The Gabrielsen Seven

The Gabrielsen Seven

Monday, June 16, 2025

Montana/Canada with Justins/Dillons and Father's Day

The week started out normal, with Toby teaching Alice how to draw JFK.
Chalk art on the back patio.
Such a cute little guy!!
Monday morning, we got in the car and headed to Montana!
First stop: Sea Me Paddle.
A ride in the company transit van.
Dinner at Moose's Pizza.
Girls and dogs.
Tuesday morning getting oriented for our kayaking. 







We made it to Wild Horse Island for our hike.




Big horn sheep!





Teens/young adults hanging out. 
Spaghetti dinner by Uncle Justin for the little boys.
Justin and Kelsey treated us to dinner at an Italian place for our anniversary.
The teens/young adults went to Big Mountain Cider Works for dinner.
Abel made Toby laugh and laugh with his silly faces.
Justin showed us everywhere we should go in Glacier the next day.
Fire pit for the kids that night.
The boys slept in the tent every night.
Wednesday in Glacier. Lake McDonald.










We ran into Justin with his driving tour group!




Oxbow Trail at Apgar Village.



Lake McDonald Lodge.

Polebridge.


Back home with Jude.
Kelsey making way more burgers than we needed.

Eden's fashionable new headband.

Playing YAKS.
Dillon and his rescuer.
Thursday in Canada with Dillon's family and Abel.
Poutine.

New hat.
Dinner in our vrbo.
The Filipino adobo chips were too strong.
We found a cool lake that evening: Lake Windermere.















Canadian chocolate tasting.

On Friday, we saw a black bear on our way to Banff!

Shuttle to Lake Louise.

Lake Louise.


















Moraine Lake.







Grace and Charlie climbed the rock pile trail.
They got much more dramatic pics from up there.




Toby liked the driftwood, and took this pic.
He inspired me to take this one.



Our favorite view near our vrbo. 




Back to Lake Windermere for our last night.



YAKS before bed.
Saturday, a quick pit stop at Justin's.
Then a long drive home.

Home! Danny had new glasses waiting for him in the mailbox. He had broken his on the trip.
The corn is growing strong!
Father's Day breakfast by Charlie.

Featuring Canadian maple syrup.

Carrot cake cupcakes by Alice.

Farmington Bay drive before church. Great blue heron.



Swiss steak for dinner by Grace, Danny, and me.
Grace styled Danny.
The ward gave all the dads Dad's root beer.
Thank you so much for the awesome trip, Justin and Kelsey!!

1 comment:

  1. Wow you went to some beautiful places. What memories! What a great family.

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