They made it!!

Well after 3 years, the Comptons finally made it to our house! They arrived Friday night and spent a wonderful weekend with us. We took them to the Chokecherry Festival in Lewistown on Saturday morning and showed them our house there. That afternoon, Joni, Landon and Laine came over to play while Tim and Jimmy went shooting. After supper, all 9 of us loaded up in the pickup and went to look at the elk. There are about 300-400 and they're only about 20 minutes away. Tim and I had been going out all week to watch them. Jim brought along his bugle and he had some answering back! Jimmy

That night, Joni and I decided to show Sarah some more of Central Montana, so we took her up to the Oxen Yoke where the Bent Willows were playing. We had a lot of fun. Many laughs and some dances with some interesting people! While we were whooping it up, Tim and Jimmy decided to go spotlighting for more elk right behind our house.

Joni, Me and Sarah

Sunday morning, Tim cooked us breakfast, and Joni and Shawn and the boys joined us. Christopher and Landon had a lot of fun playing together. It was a real nice weekend. I so loved having all my little "nephews" here! Thanks Jim and Sarah for making the trek across the divide!

Laine Nicholls and Charlie Compton

Christopher Compton and Landon Nicholls

Tim and Charlie

The fruits of our labor-- Or is it vegetables?

Saturday Mom and I spent the day canning. We made pickled beets, beet jelly and some spicy dill beans. It was a fun way to spend the day. I'm waiting for the cucumbers to get bigger and I will make some different kinds of pickles. The garden is doing really well. The corn is just about ready to pick and the peas have been producing like crazy.