August (also in November- but at least it's not December yet!! Go me!!)

Here's what we did in August: 

 

My extended family had a reunion!  Wooooooooot!  SO, I packed the two kiddos up and set off for the great beyond.  Well, Helena.  But that's pretty much the great beyond.  Because anything beyond the borders of this tiny town is pretty much great.  Well, once you get to Billings. Before then it's just bluffs and farms and stinky cows.

 AAAAnywhoo- my brother Jeff came up from Utah with his family and my brother Russ and his fam came down from Great Falls, MT and it was a fabulous time!!  I got to see my darling sister Janet (and fam) and brother Kenny (and fam) who both live in town.  We missed Ryan, but I get to see him in a few weeks at Christmas!!

Back to August, though:

 

Nolan and Stephen (Jeff's kiddo).  Nolan let me know
 "We's just fwowing wocks, Mom!"

Nolan is super tall and Stephen is a tiny bit on the short side for his age.
I think at first Stephen thought Nolan was a fun playmate, but then the 2 year
 old-ness of Nolan showed up with the hitting and pushing, and 3 1/2 year old Stephen
got a leeeeeeetle tired of it.  It's ok, though- in a few years they'll be great pals.

 

During the Saturday reunion, there was some down time and my SWEET cousin Beth and her two fun kiddos were there, so we headed on over to the carousel.

Nolan and Jasper- just holding hands.  'Cause that's what cousins do. 

Beth and her adorable girlie-q

Beth totally got the golden ring!  Free ride on the carousel!

All the chickletts



Outside on the playground... or art sculpture? 
We weren't sure, so they got to climb on it :) 

We had a fun backyard splash party at my parents house later in the weekend.  SOOOO many cute cousins!

 

Stevie TOTALLY cracked me up!  He decided he was too cool
for swim trunks, so lightning mcqueen underwear
 was the next logical option.  SO FUNNY.

PS- how beautiful is my oldest?  HOLY COW. 





 

 



JAMIE!!  He is the cutest 'lil thing ever. 



While I was home, I got to go to the cemetery where my sweet aunt Vonnie was laid to rest right after her headstone was placed.  It is beautiful and I miss her.
 

One afternoon we all went to Lockey park and hung out! 



Mike REALLY wants her to be a climber when she gets older :)

These are Janets kiddos, Jeffs, Russells, and mine 
(well, most of 'em anyway).
 

The rest of August was great, but fairly uneventful.  I did get called to be the new Sunday School teacher at Church, so that threw a wrench into my plans to coast along unnoticed.  It's been good though- it forces me out of my comfort zone every week, so that's a good thing. 

AND, once again, if you made it through that mother of a picture heavy post- props to you!  September is coming soon!  Stay tuned.