I often hear people say that young children will not remember where you have taken them and I understand that, but I would argue that these experiences help shape who they become. It’s more involved (and more expensive) to travel with them, but there is nothing like experiencing a new place through their eyes and with their excitement. We vowed that we would do the same with our children, and we’ve done pretty well with that. My husband and I have always loved to travel together and experience other cultures. Where do you most want to travel, but have never been? “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I always say Norman Rockwell has nothing on us! We ice skate at a park down the street almost every week in the winter, the kids ride bikes and roam the neighborhood all summer, and we truly know and love our neighbors – we are interested and invested in each other lives – it’s amazing. I have to say, we may live in one of the most amazing neighborhoods left.

We have lived in our beautiful bungalow for almost 10 years now. We were both tired and reluctant, but one step in and I was ready for us to write the check. We were close to giving up, when our dear friend and realtor urged us to take a look at one last house. Explain the personal significance of this area to you.Īfter we were first married, my husband and I looked for a house in Helena’s historic neighborhood for over a year. Your picture here is taken on the grounds of a historic Helena, Montana home. I am having so much fun with this new venture of creating beautifully hand-crafted bags and sharing these wonderful and unique designs! I have recently partnered with an amazing friend to help her expand her custom leather handbag business into the United States. I may have found an opportunity to experience beauty in a mix of all three. Finding beauty in people, design and nature is therapy for me.

It is important for me to find beauty in the crazy everyday of life. I come from a ranching family in Central Montana, and similar to my dislike for the daily grind of engineering, I also recognized early on that I would be a horrible rancher! It’s good to know your strengths/weaknesses – right?!?! But I have an amazing family still on the ranch and we love going to visit!īesides your government affairs work, what else keeps your creative juices flowing? Instead of running calculations and drafting designs, I do government affairs work for the engineers and architects in Montana and I love working in the industry in that capacity. I have an engineering degree, but never really enjoyed the practice of engineering itself, so much as working in and around the profession. My husband and I have two amazing children, Vivian and Stone.

Rock Hard And Wet by Jennifer James