Home Sweet Home

I got to spend two whole weeks with my parents and every minute was wonderful.  The first week it was just Jonah and I and we stayed busy.  I love working beside Dad and Mom and our days were jam packed. We trimmed tress, hauled limbs, watered the garden, mowed, moved equipment, played with the cats, cleaned, organized, drank lots of coffee, ate tons of vegetable from my mom's amazing garden chatted, met up with old friends, and enjoyed each others company.   It was really the perfect week. And then the following week we had a mini family reunion and Julie and her family, Jenny and her family, Laura, my Grandmama, and uncle Mike (from California) all came.  It was wild and chaotic at times, but we had so much fun!  Here are a few snapshots from our time with more posts to come.

You can't really tell what Jonah is doing in this picture, but he drinking out of a bottle of water.  So this boy is obsessed with any type of water bottle, plastic, nalgene, sippy cup, someone else's sippy cup. Well my dad packs (wait my mom packs) his lunches everyday when he is out farming and mom sends water with him as well.  In every tractor/truck on the farm (and there are about 10 of them), there are numerous water bottles that my Dad has left.  And Jonah found every single one of them.  So I had to get a picture of the water bottle.  He definitely got his water quota for the two weeks we were there.

 Some of the tree trimming and limb hauling we did!

 More fun with Papa.  Jonah loved riding in the side-by-side.  We took at least one ride a day in it!

Petting the kitty with Muffie.  Mom's name is really Muzzie (to the grandchildren) but Jonah can't say his z's so she was Muffie the whole time we were there.  Not the best sounding name, as my sister likes to think it sounds like a dancer/showgirl.  Yes leave it to Jenny to come up with that:)  But it is pretty funny.

The old Case IH tractor.  My sister and I played with this very same tractor when we were kids!  It is the best toy and is so well made.  This is perfect for all the grandsons mom and dad and are having!

Jonah LOVEd the cats.  And thank goodness these cats are sweet.  They would pretty much let him do anything to them and never once did they scratch or hiss at him  We had to stay on him not to pull their tails or step on the cat (oh little boys).  But they were buds and great source of entertainment.

 Showing me some leg.  This was just a cute funny pose where Jonah randomly lifted up his pant leg.  Love that little guy!

Our sweet Mittens

Making Memories

I'm not really sure how to break up the next batch of pictures but I will keep on posting until I have posted them all.  Well not all of them or you would be looking at 600 pictures, that's just way too many. I will continue to document our fabulous time in Montana.

After the wedding in Colorado Tim had to fly back to North Carolina for work:(  I am so thankful for an amazing husband who is selfless and let me go to Montana for three weeks.  He did tell me after we returned home that I would not be doing that again.  He missed Jonah so much.  But nonetheless he was amazing to let us have our time.  I flew to Billings with Jonah to start out our trip and then after a week at his parents I went to my parents to two weeks, then Tim came the last week and we ventured all over Montana with his parents.  There was a lot of traveling, lots of different beds, lots of time in the car, but it all turned out and we made memories!

 Mimi broker her ankle (at this time 2 weeks before we arrived).  So she was super bummed she could not really help out with Jonah.  So we decided that why not do the good ole sink bath.  And it was great.  Jonah loved the faucet, Mimi was pleased she could bath Jonah, and Mom got a break, worked out great for everyone!

 Snuggle time with Papa.  This picture melts my heart!

 Jonah absolutely loved the tractor and loved Papa.   Every time Dad had to go out to the field Jonah wanted to go along.  I didn't think he would last long out there, but he was a trooper.  He loved all the knobs, levers, steering wheel, the big equipment.  I love that he is a little farm boy at heart!

 I just can't get over how huge this tractor is.  It pulls some pretty heavy equipment and has some major horse power.  I don't really know what that means, but I know its a high number that means it's got some!!

 Um pure joy, love those two guys in my life!

 Love, love, love.  This is just some of the land my parents own.  I love it out here.  I appreciate so much more, now that I am gone, where I grew up, how I was raised, and the simplicity of a farmer/ranchers life.  This is home and I am always in awe of house gorgeous it is to me.

Colorado Mountain Wedding

I'm back!!!  After a very long, but wonderful 6 week break it's time to get back to blogging.  We have had a wonderful summer and have so many pictures to show of our many adventures.  We headed to Colorado July 14th, Tim was in a wedding, and then continued onto Montana for lots of wonderful family time.  The wedding was great and it was so good to see old friends.  Tim was a groomsman in his friend John's wedding.  They grew up together, went to undergrad together, and then ended up in Denver together both in Medical School.   I came into the picture in Denver and was so happy to have been able to spend some time with John and really got to know him well.  So it was fun to see him, all his family, and the other wedding party members who are all dear friends of ours.

After waking up at 5am, flying for 3.5 hours, waiting in line to rent a car for 1.5 hours, and then driving 2 hours into the mountains, we were all pretty exhausted by the time rehearsal rolled around.  But due to traffic and getting our car late, we missed it!!  We were so bummed to have missed that special part, but everyone was very understanding and were totally fine with it.  Tim got all his directions from Jeff, one of the other groomsmen, and we were good to go.  I unfortunately did not make it to the wedding because of an all nighter with Jonah, he took a much needed 3 hour nap, but we were able to make it to all of the reception.  Their wedding was at Snow Mountain Ranch near Granby CO, and the wedding was right in the Rocky Mountains, gorgeous views and a perfect backdrop for a beautiful wedding. Their goal was for the reception to be family friendly, they had an amazing caterer, pie for the "cake cutting", and lawn games for everyone to enjoy.  It was such  relaxed reception and so kid friendly.  We had a great time celebrating John and Rebecca and were so happy we could be a part of their special day.  Enjoy the pictures!

Here some of the wedding party are playing Kan-Jam.  It is a game where you try and throw a frisbee in that black can in the picture.  My honey was pretty good at this game and here he is in in full action!

 My boys.  Love them to pieces!

 Jenty and I.  It was so good to see her and catch up.

 Here is the father of the groom and his grandson.  I had to get a picture of the cute couple in their stylish hats!

Here Jonah found the punch bowl.  I'e pretty sure he had about 20 glasses, but I was only filling them less then a 1/4 full so it probably only totaled a full cup.  He was sure enjoying himself.

 Here is a view looking from the tent.  This was everyone's view for the wedding (so I was told:) It was very stormy out so this is how the pictures turned out due to the weather.  I like the colors and how it shows a beautiful storm rolling in.

 An old house right next to the reception area.

And I loved her taste in the simple baskets and flowers.  All the flowers were wild flowers and were on each table, the punch table, and the guest book table.  It was so sweet and very pretty.

 A wedding is not a wedding without a car!

 This is the only picture I got of the married couple!  There was so much visiting going on I hated to interrupt and ask for a picture.  But glad I snapped one at the toasts.

 Love this pictures of my little family!

 These little cuties became buddies instantly.  Jonah was behaving like a two-year old a lot of our time and I think a lot of it had to do with adjusting to the time change, and a new environment, but today he got his three hour nap and the sweetness of my Jonah came out.  They shared cars, and romped and tromped all over together.

 John and Rebecca had the most delicious pie for their dessert.  They had everything from rhubarb strawberry to blueberry to triple berry.  It was so good!

Playing with Dad and loving every minute of his attention.  We had such a great time and were so happy to have made it to the wholesome and Godly wedding of John and Rebecca Fowler!

Splash Park Baby

I met my friend Staci at a splash park close to our house on Friday.  It was fun to finally meet up with her and let the kids play.  She has two little boys, Grayson and Nate, and Jonah is in-between the two in age.  It was so nice to hangout with someone who has boys!!!  She totally gets me, she totally gets Jonah, rough housing, dirt, wildness, running, and everything little boys do.  It was relaxing because Jonah and her boys just ran around the park and played in the water.  We were the only ones there for a good hour and a half so it was so nice to chat and not worry about the boys getting into something.  I really enjoyed our time together and look forward to the boys being boys again.

 Oh I just love that sweet look on his face.  He loved it here because it did not require getting into the water.  So far he has not been a fan of the pool but this,  he love every minute of it!

 Love those curls.  The summer really brings out the curls!

 Grayson and Jonah running around.

 Another sweet capture of that happy little face and happy little man!

 And then we discovered you could drink the water.  That was entertainment for the rest of the morning!