Visiting Mariah got me all nostalgic thinking about the fun single girl days in Montana, so I decided to share some pics!! I was soo lucky to have made such great friends so quickly, since she was the only person I knew when I moved there. Sometimes I think how crazy it was for me to just up and move 2,000 miles away from everything I had ever known, but at the time I don't even think I thought twice about it and I'm soo glad I didn't! I wouldn't trade my time there for anything in the world!!! The Farmer also loves Montana, so it is nice to get to travel to a place we both enjoy, pretty soon all my friends will be married and we wont have a mandatory reason to visit! They will just have to start having babies I guess!....if it wasn't so miserably cold in the winter I might would even beg the Farmer to retire there, instead I think I will stick to my plan of Texas by 2040!! hehe!
Along with Mariah, you will see Raylee, Lynmarie, Rose, Nicole, Joylynn, Ashley, Heidi and Raemarie! I miss them all soo much and all the fun times we had! Raylee worked for MT FFA, Lynmarie worked for the MT Graingrowers, Nicole worked for Farm Bureau, Joylynn was an Ag Teacher, Rose and Raemarie worked for the with me, Heidi worked for the MT Department of Natural Resources & Conservation, and Ashley worked for the MT Beef Network...together we covered all the sectors of the Ag Industry, with style and class...most of the time!! You will also see Tracey in some of the pics..while she didn't live in MT, she drove the Beef Mobile and got to come see us every now and then! These pics are all just in random order...
PRCA Circuit Finals in Great Falls
At the best Mexican place in Billings...during the MATE (MT Ag Trade Expo)
Choteau Rodeo!
YALC (Young Ag Leadership Conference) in Big Sky, MT
Mariah showing me how to shovel my porch! haha!
FFA booth at the MATE
YALC in Red Lodge!
Ag Appreciation Day at MT State University....I learned later that they don't dress up to tail gate!!
YALC in Great Falls!
Stckgrwrs booth at the MATE
I have no clue where this was!?
Calgary Stampede!!
Deadwood with Mariah!
My Cocktails and Carving Halloween Party!!
At the Black Hills
Stockshow in Rapid City!
tailgating! Dressed appropriately and doing the Bobcat claw!!
The NILE! Northern International Livestock Expo
The Northern Rodeo Association Finals!
My Fiesta Navidad Christmas Party
NCBA Convention in Nashville
Governors Range Tour
Another Ag Appreciation Day..
Stckgrowers Convention in Billings
Mid-Year Meeting in
Lewistown, MT
My birthday!!
Ashley's
Bachelorette Party!
Ashley's Big Day in Sheridan, WY!!
Raylee's Buck Wild
Bachelorette Party!
Raylee's Big Day in Red Lodge, MT!
Visiting Raylee in Indianapolis!
Nicole's Big Day in Miles City, MT!!
Nicole's Wedding Dance!
All the MT gals at my bridal brunch!!
After my Rehearsal!
All the MT girls on my big day!!
Mariah's Rehearsal Dinner!
Mariah's Big Day!!
It is
soo crazy to think how different everything is now and how quickly it all happened!! Next up is Heidi's wedding at the end of August! The Farmer and I will be going to Helena, MT for the shindig and I will be
photographing the event! Afterwards, we are heading to Yellowstone and Cody, Wyoming for a few days for our anniversary!!!
Soo excited!!
The newlyweds!!
The Farmer and his two bridesmaids...
and of course I had to take a pic of our boots together :)
Boutonniere!
Our friends Kati and Jared....they are getting married in July!
awww aren't we the cutest couple ever!!??? :)
one more time!!
This was the "grooms" cake! Lacey is from MT and went to MT State and Jared is from SD and went to SD State...and the college colors both happen to blue blue and yellow! Soo cute!!
The cake!
This is what the mints looked like, until the Farmer found them!! If I ever need to find him at a wedding, the mints are the first place I look!! hehe!
centerpieces...
Me and Kati with the bride!
The Garter Auction!
They made lots of money!!
Bouquet toss!
