Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving day. This year Tim and I decided to host my family at our house. The whole family was able to come which was great since it's been awhile since we've all been able to get together. As usual, there was way too much yummy food, but we all gave it our best try! In the afternoon the men went shooting for awhile. They did manage to get a skunk, so that's something I guess. The women stayed behind and played games. And all the little boys were so cute and were very good. We have 4 little boys in the family now ranging from 3 years to just over a week old. It's going to be so cute to see them all together playing in a couple years. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We are hoping to put up Christmas lights this afternoon. Tis the season! Happy holidays to you and your family!

Happy Halloween!

This last weekend was another busy one for us. On Friday night we traveled to Butte where we met Sarah and Jimmy and attended the Rodney Carrington show. It was so much fun. My cheeks hurt from laughing so much. It was a very entertaining show. After that we traveled to Missoula and watched the Griz kick some Weber State booty on Saturday! That night Sarah and Jimmy had a great Halloween party at their house. Lots of good food, great costumes and of course, more laughs!

Barn Building

The past two weeks we have been busy building a horse barn here in the Gap. It's been going up pretty quickly until yesterday when the weather changed. We are supposed to be hanging tin but will have to put that on hold for now. We got the walls and trusses up and have tin on two and half walls. Just the way it goes sometimes. But we have plenty to keep up busy until we can get back to the barn.

Griz Weekend

We finally made it over for a Griz game this year. And we actually got mom and dad to come as well. They hadn't been over for a game in 3 years, so we thought it was about time for a family adventure. Tim and I went over on Thursday and stayed with Jim and Sarah. Friday we met up with mom and dad and we all had lunch together. Then mom, Tim, Sarah, the boys and I headed to campus to purchase new Grizzly wear. While on campus, we visited the Pulitzer Prize winning photographs they had on display. Afterwards was more shopping, a very filling yet delicious meal and some relaxation.

Saturday morning, we met mom and dad at the Press Box, as is tradition, for their breakfast buffet and Bloody Mary's. We headed over to the tailgates and met up with some other Stanfordites. It was a beautiful game day, and of course an exciting game. Griz won 41 to 34! Tim still refuses to wear any Griz gear, but we did get him to use a grizzly koozie. Small steps!

It was a real fun weekend and it was great to be back in Missoula!

Working

The past few weeks, we have been working over at Tim's brother and sister-in-law's house. We resided their house and now we are working on building a deck. I can't believe the range of weather we have been working in. When we first started it was in the 90's and today it has been blowing snow. So crazy. We just hired my cousin Justin to help us for awhile. Wasn't the best day today to have him start in the cold but he did great. It's so nice to have an extra hand. We have quite a few big projects lined up. Next we will be building a horse barn and then will be doing a master bedroom and bath addition in Lewistown. The jobs are still lining up. No economic slow down here!

Here's a picture of Tim and Justin on the deck today. Still sounds like more snow this week. Should be fun!

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.