Kate- This One's for You

Last weekend we took a celebratory trip to Butte, Montana. What were we celebrating? Well, our first and second year anniversaries for starters. Plus the fact that we both graduated from college this year. And it coincidentally happened that I was hired at Gritman Hospital and started work in Admitting yesterday. We realized a lot of exciting stuff had happened to us the last two and a half (almost) years of marriage, and we always seemed too busy in the moment to celebrate. So instead we took a little vacation to celebrate all of God's blessings on us at our favorite time of year: Fall.

I have plenty of things to say about our trip. We had a fantastic time. But, since I don't have much time this morning I'm going to start with the little town of Phillipsburg, which we visited on our way home from Butte. The town itself is adorable: a 1900s coal-mining town that is now mostly a tourist-stop for skiers and hunters and all around sight-seers.





But the most magnificent building in Philippsburg was called the Sweet Palace. Inside was every type of candy imaginable: fudges, caramels, a million types of taffy, chocolates, mints, hard candies, candy from foreign countries, it was incredible. I had to force myself to be reasonable and not go twirling around the store shoving samples of everything into my bag.





If you're ever in the area I would definitely recommend a stop at the Sweet Palace. Part of the fun of that store was watching everyone who entered be transformed into children, with huge grins on their faces as they sampled childhood favorites and new treats. Exhibit A: