Good bye summer, hello...winter?

This morning I woke up and watched the sunrise and to my surprise....there was snow on the top of the mountain behind our house. I enjoyed looking at the countryside about as long as it took me to drink my first cup of coffee, then I was over it. I am not ready for winter. Our high only got into the mid 50's today. Oh well...better start digging out the coats....

My black & white phase....

Butch after a hard days work...


Matt & his new horse 'Woodrow'

Our trip to Billings...

Over Labor Day the kids and I made a trip to Billings to visit friends and to harvest the garden one last time. Sorry to say, the grasshoppers finally found my garden:( Not too much there, but you gotta love good neighbors who load you up with veggies from their garden!!!
All of the kids really enjoyed picking crab apples. I think they just liked climbing the tree:)


Riley Jo got a manicure and pedicure from Miss Elaina. I think that was her favorite part.


We also managed to make time for a couple frames of bowling. Riley Jo beat all the boys!!!

Optical Illusion...

I took this picture from the second floor, inside an old barn here. To me, it seems like the picture is taken outside looking toward the barn. I thought it was kinda neat :)

You know you're in Wyoming when.....

1st day of school

Well the day has finally come... both of my kids are in school. It's been a very bittersweet event for me.

Riley Jo is so excited to be in school. She is really liking it so far. Dustin has already begun the countdown until Christmas break. I honestly thought that if one of them was to have an issue with adjusting, that it would be Riley. I was wrong. She is doing great. Dustin on the other hand, doesn't want to let go of his school days at HP. He is always comparing the 2 and not too willing to give this school a chance. So the last few days have been a challenge for him, although I think Friday was alot better because him & I made up a little game in order for him to go make new friends:)

The school they go to, Sunset School, is a very nice school. There are 18 kids in Dustin's class and 16 in Riley's. The school district is building a brand new school to replace this one. I guess there are some structural issues. It sounds nice, kind of a bummer though because just as they get the layout of this one learned, they'll have to start all over again next year.

The 2nd day of school....

I got a call about lunch time on the 2nd day of school from the school nurse. She informed me that Riley had fallen off of the monkey bars and has a FAT lip. She reassures me that Riley is ok, just told me to be prepared.....

This girl is going to a handful:) And I thought that Tater was the one who was gonna keep me on my toes.