Cabin

Otto, Trevor and I went to Montana for the week around the 4th of July. We look forward to this trip every year and this time was no exception. Even being at the airport was a blast. As Trevor and I say, the travel fairy was on our side-everything was seamless. All 3 of us slept the first leg of our trip and then our little puddle jumper over to Montana from Salt Lake had the best crew in the history of the world. They made the hour flight a blast. As we were taking pictures walking to the airplane (the first photo I posted) the flight attendant saw us and asked if we'd like to get a shot of Otto in the cockpit. AHHHHHH YES PLEASE!!!! The pilots could not have been nicer and even let Otto push a few buttons...we joked that he was in "Otto pilot" mode! Grandma Deidra and Grandpa Ray picked us up from the airport in West Yellowstone and after a bit of grocery shopping we headed out to Hebgen Lake. Once there we were greeted by a huge crew-Cori, James, Andreas, Sophia, Kodiak, Taz, Carrie, Anthony, Ellie, Stormy, Rick, Piper, and Tammi were all there. Otto LOVED playing with all the kids. Unfortunately they didn't stay long but the time we all did spend together was wonderful. Otto especially loved Pipie. She payed so much attention to him and Otto looked for her every time she wasn't playing with him. Once that crew left it was time for Jay and Jada's arrival. Otto loved having them around and we are extra thrilled because Jay was our staff photographer. He got some really great shots of our vacation. Otto spent most of his time running from car to truck to jeep to semi to suv to station wagon and to race car. Oh boy was he ever in heaven playing inside such a vast array of vehicles. He also loved the sea doos (which we called water momo's for his benefit) and playing with the wheel of the boat came in at a close second place. Otto also really enjoyed watching Trevor and I wheel the bicycles around. He'd run up to them and spend a bit of time spinning the wheels and pedals then he ask us to move them around the yard. He LOVED the trampoline as well. We would jump with all the kids and then we would jump alone and he would run around and we would sing "Who let the momo's out, who let the "fill in the blank" out over and over again. He couldn't get enough. Otto also loved looking at all the baby frogs in the yard-there were tons this year. He enjoyed playing in the lake and loved all the go-go's (Chinese word for doggie)and really loved the guinea pig (who he called gee pee). The highlight of our trip though was a really great long hike to Moose Meadow with all the family. I've never seen Otto run more in his life. With Kodiak helping him along he was unstoppable! He was adorable and it was just the cutest thing to watch his cool, big cousin helping him up up up the hills and down down down. It was just a great bonding trip for Otto and all his cousins. I think Otto really enjoyed himself!