Tessa’s Graduation Party
We held Tessa’s Graduation Party at the historic Somer’s Mansion on the north end of Flathead Lake. The weather was perfect, all her family and friends attended and everyone agreed the venue was amazing. What a fun day of celebration after four wonderful years at Flathead High School.
Tessa Graduates from Flathead H.S.
Tessa graduated from Flathead high school after four very successful years. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Fine Arts distinction and was the only recepiant of a Presidential Scholarship for the University of Montana from Flathead. She earned several scholarships and developed some amazing friendships along the way. Several family members from out of town made the long trek to Kalispell to attend the ceremony and celebrate her accomplishments.
Two Days in Nashville
We got a quick couple of days in Nashville over spring break. We stayed at the Loews hotel across from Vanderbilt University. In addition to visiting Vanderbilt, we toured downtown Nashville and the Ryman Auditorium, stopped at the historic Union Station Nashville Yard, had tea at the Hermitage, and attended an MLS Nashville SC soccer game.
San Antonio Xmas
We headed south for Christmas this year and booked a room on the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas. We spent 5 days in Texas and had a blast enjoying some warmer weather and a bustling city. Over the week we visited The Alamo along with all the other area Missions, took in the River Walk, visited Six Flags, and visited the Natural Bridge Caverns.
Dramatic Flathead
We went for a short drive and decided it was worth the stop at the overlook. There was some amazing clouds and lighting over the lake.
Tessa’s Final Marching Band Performance
Tessa concluded her senior season of Marching Band as the Drum Major for Flathead High School with a performance in the school theater. The band put on an amazing show, it was awesome to see how much they improved in such a short time. Tessa won several awards, two of which puts her name on a plaque outside the band room. She split both the Outstanding Senior and the National High School Marching Award with her buddy Chollman, in addition to making Montan’s All State Band for the second year in a row. This was a perfect ending to a great marching band career at Flathead High School.
Bridger’s Freshman Homecoming @ Stillwater
Most of the Freshman class at Stillwater met up at Game & Taps prior to their homecoming dance to play some pool and hangout. Here are a few photos of everyone dressed up.
2024 MSU Showcase of Bands
On Saturday, September 28th we made the trip down to Bozeman for the next installment of the Montana State University Showcase of Bands. This is an annual event hosted by the Spirit of the West Marching Band where they invite about 10 high school marching bands from across the state to present their performances. This is an amazing event complete with custom graphics and displays on the stadium scoreboard and the in stadium announcer. This is such a fun event and of course this year was special as Tessa is the head Drum Major for the Flathead Marching Band. Flathead looked and sounded amazing this year.
Tessa Homecoming
Tessa got dressed up and ready for the Flathead High School homecoming dance, we took a few portraits before she headed out for the night.
Flathead H.S. Homecoming Parade
For the first time in a few years, Flathead High School held their Homecoming Parade on Main Street in Kalispell Montana. The parade was led by the marching band. Tessa is the head Drum Major for the band, they looked great and had a blast.
Labor Day on the Flathead
We got up early on Saturday morning of Labor Day weekend to head up the Flathead River. We spend the first hour motoring across the lake and up the river. We then spent the rest of the day puttering back down the river and enjoying the peaceful water and fewer boats than we encounter on the lake. We went all the way to the mouth of the Half Moon Slough before turning back. We went for a swim in Fennon Slough before re-entering Flathead Lake.
A Day in Bonners Ferry
We spent a short day in Bonners Ferry checking out the downtown area before Bridger’s Soccer game at the high schoo. The downtown is small but fun to visit as it is nesteled between the Kootenai River, the BNSF train line and the Union Pacific train line. This makes for a fun place to take some photographs.