A BIG Boy!

We moved James into his new room last week which included moving him from the crib to his big boy bed (which is a double bed). Overall, he is doing really well sleeping in there. I love the way it turned out after we moved everything in there - it is very bright and happy just like James! Enjoy the pictures.

Montana!

James and I drove to Montana earlier this month to see my folks and also to take in my friend Charity's wedding. James stayed home with Grandma and Grandpa and missed out on the wedding bliss. This is the best picture I got of the bride and groom (Chris). Charity's dress was really amazing!

Me and my friends from high school - Kristi, Linzy, and Charity.

Linzy and her family - Josh, Guildy, and Hadley

Kristi and her family - Kevin and Miya

The rest of our time in Montana was spent in Circle mostly on the farm. Although we also took in another wedding while there. James liked watching the wedding dance and dancing with Grandma!

James loved all of the animals including the baby kitties which were in abdundance, the horses, and Sunshine - a baby calf that my parents were bottle-feeding.

James had the chance to go to a couple of parks in Circle and Glendive too. We met Linzy and her girls at the Circle school for some playground fun and also went to a park in Glendive with Grandma and Uncle Pete.

He loved the swingset at Grandpa and Grandma's. Thanks for the new swing seats Grandma!

Uncle Pete showed James that hours of fun can be created out of an empty Coke can and a stocktank.

Mostly, as you can see, James loves to be outside. He also found fun in riding on the lawn mower with me, throwing rocks in puddles on rainy days, and enjoying the sunshine on sunny days. It was a great time for both of us!

Race Day

Doug ran a 5K today and took 2nd place in his age group for men! He was 7th overall and we were there to watch him cross the finish line. This was a much smaller race than the half marathon he ran a couple months ago which I appreciated. It was much easier to navigate to the finish line especially since I had both Kaylynn and James. Kaylynn came to our house for a sleepover this weekend. We needed a little Auntie-Kaylynn time.

Here is Doug getting his award.

The kids had a great time eating all of the food and enjoying the sunshine.

We spent some time in the afternoon running through the sprinkler on the driveway trying to cool off. The kids would race up from the bottom of the driveway after I counted and yelled GO! James was a little slow out of the starting blocks but then would catch up later. They had a great time getting really wet!