It's happening! It's really happening!! It has been some time since we updated the blog. First - it's probably appropriate to bring everyone up to date. We've clearly been busy. Nothing as exciting as our last blogged about trip and certainly not as exciting as our upcoming visit to the Nirvana. We did take a trip to Costa Rica last year. Here is a picture of me and Urs at the beach in Costa Rica, I think Griff took this picture.
That trip was a lot of fun! I can't believe I didn't wear a hat, although I'm pretty sure Urs put some SPF 50 on my head. Took a whole tube!!!
Anyway, back to what's next. We've been very down in the dumps that the Tobias clan has moved to Bend. Although we've seen Jay a few times as he's traveled in and out of the Northeast to visit his "clients" for "work", we miss the occasional "visits" when they wanted to "spend time" with "the family" - usually on their way in or out of Logan. There is no more of that now. Bend is the new place. We haven't been there, but based on what we've heard, it sounds like a combination of
I have to admit, coming back from God's country is kind of a bummer. Not that we haven't had any fun since we've been back. It's just that it's been a little tough to re-adjust and people have been............on edge. Great example, we spent some time with my most awesome friend Kelly (this was taken a couple of years ago when we saw Lover Boy)
Anyway, Kelly decided to bring his most awesomest woman - Tiffany Amber - with him up to Maine and he brought (much to my delight) his cigarette boat. He started out really well but, in hindsight, his boat may have been a little too much for the lake to handle. I took this on my cell phone. That is my Aunt Sue who jumped in to help Kelly at the end. She didn't need to though because he's an awesome swimmer - even in jeans - which is how he usually goes swimming. He got a lot of grief from everyone for driving too aggressively. Personally, I didn't see it as a big deal.
I just wish the time everyone being back from our collective trips could be more laid back. We went to Urs' family reunion a few years ago and it was a rippin' good time. Urs' family knows how to have fun. And I must admit, it didn't hurt that I know how to tear it up on the dance floor - I forgot that Urs' hair was that long.....
Instead of fun on the dance floor, the family gatherings have been pretty confrontational, particularly Julie who has gone back to how she was acting before we both went out west and did (basically) the same trip that we did. Griff took this video from the Ipad and check out Julie's use of her shoe on Jay - and it goes down hill from there. They both look really tan after coming back from Montana.
It's early August, so there is still hope things improve.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Now that we've been home for a few days, we've had time to reflect on our wonderful experience in Montana before we launch our exciting spin-off blog SteeleTobiasEast.
Man, that was one great trip. Montana is awesome and we got to spend some time with the family. Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of pictures, but did find this one of the 2 of us when Matt was a baby. That was a long time ago. My hair (........what was left of it) was really bleached from the sun. I don't remember us dressing Matt is such girlish clothes, but I guess we did. Such first time parents
We did get a couple of pictures that turned out. Here is one of my and Urs at the lake. I guess I look a little older than the other picture. Urs looks the same!!!!!
In summary, we had a lot of fun on the trip and Glacier was awesome!!!!!!
Due to a hotel booking snafu, we now have some unwanted loved visitors at our house in Montana... The Tobias family. The next time Hank tries to get us to play the name game, I'm going to scream. Enough is enough. Aunt Julie and Scott are getting into increasingly heated debates about the validity of our blog and we still haven't spoken to Ryan in weeks.
Man............can the weather change quickly here. Check out these photos taken only a few minutes apart.
I took this one of Urs when we were hiking. Perfectly sunny.
She then decided to take a picture of me about 5 minutes later, but it had gotten very overcast. I was trying to get some sun, but that didn't last long. Check out those clouds!!!!! This actually looks a lot like a picture Jay took a couple of years ago.
We went on a hike today and saw a deer. Everything was going well until Mr. Clean Scott provoked it by reflecting light off his dome into the deer's eyes. And then this happened...
We're not gonna need 5 plane seats on the flight back...
