A Day at Uncle Ben's and Aunt Sara's

While Lizzy's mom was painting our nursery, Miss Lizzy spent the day at our house too! Mostly we just tried to keep her occupied and happy!

I never knew an 11 month old could make such a mess in such a short period of time! She is busy. busy, busy!

But soon, she got tired and snuggled up and took a nap.

The Nursery Is Done!

Lizzy and her mom came over to help paint and finish the nursery on Monday. They worked hard and I love it! I figured red was a great color for a girl or boy!

Now we just wait. And wait..... but I have a feeling it will be here before we know it!

Our Hunting Adventures

I shot this deer!! Not bad for being 5 months pregnant and having to hike some hills both up and down.

It's a 4x5 muley. Better than last year's if you remember. :)

The best part of being pregnant- hubby has to drag it out.

Lizzy's First Halloween

MOOOOOOO. I'm a Baby Cow!! :)

Did You Know?????

Did you know that no one makes maternity hunting pants? Well, at least no one sells them in Billings, MT. I'm going to go meet Ben this weekend at hunting camp to get my deer, and I had to go buy cheap Wal-mart jeans that are two sizes bigger than my pre-pregnancy size just so I could get them snapped. They are huge in the legs.......*sigh*........oh well. I have been helping mom and dad brand cattle in maternity jeans, but I usually don't get too dirty. They make me stay out out of the alleys and pens. But rolling around in muddy sage brush, I thought I might get dirty.

Baby is good. 20 week ultrasound was last week. Both sets of grandparents went with us and it was very neat for them. Gender is still a surprise; only the doctor knows. Somedays it is very tempting not to call the doctor's office and say...."Oh, just tell me!!" We have begun cleaning out the guest room. We have taken the spare bed down and stored it in the basement. I have ordered the bedding and nursery furniture. After seeing the empty room, this feeling of "Wow, this is really happening" came over me. :)

Harvest Time, BEFORE it froze

This was beet harvest on the farm before the sugarbeets froze. A record crop and they froze! They can only dig enough for the factory to process, so needless to say, half of the crop is still in the ground. Dad runs the beet digger and the hired hand runs the defoliator. And, my brother, and three others drive the trucks.

And Lizzy likes to ride with both her Dad and Papa!! She loved it! It was so cold though, it was time to bust out the snow suit.

Fall? What Fall?

It was 10 degrees here the first weekend in October! Brrrrrrr Everything froze- The trees, the flowers, the Sugarbeets in the field. NOT GOOD! We had no fall with pretty golden and orange leaves, but the cold does not stop pheasant hunting around our house.