October Already?

I don't know where this year has gone, and to think that Christmas is only 3 months away. Don't even want to think about that yet.


So this is the framing project that has my husband driving back and forth to Bozeman, Montana every week for the past 2 months. I think it's about 3600 sq ft, three levels including the walk out basement. For now they are just doing the framing, but hopefully, maybe, there will be work for them to do on it this winter, cause we REALLY need it. Jason stays with our friend, Red, who is starting to make furniture and is quite the craftsman. Together, they have worked on a few projects that Red didn't have time for all by himself. One project was a swing, which they antiqued it to make it look old.

This last Sunday we had our friends the Millers over after church. Their kids Grey and Emma love "Baby Katelyn" as they affectionately call her. Katelyn slept most of the time they were here, so they occupied themselves with a neighbor girl, which was great. They rode their bikes and played with sidewalk chalk. When K did get up, we found the shovels and they dug in the empty garden.
Emma also gave "Baby Katelyn" her trike, because she was too small for it, so she passed it on to us, which we love. For being 4, Emma is sometimes very willing to give away some of her toys, which I know her mom loves.
Katelyn doesn't get the part about pushing herself just yet, but loves to sit on it and get on and off. Or she'll put up her feet so you can push her around, much to her delight. She is growing up so fast! We are loving this Indian Summer we're having. We turned the A/C back on because the house was warming up to almost 80 some days. Hence, the skirts and t-shirts on the last weekend of September!

Yesterday, we had a pool date with Darlene and Emma in Cody. The pool was warm and we had the wading pool all to ourselves. Thank goodness for the kids in school. Katelyn didn't like having to wear a life jacket, but she wore it for the good part of an hour and then we took it off and she was much happier for us to hold her and float her around. I didn't know how she'd like getting splashed or her face in the water, but she did really well. We were in the pool for 1 1/2 hrs! Then we went to McDonald's and she ate a whole cheeseburger!

As we speak, Jason is in the mountains near Meeteetse hunting with 2 friends for elk. Today is the opening day of rifle season, so hopefully he can bag an elk for the freezer. They took 7 horses and packed in food and big wall tent. The local deputy sheriff said they recorded seeing 63 grizzly bears in that mountain range. That's A LOT of Bears! I'm sure we'll hear stories of bear sightings. Jason brought the video camera and planned to film the other two guys archery hunting. So we'll see what comes back on the camera. Hopefully the camera makes it back in one piece.

Well, the babes is sleeping and I should finish cleaning before we go to Cody to help decorate the church for fall this evening.

The end of Summer

Fall has arrived or so it seems according to the thermometer. Today is definitely a soup or stew and a movie kind of day. I figured I would get a quick post in while K is working on her 2 1/2 hr nap. Yay for naps!

We closed out the summer by playing in the home pool for the last time. We finally got K some sand/water toys after playing with cups and spoons all summer. Gotta love those going out of summer sales.

I took K to the nearby park and only got one picture before the tears rolled. You could have handed me the "Worst mother of the Year" award after she went down the slide. I was taking a video of her and she jumped off by herself, but the slide was too high and instead of her feet hitting the ground, she kind of landed on her face. Oh yeah, I felt great about myself. We got a couple of small bruises from the stones and a cut lip, but she did recover. Thankfully kids heal fast. Note to self: Yeah, won't be video taping on that slide.

Since Jason has been gone working in Bozeman, Montana the past 2 months, the weekends are family time. One weekend we ran some errands, grabbed some Burger King and headed to the park.
I don't know who had more fun, Daddy or Katelyn?

Nothing New

Since it has officially been a month since I've posted anything new, there really isn't anything new to post about.

Jason has been working in Bozeman, Montana, framing a house with a friend for the past couple of months. He should be done early October. This has meant 4 days at home alone with Katelyn, which isn't bad and Jason comes home on the weekends, which end up being busy and go by too fast. I've also gone up to stay with Jason for a couple of weeks as well. I get out and can actually go shopping by myself and still make it back to make dinner. So I've been out on the town too.

I've been freezing corn and making salsa this last week, preparing for the long winter ahead of us. I don't know where summer went, but fall is slowly approaching. There has been snow in the mountains around Bozeman and plenty of rain here as well.

Katelyn is growing up so quickly too. Had to buy her a few things like shoes and jeans for the fall. Have to get geared up for this winter too for the first time.

I got my hair cut yesterday by a friend I met when she was 13 yrs old and now she's married and 22. I needed something desperately new. I decided to take the plunge and add some color to my hair. So for the first time in my life, I added some subtle highlights. Nothing drastic since I probably won't get another haircut for a year, but something new for me. Jason kept Katelyn and watched the whole process and chatted. Katelyn even had her hair trimmed so it could stay out of her eyes. She gave me a deal, which I probably would have never done it knowing how much it would all have cost me.

Well, it is lunch time and I must feed my girl