Billings Thrilling Parade!

The crew watching the thrilling parade. Fight to the death! 1.21 Gigawatts! Local transportation played a part. What a day!

A few things...

Thirteen weeks and not much of a bump.

Soon enough... A beautiful wedding in Hawaii! Congrats

Kendra and Jamie! Happy Birthday Kim! Since we were on a ski

trip I thought it would be fun to make a ski

birthday cake! A weekend away skiing! Baby and I

took it real easy, dad did too. A beautiful congrats bouquet from my

mom and dad. Thank you again!A very snugglie kitty.A few great moments.

A sweet gift from Aunt Kendra and Uncle Jamie

I couldn't help but show off these adorable baby

clothes that Aunt Kendra (Mike's sister) and Uncle Jamie

sent us. Thank you, we love them!

Obviously, we don't know what we're having

but we saw this and couldn't pass it up. We got

it at Dillards on a post Christmas sale! Either way we'll find

a use for it! Isn't it adorable?

A Baby Yasenak on the Way!

A Griz or a Coug, a Coug or a Griz!? Actually, I'll

leave that one alone for a few years. However, I

thought these socks were too cute not to post!

There is the little Yaz down in the right hand corner

inside of the black area. I was 6 1/2

weeks when this ultrasound was taken so little

Yaz doesn't look much like a baby yet. However,

it's heartbeat was moving fast! I'm 11 weeks tomorrow

and baby is due early September. Yipee!

January Events

Aren't they cute?! Basking in the January sun.We have managed to spend a lot of time on our new couch this January.

Between the snow and the couch there is just no reason to leave the house! Harper Sue's latest obession...water from the sink!

He comes running form afar when he hears the faucet on. Norman loves holding hands during his naps. We've gone to a few hockey games, this one with the Pedersons.

The fights are the best part.
Mike shoveling our driveway...yet again.
We've had a lot of snow! That's a wrap for January!

Finally a reliable working computer and the Holidays

Norman wanted to go home for Christmas too! We were sad to leave them but Hank and Kim took great care of them while we were gone. Christmas vacation was great. It flew, which is always hard but I loved being home for an extended time. Coming home for Christmas has a whole new meaning for me, I wanted time to stop. I was packing and Harper Sue came and sat on my lap. Val typically plays Santa, this year I subbed for him. He does a better job for sure! Stephen working out a brain busting puzzle. Santa always tries to trick him, but the engineer always seems to prevail! We all have homemade stockings. The newest addition (Mike) got his this year! Guess which one it is? Great job Mom! The best part of Christmas day was we got to Skype with Valentine. Mike and Murphy snuggling. What hams! Murphy wanted to open gifts too!This is just a side note. Harper and Norman put their "catches" in their food bowls. This is a totured stuffed blue mouse. If their prey doesn't end up in the food dish it's typically drowing in the water dish. Pour mousies! Doesn't he look so proud? Thank you husband for my new computer! You're the best!

It was great seeing everybody over the holidays. The Big Sky is always open for buisness so come visit anytime!

Mom, you always seem to escape the photo shoots. I'll get you next time!

I read a book!

Now I know that might sound really unintelligent but the truth is, I haven't picked up a book for pleasure since I finished my masters program 3 years ago. Until I found my inspiration.

Picture this...I head to Woodinville to stay a few nights with Kimberly and snug with Abby. Which by the way was priceless and LONG overdue. So, there we are chatting, preparing dinner, Lorissa came over and enjoyed some dinner too and Kimberly disappears. She comes back a little later saying I'm so close to finishing this really good book and I just have to find out how it ends. But, at this point she's not quite done with it yet. So there we are, Lorissa, Kimberly, Abby and me chatting it up and Kimberly stands up and says, "I'm sorry I have two short chapters to finish I must finish them!" So off she goes.

Okay, here's this gal whose juggling being a new mommy, a wife, a full time worker, friends, etc and she's still finding time to read this really great book. I knew I had to read it! Well, sure enough I started it and finished it very quickly! The Weight of Silence was definitely a great quick read!

Thanks for helping me find my interest in reading again Kimberly!