2nd Annual Backyard Bash

Well we survived our Backyard Bash. It was lots of fun. We must have behaved this year because the cops didn't show up. I think all the kids had just as much fun as the adults. Austin, Aidan & Tocher spent the night and I finally got them to bed around 1:30am (after everyone left). We were pretty lazy yesterday. We cleaned up from the party and spent the rest of the day hanging out with the kids. We had all of my family over to barbeque hot dogs & hamburgers and then it was time to relax & early to bed.
We don't have any plans for this coming weekend. Summer is coming to an end real quick.
Have a great week and enjoy the warm weather!

Vacation at Pend Oreille

I'm slacking once again on updating the blog ~ sorry! We had a great vacation at Pend Oreille. Mike, Aidan, Barkley and I headed out Friday morning. The weather was nice the first couple days but then we had lots of clouds, wind and rain. However, we managed to keep ourselves busy and have fun! We went to the Saturday market, the Sandpoint craft show, lunch & back to the cabin for uncle Mike, Marlene & Brad's arrival. Mike and Aidan came home on Tuesday morning so Mike could work for a few days then he headed back out again Friday morning. Tom had to go to Spokane to work for a couple days as well so we had a "girls shopping day" in Sandpoint on Wednesday followed by dinner at our favorite mexican restaurant. Thursday night was our "big night out" in Sandpoint playing bingo! It was a blast!!! I'm sure bingo will be on our calendar for next year. Saturday night we went to the Sandpoint Festival to see Clint Black ~ it was a great concert. And it was time to come home on Sunday ~ the week flew by.
When Mike & Aidan were coming back to Butte, Mike noticed the A/C was working in my car so he took it to the mechanic and turns out we had a rock in the radiator or somewhere around there and unfortunately they couldn't fix it right away. The drive home on Sunday was a little long with no A/C ~ thank God it wasn't too hot out. But $628 later, my car has A/C again!
I had a dr's appt. today and everything is going well. My belly measured at 19 weeks (right on schedule). When the dr. was finding Baby B's heart beat she said the baby was moving all over the place ~ very active. I've started feeling little movements now & then ~ very exciting feeling.
We are having our annual "Backyard Bash" tomorrow night and this year's theme is Michael Jackson tribute. Krystin helped Mike pick out his outfit at Goodwill so I will definitely post pictures!!!
Have a great weekend. I'm so happy summer came back and the weather is warm again!!!

Baseball, baseball & more baseball

It's only Monday and I'm already posting for the week. We had a fun & somewhat relaxed weekend. Friday night we babysat Tocher & Miner ~ they even got to spend the night. We had lots of fun with them. We woke up early Saturday morning and headed to Austin's baseball game at 8:00. Krystin picked the boys up after the game and we just hung out til it was time for his next game at noon. Mike & my dad helped Marc lay some sod after the game and Austin & I went to lunch. Then it was back to the baseball field for another game at 4:00. They won all 3 games on Saturday. Aidan spent the night with us Saturday night and we just hung out and watched the Mariners game.
Sunday Aidan & Ashby ran through the hose and played outside. We went to a late lunch at MacKenzie River and then to Austin's game at 4:00 ~ they won and took 1st place. After the game we had everyone over and barbequed steaks. Then it was time to get ready for the work week.
We have a short work week this week ~ we're heading to Pend Oreille Friday morning for vacation for 9 days. We're very excited to be at the lake!
Have a great week!

Cheyenne & Denver

Hey there. It's almost Friday and I'm finally getting around to posting! I had a blast on my trip to Cheyenne & Denver. Both concerts (Taylor Swift & Kenny Chesney) were awesome. Marcie and I did a little shopping & we decided that it's probably a good thing that I don't know what I'm having because I would have gone crazy buying everything! We did go to Babies R Us to check out the bedding that I found for the nursery and I loved it just as much in person as I did when I saw it on-line. So my plan was to come home and order it so I wouldn't have to pay sales tax but Kelly & Krystin beat me to it ~ they bought the bedding for Baby B's nursery. Sooo sweet of them! Love you guys!
And I've recruited Grandma Pat to paint the nursery so I'm excited about that. I'm sure Papa will be supervising!!!
Mike went fishing on Saturday and on Sunday he cleaned the garage and had the house clean for me when I got home (very nice of him).
Last night I went to dinner with Stacy & Kris at After 5 to celebrate Kris' birthday. And as always, we had a great visit.
Austin is playing in a baseball tournament here in town this weekend so we're planning on watching baseball and just hanging out. The weather is supposed to be warm so that's exciting.
Happy Friday almost ~ hope you have a great weekend!

Summer fun

We sure had a fun weekend. Friday night Aidan & Ashby spent the night. I think Mike pitched about 100 baseballs to Aidan and Ashby & I retrieved all of them. Then we headed to Bonanza Freeze for ice cream cones.
Saturday afternoon we took Tocher & Miner out to Marc's house and all of the kids had a blast on the new water slide toy. Mike even enjoyed it!!! That afternoon we headed to my Aunt Marlene's 60th birthday party. The weather was so hot.
Sunday we did some stuff around the house and then I headed to a Little League baseball game with my parents while Mike stayed home and watched the Mariners. We had my parents and Kelly & Krystin over for dinner. My cousin Lexie was in town and they stopped over Sunday night for a bit. It was great to meet her husband John and their beautiful daughter Ivy.
I had a doctor's appt yesterday morning. Mike went with me and he was able to hear the baby's heartbeat. Baby B's heart rate was in the 150's. A lot of people are telling me they have a vibe that I'm having a girl. Only time will tell!!!
I'm heading to Denver Thursday morning with Marcie's parents for a long weekend. We are going to Frontier Days in Cheyenne and we're going to see Taylor Swift Thursday night and Kenny Chesney on Saturday night. We are going to do a little shopping on Friday at an outlet mall. I'm so excited for the trip.
Mike is going to stay home and take care of Barkley and he plans to do some fishing and floating.
Have a great week.

Folk Festival Weekend

Another busy weekend ~ Austin's baseball games, Mike's parents visiting and the Folk Festival. Friday night I went to Austin's baseball game and unfortunately they lost 7-6 ~ it was an awesome game. Mike stayed home and waited for his parents to arrive and have dinner with them. They headed uptown to the Folk Festival and then my parents and I went and met them after the game.
Saturday morning we went to the Farmer's Market and then Austin played at noon so Mike and I went to the game while his parents headed uptown. Austin's team won 17-0. They were awesome. After the game, Mike and I headed uptown and watched a couple performances at the Original Mine. We had intentions of going back up Saturday night but once we were home we stayed put. We ordered pizza and my parents came over to eat with all of us.
Mike's parents left Sunday morning so we did a bunch of cleaning around the house and garage and then back to the baseball field for Austin's last game of the season ~ they got beat 17-3. Austin played awesome all weekend and hit the ball ~ way to go Austin.
We headed to the Folk Festival one last time Sunday afternoon for a couple hours and then to Mansanti's for dinner.
Not too much going on this week. I had dinner tonight with Kelly & the boys at MacKenzie River so that was fun.
We have my aunt Marlene's 60th birthday party this weekend and that's about all that we have planned. I am looking forward to a weekend of hanging out.
Have a great week.

Time flies......

Wow I don't know where the time has gone but it's been 3 weeks since my last post. We had a great time while Roger visited. We were busy going to baseball games, our bus trip to Virginia City, Mike took Roger fishing at Georgetown and then we had everyone over for barbeque to celebrate Father's Day & Roger's visit to Butte.
The next weekend we met Mike's friend Jeremy and his family at Georgetown and the guys & kids did some fishing. When we got back to town we had a late lunch with Jory, Dani, & their parents. It was great to see Jory. That Sunday night my mom had everyone over for dinner to celebrate Kelly's birthday.
Last week was great because it was a very short work week (2 days) and then we headed to Lake Pend Oreille Wednesday afternoon. Kelly, Krystin and the boys went with us too and it was an absolute blast. Our friends Kyle & Teran came up Thursday night to join us. On the 4th we had a horse race (similar to those that they have on cruise ships) unfortunately our horse didn't win. It was definitely a 4th that we will not forget ~ lots of laughs with family & friends.
Hope everyone had a great 4th.
This week Austin's All-Star baseball team is in a baseball tournament here in town, Mike's parents are visiting from Whitefish & the National Folk Festival is here so we will be very busy.
We've shared our exciting news with everyone that we are expecting in January and can't wait!
Have a great week!