window and see all the way down the mountain. The first time we went up there I was so nervous to look out the window. Adams knuckles were white by the time we got to the top from driving. But going up you see a lot of wild life. This trip we saw a moose, dear, a ram and mountain goats. The kids loved it. Once you get to the top you see a field of wild flowers well actually this time we saw snow but it was still so pretty. I never thought mountains were very pretty to look at until we came here. That one picture of Adam and I, thats the wall that divides us from the edge. Some places have smaller walls. It gets pretty scary. So if your afraid of heights don't go but if you love the thrill you'll love it. The veiw is worth the drive though. In the 2nd to last picture if you look closely by the river you'll see a road next to it. Thats the road we drive up on and we weren't even all the way to the top yet!