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.