The Idaho Trip

The trip started out with a *BANG*. Not really. Actually we left Fri. AM after Elliotts morning feeding and had awonderful trip with only 2 stops. The kids did terrific in spite of the fact that Kate only slept a couple of hours the whole trip. We didn't even have to break out the toys as she was content just to watch the world go by. We arrived safely and in one piece at D&H's around 5:30 PM and had a lovely weekend with them. Sunday afternoon Mr. Wise Guy headed off to Big Sky for his classes which were to be done Wednesday afternoon, while the kids and I continued to stay at D&H's. So it was actually Mr. Wise Guy's trip that started with a *BANG*. well.. he was an hour from his destination when the *BANG* came. Just a buck dropping in to say hello and help keep him awake. It made for a chilly rest of his ride and a bit of extra headache once he arrived to get it drivable again. It still remains side mirrorless on the passenger side and deer hair and glass splinters continue to show up from who-knows-where, and there remains the dent in the hood for memories sake, but it drives fine. Oh yeah...and that brand new replacement windshield we had to get was graced with two big chips ( after a nerve shattering whack that had me ducking) while passing a semi not ten minutes into our trip home. Oh well. That's life in the backcountry for ya. :) Afew shots from a short hike Mr. Wise Guy went on while at the resort for his classes.And now...on to the rest of the pics.

Miss Kate loves animals and spent a large amount of time harrassing Macho...

and this Kitty. I have some videos to post at a later date but for now here are a few pictures.

Her typical animal surveying stance. :DBlowing dandelion seeds all over uncleD & aunt H's lawn so they'll have something to do next summer. ;)


She loved tromping around their acreage and exploring everything.

My little man is growin up so fast. He loved LittleH's walker.

Talking and cooing in his high little voice.

Okay,okay, I get the point Elliott. I'll stop taking pictures now.

Miss Kate loving (more like harrassing)Elliott.

And here is a long sequence of photos of Miss Kate talking on the phone to Gramma Jo at 11:30 at night when daddy was still in Big Sky and Mommy was trying to get Elliott fed. Notice how wiggly she is. She moves constantly while talking on the phone. (Watch her legs in particular.)

I was holding the camera out over her head and snapping these pictures blindly. Not knowing what I was getting I kept on doing it figuring if I got enough certainly one of them would turn out. Apparently she got annoyed with me , so she held her little dog Ruffy up in front of her face ans said, Cheese, Ruffy, cheese.Not sharing the books and toys with littleH who seems to be holding her own very well.

Makin a new friend.

This cute little chunk of mischief was playing soo quietly in the kitchen while we moms were chattin' it up in the other room. When we finally checked on him we found out why. :D Oh well, no harm done. :)

Thanks so much for a fabulous time D&H. We look forward to seeing you again before too long. Especially this sweet little sprout. :)

And so ended our wonderful trip.

(she fell asleep playing around 9:00 PM and then woke up for her second round at 11:00PM. Guess it's the Bartlett in her)

Good Times & Bad Times

Well, we've been gone for awhile and it is good to be home again. We left home and headed to Vancouver, WA, Fri. the 17th. Staying with Mr. Wise Guys parents until Sun afternoon, at which time we headed to Kalamath Falls with my imediate family for a week long stay, returning home Sat. night. Sun was our potluck meal here in Moses Lake and then came a beautiful fall monday. It was amazingly warm out which is great since Miss Kate has taken a liking to being outside...all the time. She frequently leads me to the door and 'asks' to go out...and then gets upset if she can't.

Check out that high-steppin' gal. :)
So this lovely Mon. afternoon we decided to stop in and see A. Vi and Lil' Sweetpea.
(Isn't she just the cutest little girl)



And since it was so warm out we decided to take advange of the opportunity to go walking together.

We enjoyed a good long walk and when we got back to A. Vi Miss Kate had a fun time running around in the yard.

She found a new friend (the neighbors kitty) but she wasn't sure she liked this live version of her stuffed kitty.

She would sit back and look at it... then crawl away...and it would calmly stroll along beside her keeping pace with her

She would sit back and look at it again...

Try a not so gentle version of petting the kitty...

and finally...

Making pig noises at the kitty. :)

Which seemed to do the trick...

the kitty stalked away to befriend a friendlier sort of girl.

So ended our good times... :)

...And soon began our bad times. :(
That night i came down with 'The Flu Bug' that seems to be going around (so iv'e been told). I felt just miserably awful all night and the next day and the next night and the next day...actually i feel much better today than last night. My 102+fever finally left me in the night so i was much improved this morning...although i am still making numerous trips to the bathroom and have eaten a grand total of 1/2 cup of rice chex and a small portion of applesauce as my queasy tummy is still uninterested in food...besides my system rejects it just as fast as i eat it so why bother. I am apparently on a "Lose 5 pounds instantly" Diet. ;) If I just get the flu once a week i'll be skinny in no time. haha (So not worth it.) I am still in the low energy, lying around, don't-move-to-quickly-or-you-feel-Blaaa, stage of getting well. But at least i'm past the 'losing-it' part. :)

So on that cheery note... May the Lord preserve you all from this flu...and have a good rest of your week.

P.S. Miss Kate has not gotten sick so far...i am counting my blessings and saying my prayers. :)

Any other prayers on our behalf would be very welcomed. :) Thanks.