Scott and I FINALLY made it happen! We finally made it to Montana to visit our DEAR friends, the Bybee's, over Thanksgiving. Scott and I met Annie and Terry at College in Oklahoma. To sum up our friendship, us girls are constantly trying to keep the boys out of trouble, they tend to bring the best out of each other when they are togther. But as crazy as they are they always make us laugh. Aside from goofing off, we've been there for each others engagements, apart of each others weddings and continue to cherish their friendship even though it is a "long distance" relationship. In all honesty, the challenge of staying in touch is always present, but the wonderful thing about them is that no matter how long it has been since the last time we've all been together, we pick up right where we left off!
It was such a blessing to visit with them, watch them PARENT their two beautiful kids,
LAUGH hysterically, play games, and just catch up on life.
Here are just a few of the fun memories we made....
Annie and I getting ready to head out the door
Terry and Hadley
(Not sure why, but I didn't get any pictures of their kids. SAD. They also have an 8 month old Jude...BOTH OF WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE)
While we were in town Annie and Terry insisted they take us to their favorite
restaurant's in Billings...Fancy
Shmancy Restaurant #1....it was great!
Yes, this is what they do!
Pictionary...
SEE ABOVE: THIS IS NEVER A GOOD SIGN FOLKS!
Good
ol'
pictionary was not good enough...on to their "new" made up game
..."BELLY ART"
PICTIONARY.
VERY CREATATIVE.
I love this picture.
It's not often he laughs THIS hard...had to document it :)
Annie and Terry love weekend get-a-ways....
so they took us to one of their favorite places.
A cabin in BIG SKY!
The landscape was BREATH taking...and the cabin was
so nice!
This was our room
Hanging out by the fire
On to playing more games....a good 50% of our time in Montana was spent playing
Hide-and-go-seek (NO, not a type-o)
Scott and Terry could play this game ALL. DAY. LONG. ALL. YEAR. LONG.
We also played NERDS while drinking coffee and listening to Pandora
...even thought I am
awful at this game I throughouly enjoy these times we shared!
BIG SKY TOWN...this is were I got my ornament
(I collect ornaments from every place we visit)
Enjoying our
view from our balcony
Oh Brother!
And he is down!
This is what happens when City Folk try to walk on ice...
lol!
Sledding...with a babies sled. not ours.
Fantastic.
Hmm...we were the only people in this
restaurant.
i wonder why...
Calamari...Reason # 1
Terry's face tells all!
....reason # 2 waitress would not stop talking about Alaska (lol)
reason # 3 the boys ate none of their food. Picky Picky!
Playing the number game
Snowy day at the cabin...our last day in Big Sky.
It was a wonderful trip, one we will always remember.
Loved being in Montana and loved being with our friends.
ELI STEVENSON - going on 8 months
BRODY SIMPSON- going on 11 months
please note: that is hair dye on my left shoulder. classy.
puzzle work!
my cookie decorating ELF
Peanut butter balls- Scott made these and did a wonderful job :)
Christmas tree time! I am a HUGE fan of REAL trees...
This year we started a new tradition in the Stevenson home... We've made it a point, when we travel, to always get an ornament as our "souvenir". Over the 2.5 years that we have been married we've acquired quite the collection, so we decided that this year we wouldn't just put them on our tree, instead we would share our favorite memory from that trip or place and then we'd hang it on the tree. IT WAS A SUCCESS! We revisited some wonderful memories and it was a great refresher of each trip, in hopes that we never forget. We are so blessed! 
The finished product! 
Annie and I getting ready to head out the door
Terry and Hadley
While we were in town Annie and Terry insisted they take us to their favorite restaurant's in Billings...Fancy Shmancy Restaurant #1....it was great!
Yes, this is what they do!
Pictionary...
SEE ABOVE: THIS IS NEVER A GOOD SIGN FOLKS!
Good ol' pictionary was not good enough...on to their "new" made up game
Annie and Terry love weekend get-a-ways....
The landscape was BREATH taking...and the cabin was so nice!
This was our room
Hanging out by the fire
On to playing more games....a good 50% of our time in Montana was spent playing 
We also played NERDS while drinking coffee and listening to Pandora
BIG SKY TOWN...this is were I got my ornament 
Enjoying our view from our balcony
Oh Brother!
And he is down! 
Sledding...with a babies sled. not ours. Fantastic.
Hmm...we were the only people in this restaurant. 
Calamari...Reason # 1
Playing the number game
Snowy day at the cabin...our last day in Big Sky..JPG)
The first week in October Mrs. Georgia Renee Russell moved in with us (short term stay) and also celebrated her 22nd birthday! Above is a picture of the BEAUtiful cake Scott and I made for her. I can assure you that it tasted MUCH better than it looks!
Our friend Jenn (also performing arts director at our church) has been "gigging" it up at some of the neatest coffee shops in the DFW area...this was one of those nights. 
GEORGIA!
Enjoying the atmosphere, music and the COMPANY...lots of good friends!
Jenn doing her thang! She doesn't normally dress up like Dorothy :)
Scott and I are BLESSED to be godparents to this lil' bumble bee, Emmy. It was so much fun to experience her first holloween with her (even though she had NO CLUE of what was going on). 
Not only was it Emmy's first Halloween, 