Monday, January 10, 2011
Dancing Queens
Before we left for Christmas, Jason was finishing a job in Meeteetse, so we tagged along and spent time at the CWAM base. Katelyn and her new friend, Brynn got along pretty well. This video was before supper and they were dancing to the music. After dancing with Brynn, Katelyn loves to dance and jump when we have music on.
Christmas 2010
We are back from our Christmas "vacation" and back into the routine of life at home. We were able to go to Manitoba for Christmas but we made a stop in South Dakota first to see some friends and take another friend pheasant hunting. So we left on the weekend before Christmas and drove to Chamberlain, SD. Jason and our friend Travis took J.W pheasant hunting for his first time. I think he had fun. 
He was also there to make some connections with the hunting lodge where they went. He is a business consultant, you could say, and they need help with their business.
The one and only bird J.W shot.
Travis and Jenna have wild turkeys running on their farm, so Jason went and shot 2 of them for supper one night. The turkey strips were awesome.
First wild turkey hunt out the front door. 2 for the price of 1.
We stayed with Travis and Jenna and their busy brood of 3 over the weekend and then we left on Tuesday to travel to the great white north.
The roads were horrendous from the North Dakota border till about Grand Forks. Solid sheets of ice, but we made it safe and by passed over a dozen vehicles in the ditch along the way. It was nice to get out of the car and into a warm house. Katelyn did amazing on the two trips it took to get home as well as on the way back to Wyoming. Thank goodness for dvd players. That kept her occupied most of the time if she wasn't sleeping. I felt bad doing it but with the roads as bad as they were, it was just so much easier to keep her quiet.
We spent a lot of time at my parents. Jason was able to do some work for them. Putting up a railing around the stairs into the basement and ceiling tile in the basement. He and I took a trip to Winnipeg, alone, and drove around. Checked out some boxing day sales, but walked away with nothing. I wanted to show him the Manitoba museum and the Forks. The museum wasn't as great as I remember but still good. I think he liked it. He gave up watching the new Narnia movie for me, but the museum probably wasn't as great as the movie would have been. We drove into the Forks just to show him the venue. He thought it was cool. We were pressed for time since my cousins were coming over in the evening. So we drove home. Katelyn stayed with Auntie Janesa and Grandma.
I was able to see my girlfriends a few times, which I had missed. We picked up where we left off. I didn't see all of them but the ones I saw were probably the ones I'm closer to anyways. I saw some new babies and Katelyn just loved the new babies. Wonder if she's trying to tell me something?
She just loved Lisa's little Orrin. It was quite precious.
We were able to see my mom's side of the family on the 26th. Katelyn got to meet her 2nd cousin, Sephira and her Great-Grandpa Peters. We also took a quick 4 generation picture with my grandpa. My Grandma passed away 2 years ago so this was extra special and important that we take this picture.
My cousin Candace with her daughter, Sephira
4 generations of Peters
New Year's eve we went to my friend, Nettie's house with other girlfriends and their families. There were about 11 kids ranging from 5 yrs old to 1 month old. It was fun. New Year's day we went to my grandpa's for lasagna. He was happy we stayed, so he could see us one more time.
We left on Jan. 2nd but we had to stop for some coffee and Timbits from Tim Horton's first. We had a flat tire after we turned onto I-94, so that put in some extra time, but we got it fixed in Miles City and made it to Billings at 9pm. It was good to get out of the car. We drove the last 1 1/2 hrs home the next day.
He was also there to make some connections with the hunting lodge where they went. He is a business consultant, you could say, and they need help with their business.
The one and only bird J.W shot.
Travis and Jenna have wild turkeys running on their farm, so Jason went and shot 2 of them for supper one night. The turkey strips were awesome.
First wild turkey hunt out the front door. 2 for the price of 1.
We stayed with Travis and Jenna and their busy brood of 3 over the weekend and then we left on Tuesday to travel to the great white north.
The roads were horrendous from the North Dakota border till about Grand Forks. Solid sheets of ice, but we made it safe and by passed over a dozen vehicles in the ditch along the way. It was nice to get out of the car and into a warm house. Katelyn did amazing on the two trips it took to get home as well as on the way back to Wyoming. Thank goodness for dvd players. That kept her occupied most of the time if she wasn't sleeping. I felt bad doing it but with the roads as bad as they were, it was just so much easier to keep her quiet.
We spent a lot of time at my parents. Jason was able to do some work for them. Putting up a railing around the stairs into the basement and ceiling tile in the basement. He and I took a trip to Winnipeg, alone, and drove around. Checked out some boxing day sales, but walked away with nothing. I wanted to show him the Manitoba museum and the Forks. The museum wasn't as great as I remember but still good. I think he liked it. He gave up watching the new Narnia movie for me, but the museum probably wasn't as great as the movie would have been. We drove into the Forks just to show him the venue. He thought it was cool. We were pressed for time since my cousins were coming over in the evening. So we drove home. Katelyn stayed with Auntie Janesa and Grandma.
I was able to see my girlfriends a few times, which I had missed. We picked up where we left off. I didn't see all of them but the ones I saw were probably the ones I'm closer to anyways. I saw some new babies and Katelyn just loved the new babies. Wonder if she's trying to tell me something?
She just loved Lisa's little Orrin. It was quite precious.
We were able to see my mom's side of the family on the 26th. Katelyn got to meet her 2nd cousin, Sephira and her Great-Grandpa Peters. We also took a quick 4 generation picture with my grandpa. My Grandma passed away 2 years ago so this was extra special and important that we take this picture.
My cousin Candace with her daughter, Sephira
4 generations of Peters
New Year's eve we went to my friend, Nettie's house with other girlfriends and their families. There were about 11 kids ranging from 5 yrs old to 1 month old. It was fun. New Year's day we went to my grandpa's for lasagna. He was happy we stayed, so he could see us one more time.
We left on Jan. 2nd but we had to stop for some coffee and Timbits from Tim Horton's first. We had a flat tire after we turned onto I-94, so that put in some extra time, but we got it fixed in Miles City and made it to Billings at 9pm. It was good to get out of the car. We drove the last 1 1/2 hrs home the next day.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Buffalo Bill Museum
We had a fun day today at the Buffalo Bill Museum. It was their annual Christmas holiday Open House, which is free entrance to the public with local choirs, cloggers, tap dancers performing in different parts of the museum. We asked our new friends, Jodi and Ricky and their 2yr old daughter, Brinn to meet us there. They brought along a friend back from Iraq and we met Jason's cousin and boyfriend there as well.
We started off, while we waited for people to get there, in the gun museum. To me, this is not all that interesting, but others like my husband, could spend days in there alone, looking at the 1700 guns they have on display. Me and Katelyn walked pretty quickly through one part of it. There is a cabin with different mounts, so we looked at the animals.
Soon, we were one big group, mingling through the Plains Indian museum, looking for horses for Brinn to look at. The girl is obsessed with horses and what little girl shouldn't be. We soon split up and boys went to the guns while Jodi, Brinn, Katelyn and I went to the art museum. There weren't as many people in there and the girls could walk around. We found a drawing station and the girls occupied themselves for a couple of minutes.
Brinn saw the model horse and that was going to be her focus for her drawing.
She and Katelyn have struck up a really good friendship the couple of times they have played together. Brinn loves to ride a friends pony, named Petey. Any white horse she sees is "Petey!" She and her parents live and work at the CWAM base, so there are other horses and she knows their names. Before they came, Jodi said that Brinn thought that Katelyn could ride Petey, she would ride King and Mommy would ride Rain and they would go out and round up cows. She didn't know where she got that idea from but I guess it's a date for next summer or so a 2 yr old thinks.
(Brinn smiling goofy, she really is a cute little girl and quite the talker)
Since they forgot their stroller and we didn't know you could get them from the museum, we would take turns using ours. Katelyn would ride and Brinn would walk and then they would switch. Sometimes Brinn wanted to walk with Katelyn. They ran up and down the wheelchair ramp in the art gallery, just to run off some steam. We met up with the dads and made a quick walk around the Buffalo Bill part and met up with the rest and went through the nature part with the occasional banana muffin thrown in for snack since we were over lunch.
Upon our exit, we met up with a number of friends from Meeteetse on their way in. We left at 2pm which was past the girls nap time and lunch time, so we went to lunch only to have them both fall asleep. Oh well, it was a good time with some new friends. We have a few things in common with them. Ricky is also from Canada and we know a mutual person from Winkler, whom I went to high school with. He went to and worked with Ricky and Jodi at the LA YWAM base and married an American girl. YWAM makes the world so much smaller.
We started off, while we waited for people to get there, in the gun museum. To me, this is not all that interesting, but others like my husband, could spend days in there alone, looking at the 1700 guns they have on display. Me and Katelyn walked pretty quickly through one part of it. There is a cabin with different mounts, so we looked at the animals.
Soon, we were one big group, mingling through the Plains Indian museum, looking for horses for Brinn to look at. The girl is obsessed with horses and what little girl shouldn't be. We soon split up and boys went to the guns while Jodi, Brinn, Katelyn and I went to the art museum. There weren't as many people in there and the girls could walk around. We found a drawing station and the girls occupied themselves for a couple of minutes.
Brinn saw the model horse and that was going to be her focus for her drawing.
She and Katelyn have struck up a really good friendship the couple of times they have played together. Brinn loves to ride a friends pony, named Petey. Any white horse she sees is "Petey!" She and her parents live and work at the CWAM base, so there are other horses and she knows their names. Before they came, Jodi said that Brinn thought that Katelyn could ride Petey, she would ride King and Mommy would ride Rain and they would go out and round up cows. She didn't know where she got that idea from but I guess it's a date for next summer or so a 2 yr old thinks.
(Brinn smiling goofy, she really is a cute little girl and quite the talker)
Since they forgot their stroller and we didn't know you could get them from the museum, we would take turns using ours. Katelyn would ride and Brinn would walk and then they would switch. Sometimes Brinn wanted to walk with Katelyn. They ran up and down the wheelchair ramp in the art gallery, just to run off some steam. We met up with the dads and made a quick walk around the Buffalo Bill part and met up with the rest and went through the nature part with the occasional banana muffin thrown in for snack since we were over lunch.
Upon our exit, we met up with a number of friends from Meeteetse on their way in. We left at 2pm which was past the girls nap time and lunch time, so we went to lunch only to have them both fall asleep. Oh well, it was a good time with some new friends. We have a few things in common with them. Ricky is also from Canada and we know a mutual person from Winkler, whom I went to high school with. He went to and worked with Ricky and Jodi at the LA YWAM base and married an American girl. YWAM makes the world so much smaller.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Busy November
Jason finished working in Bozeman and settled into a job in Meeteetse, which is a huge blessing to have work at this time of the year. Please keep the work coming God! We've settled back into having him at home again after 3 months of having him only on the weekends or we would travel to Bozeman with him.
With the nice weather we had, we finally we able to clean up all the neighbor's leaves that land in our yard. Instead of trying to keep up with it, I thought to just do it once when all the trees were done shedding their leaves. So one saturday, we started kind of late in the day and didn't get done until dark, but it got done.
Now I know why people have a lot of kids, more hands to help with the work :)
We had a friend come in to Cody to speak at the DTS in Meeteetse, but Jason had to pick him up and he stayed with us the following weekend. This last weekend, we had another friend from Bozeman come down with his son and give a basic pistol course, and they stayed with us too. So it's felt like every weekend we've had someone stay with us and I'm busy cooking. Thinking of the coming US thanksgiving, finally it was my turn to be the guest and have some one cook for me. I know that sounds selfish, but sometimes you just need a break. It has been a busy month for us, so it feels like.
Jason shot a couple of small deer, more like year old fawns, but one was made into jerky that he has been craving. The other one we sent off to get some burger made. We'll see how much we'll get. Thankfully, Jason got his first elk and we've enjoyed that a lot, along with all the people we've entertained.
The other day, I caught my little mouse, playing with my jars and tupperware in my front closet. You leave a door open and you will find the contents spread on the floor.
So, this last weekend Jason and I did a basic pistol course and we held it in Meeteetse. We had 8 people in all. We both have taken a course a couple of years ago, but it was a good refresher for me and new to some of our friends. Sal, the instructor, also talked about some self defense things we could do to protect ourselves. The day was bitterly cold and blowing snow when we were done. The thermometer read 6F but the windchill made it feel like 15 below 0F. Yes, we're getting into the -25C area! We had to go to the gun range to practice some shooting. It was fun, but my fingers got so cold, I couldn't feel the trigger and trying to reload was next to impossible. We weren't out there very long, but thank goodness for long johns and a warm car. By the time we were done, it was blowing snow halfway to Cody and made the regular 1/2 hr drive more like an hour and another half to home. Needless to say we went out for mexican that night. It was fun though and Sal kept it fun.
Sunday we had our church thanksgiving meal, which is always pretty good, but never like mom or grandma makes. Katelyn was getting pretty tired and 5 minutes into our car ride home, she was out.
This is such a sweet sound when on the road. Much better than the previous night of a half hour of screaming because she was sick of her seat.
This week is Thanksgiving, so we will be off to Billings to see Jason's family on Thursday and extended on Saturday. I think we'll by pass the Black Friday sales. That doesn't interest me all that much.
With the nice weather we had, we finally we able to clean up all the neighbor's leaves that land in our yard. Instead of trying to keep up with it, I thought to just do it once when all the trees were done shedding their leaves. So one saturday, we started kind of late in the day and didn't get done until dark, but it got done.
Now I know why people have a lot of kids, more hands to help with the work :)
We had a friend come in to Cody to speak at the DTS in Meeteetse, but Jason had to pick him up and he stayed with us the following weekend. This last weekend, we had another friend from Bozeman come down with his son and give a basic pistol course, and they stayed with us too. So it's felt like every weekend we've had someone stay with us and I'm busy cooking. Thinking of the coming US thanksgiving, finally it was my turn to be the guest and have some one cook for me. I know that sounds selfish, but sometimes you just need a break. It has been a busy month for us, so it feels like.
Jason shot a couple of small deer, more like year old fawns, but one was made into jerky that he has been craving. The other one we sent off to get some burger made. We'll see how much we'll get. Thankfully, Jason got his first elk and we've enjoyed that a lot, along with all the people we've entertained.
The other day, I caught my little mouse, playing with my jars and tupperware in my front closet. You leave a door open and you will find the contents spread on the floor.
So, this last weekend Jason and I did a basic pistol course and we held it in Meeteetse. We had 8 people in all. We both have taken a course a couple of years ago, but it was a good refresher for me and new to some of our friends. Sal, the instructor, also talked about some self defense things we could do to protect ourselves. The day was bitterly cold and blowing snow when we were done. The thermometer read 6F but the windchill made it feel like 15 below 0F. Yes, we're getting into the -25C area! We had to go to the gun range to practice some shooting. It was fun, but my fingers got so cold, I couldn't feel the trigger and trying to reload was next to impossible. We weren't out there very long, but thank goodness for long johns and a warm car. By the time we were done, it was blowing snow halfway to Cody and made the regular 1/2 hr drive more like an hour and another half to home. Needless to say we went out for mexican that night. It was fun though and Sal kept it fun.
Sunday we had our church thanksgiving meal, which is always pretty good, but never like mom or grandma makes. Katelyn was getting pretty tired and 5 minutes into our car ride home, she was out.
This is such a sweet sound when on the road. Much better than the previous night of a half hour of screaming because she was sick of her seat. This week is Thanksgiving, so we will be off to Billings to see Jason's family on Thursday and extended on Saturday. I think we'll by pass the Black Friday sales. That doesn't interest me all that much.
Friday, November 5, 2010
The Rumble Park
"Let's Get Ready to Rumbllllllllllle!"
Well, not in a ring but at the local Rumble Park. It's a big industrial building in a not great location, but has 4 big inflatable play structures that kids can play on and Katelyn loves it. Having been to one in Bozeman this summer, she learned the ropes and once she learned them here, she's all over it. I went with some friends one day and Jason just had to see what it was all about, so we took her another day and had the whole place to ourselves. It's really too hard to see who had more fun, Katelyn or Daddy.
Parents really shouldn't go on them because we're heavier which is harder on the seams, but who can resist! It does help when you have a little one who needs help.
(The following content may seem painful, but smiles and giggles were present)
Well, not in a ring but at the local Rumble Park. It's a big industrial building in a not great location, but has 4 big inflatable play structures that kids can play on and Katelyn loves it. Having been to one in Bozeman this summer, she learned the ropes and once she learned them here, she's all over it. I went with some friends one day and Jason just had to see what it was all about, so we took her another day and had the whole place to ourselves. It's really too hard to see who had more fun, Katelyn or Daddy.
Parents really shouldn't go on them because we're heavier which is harder on the seams, but who can resist! It does help when you have a little one who needs help.
(The following content may seem painful, but smiles and giggles were present)
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Fall Fun
Regrettably, I have not spent as much time as I should have, outside in this beautiful indian summer we are having. Yesterday, I changed that and Katelyn and I headed out for a morning walk. After an easy mile walk, we headed home and had time before lunch to get some pics of Katelyn in the leaves. This time last year she just sat in them, but now she could run through the crunching leaves. I got out the rake to rake some together and she enjoyed the rake more than the leaves. Oh well.
Look at this diva pose!
Beware of the one eyed mommy. Not my best shot, oh well, but the babes is smiling!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Chase and Katelyn
Last weekend, we finally got together with some friends we haven't seen all summer and they only live 15-20 min away. So terrible of us, but it's been hard with Jason working in Bozeman during the week and then coming home and having our own things around here to do or just not wanting to do anything.
Katelyn looking at the ads while we drive around on errands before our company.
So now that the tasty elk is in the freezer, we decided or the rather the guys made the date and Austin and Garret came over for some elk steaks. Their son, Chase, is 2 weeks older than Katelyn, so it was fun to see them interact with each other. The last time we saw Chase was in June and he wasn't quite walking, but now he was mobile. It took him a lot longer to warm up to everyone and Katelyn. They had some super cute moments. For instance: They were both done eating and standing near the table. A piece of Chase's bread fell on the floor, so Katelyn picked it up and fed it to Chase and he stood their opened mouth and ate it. Then she tried to herd him into the kitchen by putting her arm around his shoulders, but he didn't like that to much.
After some play time, Chase was changing into his pajamas and then the rowdy kids came out. They both got on the couch and were jumping around each other and sitting and then throwing their arms up and laughing. It was so video worth that we all got our phones, cameras and video cameras out to record it.
"Girl, what are you doin' ?"
These kids have grown up so much!
Here we all are almost 18 months ago. How time has flown.
From babies to toddlers
Katelyn looking at the ads while we drive around on errands before our company.
So now that the tasty elk is in the freezer, we decided or the rather the guys made the date and Austin and Garret came over for some elk steaks. Their son, Chase, is 2 weeks older than Katelyn, so it was fun to see them interact with each other. The last time we saw Chase was in June and he wasn't quite walking, but now he was mobile. It took him a lot longer to warm up to everyone and Katelyn. They had some super cute moments. For instance: They were both done eating and standing near the table. A piece of Chase's bread fell on the floor, so Katelyn picked it up and fed it to Chase and he stood their opened mouth and ate it. Then she tried to herd him into the kitchen by putting her arm around his shoulders, but he didn't like that to much.
After some play time, Chase was changing into his pajamas and then the rowdy kids came out. They both got on the couch and were jumping around each other and sitting and then throwing their arms up and laughing. It was so video worth that we all got our phones, cameras and video cameras out to record it.
"Girl, what are you doin' ?"
These kids have grown up so much!
Here we all are almost 18 months ago. How time has flown.
From babies to toddlers
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