Moving to Bozeman!

View of Mt. Hood from Parkdale (August 2012)
This was a typical view during my lunch time runs.

Saying good-bye to Hood River and Oregon was much harder than we thought. We definitely enjoyed our last few days in Hood River! We soaked up the views and spent lots of time with friends. Hood River will always hold a very special place in our hearts - It was the town where Nate and I got engaged, where we bought our first house together, where Aspen joined our family and where both boys were born. We miss our friends and can't wait to see many of them over the next several months!

Although it was hard to say good-bye, we were looking forward to new adventures, memories and views in Bozeman. We spent our first five weeks in the Residence Inn waiting for the selling and buying of houses to be official. See the post "What's been happening?" from December for pictures of our new home. The long hotel stay forced us to get out and explore our new town. We have been truly impressed with all the fun family activities and places, and the views are pretty spectacular too.

Here are some pictures from our final days in Oregon, plus our first few weeks in Montana.

Gavin and his best buddies (Anika and Haven)
Their last trip to Jackson Park,  our favorite neighborhood park
(September 2012)

Nate Arrives Home!
We ate dinner at the Grilled Cheese Grill. Yes, the restaurant
is an old school bus. Ahh, we miss Portlandia too.

Half way to our new home.
Gavin playing at a park in Cour d'Alene Idaho

Children's Museum in Bozeman
The boys love learning at the museum and
get super excited for the new exhibits.
(October 2012)

More fun at the Children's Museum

Playing at Dinosaur Park
This was the closer park to the hotel, so we went there
almost every day. It is still one of the boys favorite!

Bozeman Public Library
The children's section of the library is AMAZING!
Gavin begs me to get new books from the library and I
love that one our favorite places is the library.

Gallatin County Regional Park
As you can see the views are amazing in Bozeman as well.

Everett helping mommy buy supplies for the new house!