Keets

We got our little puppy Keets from a rescue place. He's the cutest little mutt in the world. He looks like a rotweiller, but he has his long tail and is mixed with heeler and who knows what else.

When we first started taking Keets for walks, he would get so tired that he would just lay down in the street. Or he was just being lazy.

Tyler makes Keets eats his underwear, instead of kibble.

Yep, we lay on the floor, while Keets cuddles up on the couch.

There's Keets hiding from us on his first day at his new home.

He always climbs on Tyler's stomach.

Spring break

Garden of the Gods

Christmas and New Years Pics

Christmas at my mama's.

Sledding in McCall.

Tyler and ice-skating.

P.S. If you go skating with Tyler, he will try to knock you down!

Me and Tyler playing with the frames on his camera.

On actual Christmas day, Tyler and I ate spaghetti from Safeway and went to the movies. It was very relaxing and nice after all of the traveling that we had done! We moved into our house on December 23, but we didn't get our stuff until...I think it was January 12? Anyways, while we waited for our stuff, we went to McCall for New Year's and got to see everyone. We went sledding and ice-skating, and had a lot of fun. Then we went to Anaconda and got to see my new baby nephew and my family. It was a quick trip, but a lot of fun. Busiest holiday ever!

Traveling schedule

Here's is Michelle's tentative traveling schedule. Tyler will fly out at some point if/when he gets time off work. Hopefully he can make it to the reception, or I'll be looking for a stand-in.

Anyways, this is all in August, and of course subject to change. (In fact, it is very likely knowing me.)

10: Driving to Anaconda
15: Driving to Missoula
16: Driving to Moscow
19: Driving to Coeur d'Alene
21: RECEPTION!!!
23: Driving home...just to start school...again.

Thanksgiving and House hunting

Tyler and Chris beating up poor Matt.

Karra, Grandma Jo, Matt, Tyler, Me, & Afton eating some Turkey dinner.

Over Thanksgiving, Tyler and I visited Colorado to spend time with his extended family and find a house! We didn't take very many pictures for some reason, but we had a really great time and we found a house!

BOLC 2 and 3

Tyler in front of a big wheel at the museum...with an Idaho shirt on, of course. :)

The arch.

Looking down from inside the arch.

Michelle looking down from inside the arch.

Inside the museum.

Train in the spaghetti factory.

Toby Keith sign.

It's hard to get both of our full faces in a picture this close!

The pictures are actually backwards as far as order goes. Tyler went to BOLC II (Basic Officer Leadership Course) at Fort Sill, Oklahoma (where we got married). While we were there we explored Bricktown (and went to a yummy spaghetti place, hence the train), Toby Keith Bar and Grill, and went to the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. When we were traveling to Knox, we stopped in St. Louis. We rode inside the HUGE arch, and visited the Westward Expansion museum inside. It was pretty neat.

Hotel information

Here is some hotel information. We didn't choose one hotel and reserve a bunch of rooms, becasuse we thought it would be best for everyone to be able to pick their own lodging preferences. Here is some contact information for some that will hopefully help.

The Red Lion Hotel is the closest hotel to the park. It's about a hop and skip away. Here's the contact information for the hotel if anyone wants to check it out.

• redlion.rdln.com
• 414 E. First Avenue
• Post Falls, ID 83854
• (800) 733-5466

Other hotels in Post Falls:

• Comfort Inn
• Howard Johnson Express Inn
• Sleep Inn Post Falls

There are also a lot of hotels in Coeur d'Alene, off Appleway, which may be cheaper and are only about 15 minutes away from the park:

• Motel 6
• La Quinta Inn
• Comfort Inn Coeur d'Alene
• Best Western
• Days Inn
• Guesthouse

The rates are changing all the time, and there are lots of deals you can get online. A good place to check too might be book.idahohotels.org.

Also, there are some camping spots and RV parking spots too:

• Coeur d'Alene RV resort
• Suntree RV park
• U.S. Forestry department

So these are just a few options. Comment if we can help anyone look anything up or find something.

Directions from Montrose

Directions from Montrose

1: Start out going NORTHWEST on S CASCADE AVE toward S 1ST ST.
0.1 mi

2: Turn LEFT onto E MAIN ST/US-50.
0.1 mi

3: Turn RIGHT onto N TOWNSEND AVE/US-50 W. Continue to follow US-50 W.
54.3 mi

4: Turn RIGHT onto 32 RD/CO-141 N.
5.5 mi

5: Turn RIGHT onto I-70 BL E/US-6 E/CO-141 N. Continue to follow I-70 BL E/CO-141 N.
1.1 mi

6: Merge onto I-70 W via the ramp on the LEFT toward GREENRIVER (Crossing into UTAH).
110.8 mi

7: Merge onto US-6 W via EXIT 157 toward PRICE/SALT LAKE.
127.1 mi

8: Merge onto I-15 N toward SALT LAKE CITY (Passing through IDAHO, then crossing into MONTANA).
460.6 mi

9: Merge onto I-90 W via EXIT 121 on the LEFT toward MISSOULA (Crossing into IDAHO).
286.3 mi

10: Take the SPOKANE ST. exit, EXIT 5.
0.2 mi

11: Turn LEFT onto N SPOKANE ST/I-90 BR. Continue to follow N SPOKANE ST.
0.8 mi

12: Turn RIGHT onto W PARKWAY DR.
0.1 mi

13: End at 12201 W Parkway Dr Post Falls, ID 83854-6492

Estimated Time: 15 hours 26 minutes Estimated Distance: 1047.04 miles

Directions from Denver

Directions from Denver

1: Start out going SOUTH on SHERMAN ST toward E COLFAX AVE/I-70 BL/US-287/US-40.
0.0 mi

2: Turn RIGHT onto E COLFAX AVE/I-70 BL W/US-287 W/US-40 W.
0.1 mi

3: Turn RIGHT onto LINCOLN ST.
0.5 mi

4: Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto 20TH ST.
1.2 mi

5: Merge onto I-25 N (Crossing into WYOMING).
387.8 mi

6: Merge onto I-90 W via the exit on the LEFT toward SHERIDAN (Passing through MONTANA, then crossing into IDAHO).
679.4 mi

7: Take the SPOKANE ST. exit, EXIT 5.
0.2 mi

8: Turn LEFT onto N SPOKANE ST/I-90 BR. Continue to follow N SPOKANE ST.
0.8 mi

9: Turn RIGHT onto W PARKWAY DR.
0.1 mi

10: End at 12201 W Parkway Dr Post Falls, ID 83854-6492

Estimated Time: 15 hours 8 minutes Estimated Distance: 1070.15 miles

Directions from McCall

Directions from McCall

1: Start out going WEST on 3RD ST/ID-55/N 3RD ST toward E LAKE ST/NF-48. Continue to follow ID-55.
12.0 mi

2: Turn RIGHT onto N NORRIS AVE/US-95. Continue to follow US-95 N.
261.7 mi

3: Turn LEFT onto N LINCOLN WAY/US-95 N. Continue to follow US-95 N.
0.8 mi

4: Merge onto I-90 W via the ramp on the LEFT toward POST FALLS/SPOKANE.
7.2 mi

5: Take the SPOKANE ST. exit, EXIT 5.
0.2 mi

6: Turn LEFT onto N SPOKANE ST/I-90 BR. Continue to follow N SPOKANE ST.
0.8 mi

7: Turn RIGHT onto W PARKWAY DR.
0.1 mi

8: End at 12201 W Parkway Dr Post Falls, ID 83854-6492

Estimated Time: 4 hours 58 minutes Estimated Distance: 282.82 miles

Directions from Moscow

Directions from Moscow

1: Start out going WEST on E 3RD ST toward S WASHINGTON ST/US-95 N/ID-8 W.
0.0 mi

2: Turn RIGHT onto N US 95/S WASHINGTON ST/US-95 N. Continue to follow US-95 N.
82.7 mi

3: Turn LEFT onto N LINCOLN WAY/US-95 N. Continue to follow US-95 N.
0.8 mi

4: Merge onto I-90 W via the ramp on the LEFT toward POST FALLS/SPOKANE.
7.2 mi

5: Take the SPOKANE ST. exit, EXIT 5.
0.2 mi

6: Turn LEFT onto N SPOKANE ST/I-90 BR. Continue to follow N SPOKANE ST.
0.8 mi

7: Turn RIGHT onto W PARKWAY DR.
0.1 mi

8: End at 12201 W Parkway Dr Post Falls, ID 83854-6492

Estimated Time: 1 hour 44 minutes Estimated Distance: 91.81 miles

Directions from Missoula

Directions from Missoula

1: Start out going NORTHWEST on E BROADWAY ST/I-90 BL/US-12 BUS toward N HIGGINS AVE. Continue to follow E BROADWAY ST/I-90 BL.
0.3 mi

2: Turn RIGHT onto N ORANGE ST.
0.6 mi

3: Merge onto I-90 W via the ramp on the LEFT (Crossing into IDAHO).
172.6 mi

4: Take the SPOKANE ST. exit, EXIT 5.
0.2 mi

5: Turn LEFT onto N SPOKANE ST/I-90 BR. Continue to follow N SPOKANE ST.
0.8 mi

6: Turn RIGHT onto W PARKWAY DR.
0.1 mi

7: End at 12201 W Parkway Dr Post Falls, ID 83854-6492

Estimated Time: 2 hours 37 minutes Estimated Distance: 174.58 miles

Directions from Anaconda

Directions from Anaconda, MT
1: Start out going NORTHEAST on WARD RD toward STUMPTOWN RD.
0.1 mi

2: Turn RIGHT onto STUMPTOWN RD.
0.4 mi

3: STUMPTOWN RD becomes WASHOE ST.
0.3 mi

4: Turn LEFT onto EVERGREEN ST.
0.3 mi

5: Turn RIGHT onto W PARK AVE/MT-1 S. Continue to follow MT-1 S.
4.4 mi

6: Turn LEFT onto MT-48.
6.9 mi

7: Merge onto I-90 W via the ramp on the LEFT (Crossing into IDAHO).
268.9 mi

8: Take the SPOKANE ST. exit, EXIT 5.
0.2 mi

9: Turn LEFT onto N SPOKANE ST/I-90 BR. Continue to follow N SPOKANE ST.
0.8 mi

10: Turn RIGHT onto W PARKWAY DR.
0.1 mi

11: End at 12201 W Parkway Dr Post Falls, ID 83854-6492

Estimated Time: 4 hours 15 minutes Estimated Distance: 282.37 miles

Invitations and August Pictures

So all of the invitations are out! If you didn't get one, then I offer you two explanations:

1. We didn't have your address.
2. Your mailman stole it and is now taking your spot. :)

But seriously, if you didn't get one and you know you should have gotten one, consider this your formal invitation! We don't want to leave anyone out, because we really want all of our friends and family to be there.

That being said, I am going to start adding pictures...starting with August pictures when we got married in good old Oklahoma.

Jamming the ring on.

The deed is done.

Hugging after the "I dos."

Tyler's ready for that kiss!