weather changes on a long drive

i really should have taken some pictures of the actual scenic part of our drive (washington, idaho, western montana)! but, i didn't... too busy staring out the window.

however, when we hit eastern montana, the land was flat and there were blue skies forever. there's really something beautiful about that as well. 

as you can see, the weather changed quickly from montana, north dakota, then south dakota. this was one 12 hour day in the car. and the kids actually did amazing!

blue skies for days - eastern montana

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snow flurries - north dakota

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 snow! - north dakota

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snow, snow, more snow, and ICE - south dakota

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nail biting drive the last two hours

yep, we actually voluntarily moved back to this ;)

simply, drew

all of drew's cute, goofy, happy, quirky personality wrapped up in one photo. my favorite to date.

it's just...drew

mall crusin'

well, the movers were back at home loading the truck. so it was about 40 degrees in our house with the doors open all day. no toys. no beds. no food. no help... it made for some pretty crazy, rambunctious, tired, and hungry kids (and one very stressed out mama). 

so, we headed to the mall - just to get out of the house and wear off some energy.

grady has always wanted to cruise around in one of these super cool cars, anyway ;-)

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box car ramp

this kid can seriously find way to make anything into a ramp, garage, bridge, racetrack, etc. for his cars

moving boxes ramp

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loading pads race track

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space needle

jon and i went out to dinner for his birthday, and we decided on the sky city restaurant in the seattle space needle. since we are moving soon, we knew we weren't going to have any more opportunities to do this. it was so worth it.

view from below.

my boys

jon turns the big 3-0!

i had to get a picture of my favorite boys together.

so happy! love them.

beauty

i was lucky enough to photograph this little beauty <3

a friend's little one-year-old