Summer Weddings

We have had a busy summer of weddings. If we've been invited to a wedding, it's usually someone from Manitoba getting married and we just can't get to all of them. This summer we've had 3 here in Cody. Last night we were invited to the wedding of Rob and Candiss Hill. I didn't take many pics because I was holding Katelyn during the wedding and then it got a little dark at the outdoor reception but here are a few of what I did take.
The Newlyweds The cake table after the cake had already been cut.
The house as we drove away at 11pm.

I just couldn't resist dressing her up in this frilly crinoline dress. She was adorable and such a good girl. Our friends that we sat with, were so impressed at how quiet she was and so wide awake at 10:30pm. I couldn't ask for a better girl. She is still sleeping right now and it's 11am, Sunday morning! I guess I'll have to wake her soon so she'll sleep tonight.

June 6th we were invited to the wedding of Jake and Amber Tuten. We had Amber in our church youth group when Jason and I were leaders almost 6 yrs ago! She is the daughter of our friends, Quin and Tracy.

May 9th we had the wedding of Brett and Angie Williams. Brett was our DTS leader when Jason and I were at Cowboys With A Mission. This wedding was a great reason for a CWAM reunion. A lot of people were able to make it and we took the opportunity for a group shot, with kids and spouses of people that have been through the ministry and have known Brett or Angie. This is a great example of how many people we can touch in our lives and the spiderweb that goes on from there.

As far as we know, these are all of the wedding we will have this year. Most of our friends are married and now it's time for babies. There are a lot of babies due at the end of this year. Bring on the baby gifts.

3 Months!

Where has the time gone? I still don't feel like a mom, but this is my girl, and what a little dolly!!!

What have we been up to? Well, last Wednesday my doorbell rang and who is standing there? My dad and my mom was in their new SUV! They thought they would take a road trip for their 30th anniversary. What they really wanted to see was their granddaughter. They stayed till Saturday and I think they had a good time. We went to the county fair here in town, and did a little sight seeing. Mom also hit her favorite craft store in Cody and walked away with a new knitting project for Katelyn.

Tuesday night was a special night in Meeteetse at the Cowboys with A Mission base. We had some members of the Thunder School from Nashville, Tennessee stop in on their tour of the west. Our friend, Scott MacLeod, runs the school of worship in Nashville. They contacted Jason for him to set up a place for them to stay and to minister to people in the area. Jason felt that Cody and Powell always get speakers and little Meeteetse is always forgotten. So he felt led to have them go to the Cowboys With A Mission base and minister and worship with people there.
Just as they pulled into the property, a huge rainstorm came rolling through with lots of thunder. How appropriate for the Rolling Thunder tour. It rained all night as we sang and worshipped the Lord. The music was refreshing and the prophetic words people were given were encouraging. With the volume and the echoing of the tin building we were in, I'm sure the whole valley could have heard us. Scott said that what God was doing in the natural, he was doing in the spiritual rhelm. The rain is being brought back to this land of Wyoming where we've been in a drought for years. With this physical rain, He's also going to be bringing for His refreshing "rain", a move of God for this area. Something we've been waiting for.
We finally left there at 11:30pm but we almost didn't want it to stop. They are a truly anointed group of people.

Easy Camping

We took Katelyn out on her first "camping" trip last weekend. I say "camping" trip, because it wasn't really camping. We didn't bring food we had to cook, but we did bring food. We went to the famous Dirty Annie's for some of our meals too. We slept in a one room cabin on a soft, comfortable bed. Not true camping by Wyoming standards, but so nice just the same. Our church had rented 5 cabins for 2 nights in Shell, Wyoming. The elders were needing to get a way to discuss church issues. Plans changed and they didn't need them anymore and couldn't be refunded, so they were trying to give them away to people. Jason and I took one for the two nights and other friends took others for one night. It was nice to get away. Jason could fish with the guys and I could relax in the cabin and sleep with Katelyn, who did amazing by the way. She conked out for a 4 hr nap! Must have been all the fresh air. It was so nice to sit and do nothing but talk with friends. We'll have to go up again with some more friends. The cabins weren't very expensive and nicer than some hotels we've been in.

We didn't take a lot of stuff but the truck was still full. One mid-size suitcase for 3 of us, cooler, stroller, diaper bag, dog and his bowls. Good thing we brought the truck because Jason stopped off at a garage sale and bought a few things he was actually needing for work that would have cost us a lot more money. He's learning to be Mr. Frugal, but he was born with the garage sale bug. You don't mention the word around him or you may be making a sudden, unexpected stop.
After we left Sunday morning, we drove into the Big Horn mountains, which are outside of Shell. We stopped off at the Shell Falls and did the 1/4 mile paved pathway "hike". My kind of hiking. Don't worry, I had a death grip on the handle. She wasn't going anywhere.
Behind Jason in the far distance, there is a small waterfall over his left shoulder.
With all the fresh air we had, we were all pretty tired after doing nothing. Jason wanted to nap with his girl, who was just as tired and a good little trip taker. We even stopped off for her first "taste" of A&W, one of mommy's favorites.

2 month Smiles

I love this face! This is what I get to wake up to every morning and she greets me with the biggest smiles. Especially when it's time to change the all important diaper.


I had to get some 2 month shots of my girl. She is growing so fast. I look at the pictures we do have and I wish I would have taken more new born pics. She has changed so much already.



So many faces from such a little cutie! I could just eat her up!!!!!

First Father's Day

I do have to pat myself on the back for getting Jason's Father's day present days before instead of the day before. Of course, I always have to rack my brain for a good gift. I think I did pretty good for the first time. It wasn't the typical cologne and tie gift. Although, I guess I wouldn't have had to buy him anything since I did just give him a child to make him a father. Oh well.
"Is this from my girl?" Notice the books in the box. Since the hat was so light, I thought I would add some weight to throw him off. Well, he had found the box under my side of the bed and had already felt that it was pretty light. So my idea didn't really work.
I also got him a new western shirt. It has been ages since I've bought him a really nice shirt. It took me a while to look at everything the store had and I took a risk with a bright green and blue check, which he actually liked. Thank goodness!

Jason was too anxious for his gifts so he opened them Saturday night, hence the pajamas. Sunday also turned out to be a treat. We went to lunch with our friends John and Theresa. We were also pleasantly surprised to get a phone call from our long lost friends, Ron and Faith. Ron was trying to get us to come to lunch in Meeteetse, but we had already ordered our meals. So they drove up to join us. After lunch, we of course needed some Dairy Queen. It was such a beautiful day, we went to park.

The dad's displaying their babysitting skills. Noah and Katelyn enjoying a nap in the shade. Noah is 5 months old and a big boy.
Faith plays with her 2 yr old, Caleb. He is so much fun. It was a special day and a great way to celebrate dads.

Auntie Malissa

Jason's sister Malissa is home for a couple of weeks from Oregon, where she works on the YWAM base in Salem. She just got home from leading a school on their outreach to Columbia. She was very excited about the birth of Katelyn and couldn't wait for us to email and tell her when it happened. This was her first chance to meet her niece. She is also obsessed with taking pictures and took quite a few in the 3 days she was here. She wanted to take some family shots of us, which was nice since we don't have many since she was born even though we've been to many photo opportunity occasions in the last couple of weeks. And yes, I cut my hair short. Not for the new mom reason but because I was sick of long hair and went in and let the hair dresser do something different. Time for a change.


A blast from the recent past. This is my friend Sheila Henson. This was both of us 6 1/2 weeks ago. This last Sunday, June 7th, she had her little bundle of joy after 19 hours of labor. Some of us have it rougher than others. She had to be induced early and had a bouncing 5lb 14oz baby boy. Micah Jon Henson. (He looks much bigger in the picture. Katelyn is almost double his size) His daddy is pleased as punch that he finally has a baby. Jon would have had one on their honeymoon if he could. The new families. It was also announced to us that Sunday, by our pastor, that our future son-in-law had been born. HA HA They may be neighbors and future playmates, but we'll hold off on any marriages yet. We've got a lot of future son-in-law prospects in our circle of friends.
Both dads enjoying their kids. AAAAHHHHH!!!!!

Homemade Photoshoot

My close friends from Meeteetse held a baby shower in Katelyn's honor 2 weeks ago. My friend from Manitoba, Erin Kreider, is big into making jewelry. As part of her gift, she made Katelyn a very simple pearl and crystal bracelet. It is too cute. I just had to get some pictures of her modeling it. I've always loved the naked, sleeping pictures of babies and attempted the same with my own little model. Surprisingly, it worked. Oh what a bath and some milk will do!