Fall Family Fun

What could be better than making apple pies and

then going on a bike ride to wear it off. Now that it is cooler

we like going out to ride and check out the fall colors.

We went to an apple farm in Stillwater but weren't

too impressed so bought some honey crisp apples and decided

to have a picnic lunch at a park. Was a fun day even though

it wasn't what we started out to do. Flexibility is the name

of the game!

We also went to a pumpkin patch that had a petting zoo too.

I didn't think we were ever going to get the gals out of the

little bunny area.

There were goats, llamas, chickens and little horses too.

After getting home from the pumpkin patch we made

our favorite pizzas. Chicken ranch for Todd, regular for

gals and 3 Meat with BBQ sayce for mine. Sierra liked

dipping the meat in the BBQ sauce and licking it off

and then putting it on the pizza.

Down Yonder 2008

Thanks to the help of Todd's sister Tana we got to

go the the Brewer Cardinal game. Had wonderful

seats and Cardinals Won! - Pretty exciting game.

Karlee likes very few things more then being outside.

Add food and a tea party with Aunt Tana and nothing

can beat it.

Smore time fun. They could be for breakfast, lunch

or dinner. Sorry Gene!


Karlee so enjoys being around her Groat cousins.

She cannot wait to see them again at Christmas.

We are excited that both of our gals love the

outdoors. Sierra favorite is play in and eating dirt.


A little lap time with Grandpa and Grandma.

The only glitch was that the Missouri mud

harden inside the back tires on Tren/Melissa's van.

A little banging, WD, 3 men supervising

and one doing the work fixed it all.

What a fun Labor Day Weekend!

Glacier National Park Vacation

Oh where do you begin. It was such a GREAT trip.
Our destination was Glacier but we also stopped at
Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park in N. Dakota on the way out.


We did 3 hikes (3 miles, 2 miles and 1 mile each way).
Karlee hiked up on all three trips and some of the way down.
Sierra rode and slept on the way down. Karlee loved
having snowball fights in the snow fields and Sierra loved
seeing all the mountain goats.


Brother Larry and Todd got to go fly fishing and the
gals and I would play in the water, sand or rocks.
The other picture is Todd exploring/rock climbing at Twin Falls

on our last hike before heading home.


This is Karlee on our first hike once we got to Avalanche lake.
She took her hiking boots off and waded as soon as we got there.
Sierra just wanted to throw or eat rocks.

At the end of the days we hiked it was either an ice cream
stop or back to the condo to make fresh chocolate chip cookies.

We saw the world's fattest chipmunk who wanted to eat
Sierra's cracker and Karlee was so proud of her rainbow trout.

It was great to have my brother, AKA Uncle Larry, travel with us.

If you cannot not tell the gals absolutely adore him.

The mommy mountain goat and baby actually wanted us to
get off the rock so they could use it. It must have some type of
mineral in it because as soon as we moved they started licking it.

We are so blessed by our little gals. They did SO good.
We are definately training them to be outdoor enthusiasts.


This is almost to the top of the road going through the
park called the Going to the Sun road. It was amazing!! Behind
the gals you can see a herd of about 20 Big horn sheep.

While we were watching the herd this one came walking
around the corner about 20 feet from us.

We could not help but proclaim ~ "Our God is an awesome God"

The scenery was unbelievable. Pictures just cannot capture it all.

This was a saying in the visitor center at the top. May we never
fall into apathy in our lives or journey to Jesus!

Finally Finished

Both of Karlee's and Sierra's room focus around beautiful quilts

they have received from different Aunties. The pictures do not do

them justice. The hand quilting on them is amazing.

Karlee's room is pineapple yellow and very bright and bold.

Sierra's room is a sage green - she needs it to be a little

more mellow to help calm her down.

Thanks Auntie's for all the time and effort you put into the

quilts. They will be cherished for many more years to come!