Lily's 2 year old pictures

Yes, I finally got them taken!

Fire Station Open House

Our fire station had an open house this weekend, and it is always a fun time for our kids. They love to climb into the fire trucks and talk to the fire fighters. It was extra fun this year because our good friends got to go with us! Here are some pictures from our outing.

River City Roundup Parade

We went downtown to the River City Roundup Parade. I wasn't sure what to expect, it has been YEARS since I have been to a parade and for some reason I don't really have very fond memories of them. But, for the kids, I put that aside and dressed them up in their cow people gear and packed them up and away we went. We left a little later than I wanted to, but we got their, found a pretty nice spot and set up. We sat next to the nicest people and Skyler made a new friend! We even exchanged information so that we can set up a play date! Their were a lot of horses in the parade. Now, I am not much into animals, most people know that, but sitting on the ground as horses trot by leaving droppings, makes me even less of an animal lover. Every time a new set of horses would come by, Lily would ask, "What's that smell?" I don't even know how many times I was asked that yesterday! Thank God for the street cleaning crew! They came through twice during the parade and really made a difference. Here are some pictures from our outing.

I won!

I am a big fan and avid reader of whittaker woman's blog. I actually am addicted to it and to her husband's blog as well. They are good and honest Christians that blog about their lives as a stay at home, wife, worship leader, dad and husband. A few weeks ago Heather had a little contest to win a 33 Miles CD autographed by the band. I entered. I entered for fun, not expecting to win. I enter many many many contests all over the place and I never win anything! But, this time I did! I was so excited! I got the cd in the mail yesterday and I really like it. If you want to check them out, go to the band's official website, http://www.33milesonline.com/. Thanks Heather for the awesome CD!

Corporate Cup Run Sunday

Sunday morning was the annual Corporate Cup Run. Its purpose is to raise money to help find cures for lung related diseases. Chuck and I participated in this many years ago, when we first started dating, but never had a chance to do it again until this year. Chuck ran the 10k and Skyler, Lily and I walked the 2 mile walk. I was so proud of Skyer! He walked the whole thing without complaining once! We treated ourselves with muffins and chocolate milk!

Bike Ride Saturday

We hit the road and went on a short 3 mile bike ride. We rode to a nearby park and had a picnic lunch and played in the park. It was so much fun! Lily enjoyed pushing Skyler on the swing!

Fontenelle Forest Friday

Skyer had the day off from school on Friday so we decided to go on a field trip to Fontenelle Forest. We had so much fun! They have a display called Ecohuts, which are different structures made out of recyclable materials or energy efficient buildings. They were all very interesting and the kids had a ball playing in them. We went on the Riverview board walk and played with acorns and walnuts and watched the birds and the squirrels. The view of the river was awesome and we plan to go back soon to see all the trees changing into their fall color.

Our Lily

Who can resist this?

Nature Walks With Lily

Everyday after lunch, Lily and I go on a walk to look for frogs. We have a great trail right by our house that is next to a stream and we stop often and look for frogs. We see them ever ytime and sometimes even get them to jump into the water. She loves it. She says, "mom, I love ribbits, can I hug them? I love them so much!" We see all sorts of other things, like squirrels, dogs and she has so much fun. It brings such joy to my heart.

Shower Invites

Even though they are hard to see, these are the baby shower invitations for my sister's shower. I think they are pretty cute. We made them, so I am partial to them.

Really?

So, my biggest fear is coming to light, another bad fall/winter season battling illness. Guess what I found out I have tonight. Go ahead, guess. Yep, strep! Isn't it wonderful. I was just starting to feel better and then whamo, back to being completely worthless and not feeling right. Went to the doctor for a sinus headache. I was pretty convinced I had a sinus infection because that's what we do around here, get a cold and it turns into a sinus infection. But no, I have something that is way worse than that. Why? Because it is contagious!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not happy about this!

Death Warmed Over

That's how I've felt and how I've looked the last 2 1/2 days. I don't know exactly what I have, but it is not pretty. I have spent most of the last 2 days in bed, and that hasn't happened in so long, I can't even recall, but I'm guessing way before I had kids. I have a head cold and a chest cold and I am just hoping that it doesn't end up as a sinus infection. My throat hurts so bad from coughing that I can barely swallow! And, to top it all off, yesterday we were all ready to go to church and Lily was sitting in my lap, when all of a sudden, whamo! A volcano of milk vomit all over me! It was super! I can't even explain it to you, but it was nasty and needless to say, we did not go to church. It was going to be tough on me anyway, since I was already sick, but with a vomiting kid, it just wasn't going to work out. She threw up all the rest of the morning, but made it into a bowl each time, thankfully. We are on the mend now. I had to put off some things that I really wanted to do today and some things that I really needed to do today, but oh well, when you are sick, you are sick. I am hoping after a nice sleep tonight I will be at least at 75% tomorrow, which is good, because I have a lot of things to do tomorrow, that cannot be put off! I just hope Chuck and Skyler do not fall prey to this; you know how those two are, once they're sick, they will be sick for the next six months! Anyway, sorry I haven't been updating my blog very well. I have been really busy and it doesn't look like it is going to slow down anytime soon, it actually looks like it is going to get worse, before it get better. So I will try to do better!

One Year Ago

A year ago we were out having an adventure in Montana. Chuck and I had a blast, we went white water rafting, did a lot of hiking, sight seeing and dreaming. We relaxed and just took in the nature and the beauty of the place. Here are some pictures to help us remember the fun times we had.