prairiemom

Cold and Windy

      In northcentral Montana, cold and windy describes many spring days. When we do have nice weather, everyone gets excited and finds something to do outside before the cold and wind returns.

     Our short Easter trip was a lot of fun. We drove to Bozeman, where Maria goes to school, on Friday.

     David and I met at Montana State in Bozeman nearly 30 years ago. Wow, how the area has changed. There are new shopping areas and housing developments all over. Sadly, our house in Conrad would be about 4 times as expensive in Bozeman, so it is difficult for most Montana natives to even dream about living in such a beautiful area. Now, for people from out of state, who sell their homes at unimaginable prices, real estate in Bozeman seems rather inexpensive.

     We attended the home church of a friend of Maria's and enjoyed the service very much. Do you enjoy visiting other churches from time to time? I find it to be a treat to meet believers in other areas.

     Maria baked both ham and turkey and made a fantastic pretzel salad. David took his Dutch oven with us and made a corn pudding, a staple at any holiday dinner.

     We enjoyed our time together as well as the spectacular mountain view from Maria's apartment window. Afterward Jonathan got to hunt for Easter eggs in snowbanks.

     Maria is home this weekend. She brought home a carload of her belongings. Currently she is attending Montana Bible College, but she has committed to a year long job as a cook at Montana Wilderness School of the Bible located in the Rocky Mountain front near the small town of Augusta. That will bring her just 1.5 hours from home.

     Her job begins in May soon after school ends for her. She will be at MWSB through the summer cooking for the C-N Bible Camps, so she will be very busy and will meet a wide variety of people. What a treat for a young, single woman!

     David is currently in Bozeman for some bankers' meetings. He will be home tomorrow night, much to Jonathan's relief. He doesn't like it when Dad is gone and I can't say that I blame him.

     Have a wonderfully blessed week everyone.

                                                      Denise (prairiemom)

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{ 10:11 , Wednesday, April 2, 2008 } { Posted by wannabeone }

Sounds like you had a simply wonderful Easter...enhanced by the great beauty of MONTANA! What fun to hunt for eggs in snow drifts.

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

trip to Bozeman..

{ 03:37 , Wednesday, April 16, 2008 } { Posted by messyjo }

Sounds like you had a real nice trip to see your daughter..wow her summer sounds real busy..I am guessing that you live close to Great Falls, I had a friend who lived there many years ago (when her husband was stationed at the air base) and I went to visit her, I fell in love with the Great Falls area and would someday like to move there...of course just like Bozeman for you I am sure Great Falls has changed too, but I just remember it being very pretty and I especially like the Missouri river running through it..
Blessings Joann