Celebrations & Holidays

For Dayne's birthday we convinced my mom and dad to go the Mount Rushmore and Devil's Point with us. It was one of the things on Dayne's list he wanted to be sure to do before moving. It was fun being able to hike around, go to a fun park, and explore the Black Hills area. 

 In October we made a quick trip to the Tri Cities, Washington to celebrate my Grandma's 90th birthday. It is always so fun to watch Noah play with his cousins. A lot of my family was there so of course we played a LOT of cards. Grandma Miller made Noah a quilt so we had to snag a picture.

I can tell Noah is getting bored with his toys because he is getting into more and more mischief. Which I really shouldn't laugh about, but sometimes you just have to. I know I've said this a lot already, but he's definitely keeping me on my toes! He is such a funny kid. When he had the planter pot on his head he'd walk towards me and after every few steps he'd lift it up a tiny bit to make sure he was still on track. 

 We took on the task of carving pumpkins this year. I was a little nervous since I had seen so many posts on Facebook of kids hating the inner guts of pumpkins, but to my surprise Noah was having a blast! He even pulled out a few handfuls. It all went down hill when we lit the candle and turned off the lights. For whatever reason, he wasn't a fan of that.

 We were excited to take Noah out trick-or-treating (and no, not just so we could have the candy, although it may have been a factor) I couldn't pass up a muscle cop costume, he was just so dang cute! At first Noah was hesitant and probably pretty confused about it all, but by the end he was holding his own bucket, helping knock on the doors and helping himself to the bucket of goodies neighbors held out for him. I think I can say that we all had a blast!

Summer 2017

This summer has flown by. The last blog I wrote was in July, it's now the end of November. So, let me catch you up.

Dayne's work sponsored a night at the zoo for all of their employees and their families. Noah loved the train ride (although his face doesn't really show it), looking at the tigers and beavers and of course snacking on a snow cone. It was a fun event! Billings Clinic has been great to work for. Although we are happy and excited for our next adventure, it will be hard saying good-bye to our friends and family we have here.

In August we made a quick trip to East Wenatchee, Washington for my high school 10 year reunion.  Noah was dang good! He always surprises me at how well he does in the car for long road trips.

I was a little nervous about going to my reunion since I haven't been back to my old stomping grounds in 8 years. Luckily I had/have pretty great friends and we didn't skip a beat. I loved being able to talk with everyone and hear what everyone has going on in their lives.

In August we took Noah to the Montana State Fair. He's too little for all of the toys, but he absolutely loved going to the dog show and walking around the FFA area.

This summer we spent a lot of time helping my parents in their garden and take care of their yard. I kid you not, Noah loved sitting on our laps while mowing the lawn. Every time we opened the garage he would bolt to the lawn mower and hop on up. We loved being able to soak up the sunshine!

Noah loves ALL things sports. He can even mumble out a slightly recognizable basketball, baseball, football and soccer ball. Dayne is a little hurt he hasn't been able to introduce water polo yet! He really is the best daddy around. He loves chasing him, tickling him, giving him horsy rides, and singing him to sleep.

In September Dayne had a work trip that took him out of town over my birthday. So Mom and I took Noah to Idaho to visit family and friends from college. It was weird not having Dayne around but Noah was definitely the life of the party. He just cracks me up! He does this thing where he'll fake laugh, so I'll fake laugh, then he'll laugh and pretty soon we are both just laughing uncontrollably. Him and Dayne know how to brighten my day.