Annual Change is HERE! Attend a Presentation for VERY IMPORTANT CHANGES

Hi everyone,
Just a heads up in case you haven't heard - annual change has begun!  You really need to attend an annual change presentation this year - what you don't know CAN hurt your pocketbook!  Click here for the schedule: http://www.benefits.mt.gov/pages/annual.change.html

Pictures from the Stay Active Challenge!

Check out these wonderful pictures from your fellow participants!

Stay Active Challenge Pictures - 2013

“Camping at the Capital.”

Our group is (left to right): Ryan Bahnmiller, Chris Bacon, Amy Dominick, Liz Lee (back), Yvette Englert. (Glenna McClure not pictured)

As a team, we all enjoy Montana’s beautiful outdoors, in different ways. Ryan’s favorite activity is fishing, Chris’s is hiking, Amy’s is trail biking, Liz’s is ultimate Frisbee, Yvette’s is camping!

 

Blister Sisters Walking and Blister Sisters Cramping

Stephanie Grover Walks in the Rain

 

Wayward Wanderers

 

Denise Gjerde’s Team Mascot – Indy

 

Brett Wall at the Top of Mt. Baldy and Huckleberry picking

I have my "Live Life Well" shirt on! I just hiked to the top of MT Baldy 9462 feet elevation. My hiking partner (not a Stay Active member) said "We had a great time hiking"!

 

Hiked up Big Mountain Huckleberry Picking

 

DPHHS Billings (VR) team: Sharon Moore, Astghik Iknatian, Larissa Forseth, and LeAnn Aders. Missing from the photo are Sally Sjaastad, Jen Bernhardt, Mark Mahnke, and Nellie Tandy. 

 

Cynthia Davenport says, "The MSP Highwall Walkers, to close out the 8 week Stay Active challenge, enjoyed instruction in POUND, a full-body cardio jam session, combining light resistance with constant simulated drumming.  The class was taught by High wall walker Wanda Hislop’s daughter Michelle Post who owns a Dance and Fitness studio in Hamilton,MT. Michelle is the first certified instructor in POUND in Montana and we were her first class. It was a blast to see how fun physical fitness can be and the variety of options open to each of us. http://www.poundfit.com/."

Jeannie Keller at the finish of the York 38 Special

 

Renee Collinson says, “This was taken on one of the ice walls on Mt. Adams.”

 

Rick Bush ready for the Gallatin Valley Bicycle Club metric century bike ride (100 kilometers or in this case 67 miles)

 

Jeff Bollman says, “this is a picture that was taken of me during the Freedom Marathon on 6 July 2013 in Gresham, OR. I ran 4 marathons in 4 days starting on 7/4. And then ran the Missoula Marathon on Sunday on the way home after a vacation on the Oregon coast.”

 

*WINNER!*Amy Ophus says, “Here are some pictures of an event that team Cake did for the Governor’s challenge. A friend of mine made up this game but we altered it slightly and renamed it Cakeball. Basically it is similar to volleyball, except we use a big Pilates ball on a tennis court, and we are allowed to kick the ball in addition to using our arms and hands to get it over the net. It was our first time playing together and we each came out of it with about 7,500 extra steps. It was a blast and we all committed to playing it together every couple of weeks while the weather is still good. So far so good! (Back row, left to right) Emily Klungtvedt, Katie Guenther, Robin Sayler, (Front, left to right) Shaunda Wilson, Amy Ophus

 Stacy Knickerbocker says, “This is a picture from the Missoula Half Marathon (July 14^th).  This was my 11^th Half Marathon that I have completed since 2010 and my best race time to date, finishing in 2 hours 20 minutes.  I love running half marathons because it shows how far I have come.”