Well, our trip to Red Lodge was horrible! I had it all planned out that Rylee would be ready to take her nap on the plane. However, being an Allegiant flight we were delayed 2 hours! She did great while we waited, there was a little girl in the terminal that kept her occupied. Then right before we boarded I get her to go to sleep and we got on the plane and an old woman grabbed her leg and woke her up...UGH!!!! So needless to say she was wide awake and screaming/squealing the whole trip. Old grumpy men kept giving me dirty looks. Then when we landed in Billings there was a "medical emergency" so we ended up sitting on the tarmac for 45 minuted. Needless to say Rylee had had enough when we finally got off the plane! Whew!
Red Lodge was great though! We had a great time, meeting up with old friends, meeting new ones (Rylee met the Lysinger kiddos, Reid Hauge, Anna Kate O'Shay, Elspeth Morton and Brooke Donohoe...she was a busy girl). One of the days it was super cold (62° haha) so we got all bundled up and went to the park. Rylee had a blast!
Rylee got to go to her first rodeo! She much rather liked to walk around and check stuff out rather than actually watch the rodeo. But she did get her party on above the "Jim Noe" buckin' chute!
Hanging out on the deck in her cowgirl boots
Rylee went to three parades! By the time the 4th of July parade was about half way over, she had had enough and fell asleep in my arms!
This is a picture that someone else took of the parade on the 4th...there were sooooo many people there!
Rylee and Grandpa in their 4th of July outfits
We weren't allowed to have fireworks because of the fire danger, but we had a BBQ at the house which was delicious.
Having some of Hunter Bell's home-made peach ice cream...yummy
Rylee also got to hang out with Great Grandma Etta for a couple days and she got to meet her cousin Dea and Dea's boyfriend Nate. She loved getting all the attention :)
Giving Grandma some loves...
I was so lucky to meet miss Brooks Lee, one of my oldest friends (known her since before preschool!!!) did a good job of having her before we left town so I got to meet her! She has literally been home from the hospital like an hour and Rylee and I went to meet her. She was too precious. Reminded me of when Rylee was that small...seems like so long ago! I wish I would have taken a picture of the 4 of us, but there was too much going on :)
Rylee was checking out Brooke's horsey...it worked really well
On the way out to Nye Rylee and I stopped by to see Great Grandma and Grandpa Noe. It had been several years since I stopped by and I felt guilty for not having flowers, but we improvised and got these. At least it was something, sorry for the weeds guys :)
We had a wonderful trip, it was nice to see everyone and I am so glad that Rylee got to meet a bunch of people who have been waiting. I can't wait for her to get a little older so we can do more with her. We did a lot and I know we could have done a lot more if we had more time. Ryan will have to go with us next time!
My view driving home from Anna's house. So beautiful! Makes me miss Montana more and more, especially when we landed in AZ and it was brown and 112!!!
Having lunch with Grandma and Grandpa on the way to the airport.
Thanks for a great week guys, love ya!!!
