Montana Furlough

What a summer!  What a whirlwind!  We had a blast!!  Highlights include:

• Amy's family all together for the first time in 4 years
• Rietema Roundup 2010 -- Family Reunion
• Playing with cousins
• Connecting with Friends & Supporters
• Games
• Four-wheeling
• Swimming in Flathead Lake
• Barbecues
• Camping
• Garage-saling
• Glacier Park
• Fair

A few photos:

On Top of Guanyinshan

First of all, confession: we skipped church today. But, what a great way to spend a Sunday! and it was so nice to truly relax as a family.

We rented bikes and went for a 2-hour ride by the ocean, stopping for a picnic lunch.

Then, the kids still didn't want to go home, so we decided to check out the mountain across the river from where we live. We drove up as far as we could go, then got out to hike the rest of the 1.4 km to the top -- and... 2000 steps later (carrying Anaya & Nathan almost the whole way up) we made it! Definitely worth it!

Above we are overlooking Danshui, the suburb where we live (pop ~130,000+).

Left is proof that we made it to the top (photo courtesy of Kenna) :-).