An eventful weekend

As many of you already know, our first few weeks in Bozeman have been quite eventful! 

Last Saturday, Scott and I took a day trip into Yellowstone National Park (I have to say it's so amazing to have it basically at our back door). After seeing several bears, Scott decided we just had to go to Yellowstone Falls.

Pretty cool to see two right next to each other!

For those of you who have never been to the falls, you can get pretty close by walking down over 100 rickety steps, (with a million other tourists getting in your way). Scott thought that since it was cold, there wouldn't be as many tourists there, but that was not the case! We walked down as far as you can go, and he started to act weird. We were surrounded by a huge group of Japanese people taking pictures and talking very loudly. He decided we'd get a "better view" the next flight of stairs up. Once we got there, he kept acting strange (and I have to say, I kind of knew it was coming, maybe I know him too well!), and he decided that we better wait to go up until the other large group of tourists came down the stairs. Finally there seemed to be a break in the large crowds and he then proposed to me! And somehow, I don't think anyone noticed!

I have to say-- its a great place to be proposed to!

I told Scott that we have to stay in shape because on our 70th wedding anniversary we're going to walk down (and up) the 100+ stairs to look at the falls again.

At least we got someone to take a picture of us!

And here it is! I love it, and think it suits me quite well. He picked it out all by himself!

When we met at a Halloween party almost 5 years ago, I could have never guessed this is where I'd be today! I am so excited to see what our future brings, and what adventures are in store for us. 

Besides our 700 mile move and getting engaged, we've just been trying to settle in. We've decided to make a list of all the things that we want to do this summer (drift down the Yellowstone River, fishing, backpacking, hiking, a weekend trip to Glacier National Park, I want to see a wolf..the list goes on and on!) It's so exciting to live in such an amazing place with so many beautiful places to explore. We both don't even feel like we moved away, Bozeman feels so much like home. (However, the views are so much better here than in Fort Collins!) 

This next week should be a busy one for me. I'm going to be setting up my study sites and applying my treatments all in one week! Then I'll go back later in the summer to collect tons of data. I am starting to get a bit stressed out.. but I know this is only the beginning....