Guess what happened here…

My sister and I were walking earlier today by the Red River in Fargo, ND. The path we took was the one my siblings and I rode our bikes on to the ball fields every summer growing up.  Fun to see how that path has changed and yet stayed the same.

But this spot,

Has a special memory. It’s a spot that changed my life over 13 years ago!  May 31st 2002, at the dusk, Greg got down on one knee and asked if I would be his wife!  It all started here!

-Chris

First unofficial day of school!

Guess what we did?  We drove to Jamestown, ND.  Why would we do that?  To see the World’s Largest Buffalo of course!!!

World's Largest Buffalo
World’s Largest Buffalo
Grandma & Grandkids Do you see the buffalo?
Grandma & Grandkids
Do you see the buffalo?

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He's huge!
He’s huge!
Hind Legs
Hind Legs
Where is the buffalo?
Where is the buffalo?
Smelling flowers with the buffalo
Smelling flowers with the buffalo

It was a really cool place, with a lot more to do there then we had planned.  We saw….

Stage coach
Stage coach
The Saloon
The Saloon
It's an old card game
It’s an old card game
Jail!
Jail!
Writer's nook
Writer’s nook
Dolls everywhere!
Dolls everywhere!
Vault
Vault
White Cloud: A true albino buffalo!
White Cloud: A true albino buffalo!

There is a herd of buffalo there too, but they were too far away to see!  We could see them better when we were on the highway.

Watching white cloud
Watching white cloud
Love these old country churches
Love these old country churches
Old truck
Old truck
Hiding in the clothes on the line
Hiding in the clothes on the line

Here is where the kids spent their first day in school!  At the one room school room!

School House
School House
At their desks
At their desks

Such a fun day with Grandma!  So glad we took the trip out to Jamestown, ND!  It’s the best classroom!

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-Chris

Work Trip

I had the opportunity to go with Greg on one of his trips recently!  In order for that to happen we needed seats on the airplane and a place for our kids to go.  Thank you Grandma Ferol and Grandpa Don for watching our kids so I could go with Greg!  Praise the Lord I had a seat on each leg for 4 days!  Pretty amazing!

Where did we go on our no kids 4-day long work trip!?!

PDX SAN LIH SJC PDX  (8/31 to 9/3/15)

We started in PDX, Portland, and had supper at Bdubs (aka Buffalo Wild Wings).  This was a college favorite spot for us.

We had breakfast together, then he went to work and I went to visit friends in the Portland area!  Love that I know people in a lot of different cities 🙂

Greg taxing into SEATAC!

I met Greg in SEA, Seattle.  Then we headed to SAN, San Diego, for the night.  Greg took me took me to his favorite overnight meal spot The Kebab Shop.  It was really yummy!

My personal pilot

From SAN we headed to LIH, Lihue Hawaii.  I was really excited to explore another Hawaiian island.  Even more excited because Greg has done little exploring there.  It does not happen too often that we can explore together!

SAN Airport ready to go to LIH
Sitting in First Officer Ireland’s seat! I had many opportunities to see Greg’s ‘office’. Captain Woody was very gracious and welcoming the whole trip.
Flying over Oahu’s north shore
Greg landing in LIH, it was very smooth
View from our hotel room in LIH

 

Off to explore the island! First stop the light house!
Where the light house is located
Queen’s Bath: truly amazing!
Coming off the trail, creek meeting the ocean
Queen’s bath fairly calm today
Queen’s bath looking out to the ocean
Greg trying it out 🙂
Need the right type of shoes for that trail
Dinner for us: Pizza, Hawaiian style
Sunrise in LIH
Rooster waking us up (those are not our flip flops)
Welcoming in the sun
More exploring: we found spouting horn
Spouting Horn
Waimea Canyon: words cannot describe this amazing place
Quick beach walk and then off to SJC. I could have spent more time there 🙂

It was hard to leave LIH, but our next stop was SJC, San Jose, CA.  It was a beautiful sunset across the ocean.

Flying across the ocean to CA
Landing in SJC

We had a quick visit with the Vawter’s.  Love taking these opportunities to see them!  We had a great breakfast with them.  Sorry no pic 🙁

Day 4 was finally here, now to head back to PDX.  I miss my kiddos 🙂

Last leg SJC to PDX
Love his office!
Captain Ireland
Captain Ireland

I love traveling with my husband.  Very thankful for the opportunity!

-Chris