Renee's Visit

Auntie Renee visited this past weekend. It was so much fun to have her here. Although she could only stay for a long weekend, we made the most of it.

The first night she got in, we had a Scrubs party in honor of the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy. We're both insanely addicted. It was so much fun. We all wore scrubs (even Ava) and drank some wine (not Ava). Chris, who usually boycotts Grey's, even watched. I usually don't let him watch because he is either doing one of the following: informing me that the current situation is totally unrealistic/inaccurate OR going into an extremely detailed description of whatever disease the patient has. The latter is totally distracting and often prevents me from hearing the dialog. Usually I have to tell him to can it until the commercial break.

We also had a chance to run down to Powell and visit Renee's grandma and aunts. Renee is rarely back in Powell so it was nice for her to catch up with some of her family. Of course, we swung by both my Grandma Ruth and parent's house. Look at this picture of Renee...isn't she beautiful. Love it. We also hung out with some friends from high school and then drove back to Billings that night.

Chris had Saturday off so we went to our local farmers market (pathetic compared to Western NY farmers markets, by the way) and then went for a hike. Now, I just got the green light to exercise again so I was excited to get out and actually do something. However, I should have probably taken a smaller first step. We drove to Red Lodge and took a "short, family-friendly" five mile hike. It about killed me. Boy, do I have a long way to go. I was sore the next day but it felt good to burn some calories in a way besides nursing.

The next two days we just kind of hung out, drank coffee and listened to music. It may sound boring but we totally loved it. Here are some more miscellaneous pictures. Enjoy!