Happy Birthday Addison!

Today is my niece, Addison's first birthday! I love this little girl so much! She is absolutely beautiful and already has a the best personality. Brian and I are lucky to be blessed with so many wonderful nieces and nephews. Maybe I will have to start wishing them all happy birthday on here! These photos are ones that I took of Addison at 11 months. We were hanging out at the house and she just looked so cute!

I Swear...It isn't Always Like This..

Our house, to put it lightly, is a mess...I am pretty sure it was a tornado...or maybe a hurricane. I wish I had children to blame it on...Amy (just kidding!) But I don't...yet!


The following pictures are horrendous, here is your warning to hit the little x button in the upper right hand corner if you have delicate, ummm, eyes. Some are from a couple of days ago and some are from today...after we (AKA Brian) cleaned...oh boy here they are...

On a positive note, we are obviously packing and feeling really excited about the house! Only three more days until we close. It is just so unbelievable! We are so lucky.

Getting Close

It is getting close to that day that we have been looking forward to and hoping for. One week from today we will be closing on our house. That is if things go as planned. It has been a crazy month. I haven't written to much about the house that we are buying because at first it was such a quick thing and we didn't want to get our hopes up. Just as we were starting to get our hopes up crap hit the crapper.

We didn't end up qualifying for the loan that the mortgage broker assured us that we would qualify for. The loan was a rural development loan and we didn't have to have a down payment. This was the only reason that we even started looking at houses. We would have been fine waiting a couple more months, but once you find the house that you really want, it is so hard to back out...and we already had paid for the inspection and put escrow money down... So we decided to ask my family for the money for a down payment, which was one of the last things that we wanted to do.

So now, here we are, one week away from closing and two weeks away from when we have to be out of our apartment. Brian is away on a business trip and I have started packing. We have bought blinds for the bedroom (so we have them when we move in, consequently they are back ordered until the end of September) and are absolutely floored that we are going to have such an awesome house.

However, their is such a strong feeling of hesitation. Almost like we jinxed ourselves by starting to pack, and buying things for the house. If this falls through it is going to be so awful. Here's to keeping our fingers crossed and our hopes up!

Wing Ding

Last minute on Saturday we had some friends ask us to go with them to the Chicken Wing Ding festival in Butte. We were promised good music (including Chris Young), unlimited wings, and a great time with friends. Unfortunately they ran out of wings, which kind of voids the whole wing ding festival part. However, there was great music and a great time with friends.

The Crew: Brian, me, Angela, and Jeremy



Angela giving a little love and Brian cheesing it up in the background

This is Chris Young

I had heard of some of his songs but didn't really know anything about him. His songs are great and the concert was a lot of fun! The there weren't that many people at the festival which was nice. I think a concert is always better when their are less people.

We really loved finally getting a chance to hangout with Angela and Jeremy this summer. It was a great night!

P.S. All the pictures are courtesy of Angela.

Cowboys and Indians

My sister is in India for the next couple of months. She has started a blog to chronicle her time there. She is an awesome writer and I am sure that her adventures will be amazing check it out at http://tomahawkreddot.blogspot.com/.

Camping in August

The last two weekends Brian and I have gone camping. We went to Seeley Lake the first weekend with friends and then this last weekend we went to Wade and Cliff Lakes with my parents. In most parts of the country August is still considered Summer. It is hot and muggy during the day and it doesn't start cooling down at night until the very end of the month or even into September. Not in Montana, and especially not this summer!

The weekend that we went to Seeley Lake it rained a record amount on Friday, which meant that it was cool and wet all weekend. I don't think the temperatures got above 70 until later on Sunday afternoon, as we were packing up to leave. This last weekend at Wade Lake it actually got down to 38 degrees, we could see our breath. Camping in a tent when it is that cold is not exactly my idea of fun (even though it is a good excuse to cuddle up real close to Brian, not that I need one!)

All-in-all though camping went well. We did a lot of fishing both weekends. At Wade Lake we actually each caught a fish, which is exciting since we haven't been that lucky yet this summer! Of course I forgot my camera both weekends so their are no pictures of the shanagains, or the fish. Below are some pictures of the lakes that I found online.

Wade Lake south of Ennis, Montana

This picture shows really well how clear Wade Lake is. If you fish in a boat off the shore you can see the fish swimming probably a good ten feet down. It is pretty cool!