Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Catching up

I am about 4 months behind, but it is for a good reason. For the last 3 months, I have been sick. All day, all night, morning sickness! No puking, just feeling like I have the flu 24/7 for 3 months. Things are getting better though! The beginning of May we found out that baby #3 will be here the beginning of January.
 
 
 We did the Moore family's annual Memorial Day fishing trip. The weather was beautiful, the fishing was great, but I had a horrible sinus infection on top of the morning sickness so I spent most of the long weekend sleeping in the camper while everyone else enjoyed the weekend.

Locklyn helping Kynlie learn how to ride her bike
The middle of June, my sister and her family were here visiting for 2 weeks so we had a blast hanging out with all of them. They were in between homes, moving from Kansas to Hawaii. It was great seeing them, but we sure are missing them now. We are hoping to be able to go visit in February after baby is born
Another family headed to a family reunion wanted a picture of their Elvis the Pig piniata making smores so we took a picture with him too.
The 3rd of July, Neil's whole family packed up their campers and left for Billings for the beginning of our 6 day camping weekend. We spent the night in Billings, then got up the 4th and drove to Cody, WY for their parade and festivities, then went up to Laurel, MT for their fireworks show. The morning of the 5th, we drove to West Yellowstone where we set up camp for the rest of the weekend. We enjoyed time in West Yellowstone and Yellowstone Park.

Photo courtesy Tina Graham
 The last 3 Monday evenings, there was a kids rodeo series in Ekalaka, MT so we loaded up the girls and JJ and went down for them to get some arena time. They did the Poles, Barrel Race and Flag Race. Both girls absolutely LOVED it. At the end of the series all of the kids got prizes, both girls picked out horse brushes. Kynlie also got 3rd place in the Pole Bending so we were pretty excited about that. Mom must be a fast runner because I led her through all her events!


Photo courtesy Tina Graham


Neil has been working on derby cars and cars for the Motor Mania car soccer at the fair. We have some tinkering to do on the house to get it ready to sell next year too.
Photo courtesy Tina Graham
 I have been taking care of fighting kids and trying to get as much rest as possible. My energy still has not came back from the first trimester- someday!  I have been trying to get the girls on their horse as much as possible, they are both really loving riding him.

Locklyn giving her cousin Dax some love.
Kynlie has learned to challenge mom and dad every time she can. She has decided she doesn't like to listen and really likes to be sassy. She still has her super sweet side and has great manners, always saying please, thank you, bless you and excuse me. She will start pre school this fall and let me tell ya, she needs it. She his a smart little cookie, she knows her ABC's, can count to 12, knows all her colors and shapes, but she needs to have some structure and have to listen to someone besides mom. I wish the other preschool in town had class on opposite days of the one she is going to because I would register her in both!

Locklyn has a new found independence. She is still super sweet but tell her "no" or take something away from her and you will see a temper like you have never seen before! She has tons of words, her favorite color is yellow, she likes to read books and be super silly. She had her 18 month appointment last week and weighs 26 lbs and is 33" tall. She was in the 90% for height and 75% for weight so she is really slimming down.