Introducing Linnea Rose Hunt!!!

This is my new little niece Linnea Rose Hunt.  She was born in the 3 o'clock am hour and weighed 8 lbs 1 oz.  Here is also a picture of a very proud big sister, Tasia!  Congrats to my brother Jeff and his wife and family!  Sure love and miss you all!

This is for the fans

From the makers of High School Musical 1, 2 and 3, we are pleased to bring you "We ain't nevah leavin'!"  To enjoy the full quality of our motion picture please push pause on the playlist at the bottom of my screen!  Hope you all enjoy!

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Creative Bug

This is not something that seems to stay with me at all times.  Occasionally, when we forget to spray for pests, the creative bug bites me.  Not painful, but needs to be attended to ASAP!  I was invited to a baby shower for my friend and once neighbor Melissa.  She is having a boy, and I wanted to make her a growth chart.  I had made a few in the past and had some extra boards lying around.  So.... ta da!  Here is the board and a card I made her.  

never mind the dirty apartment carpet!
It is a board that you hang so that it is 6'1" off the ground and you can hang it anywhere!  

Then today as Eric had a big day of football watching planned, I decided to make some plans of my own.  Now as I said in my previous blog entry, I like my fair share of football, but today was a day to be making something, not watching something.  So, I invited my friend Beth to make these for our husbands at her house while they watch football at our house.  Here is the outcome. The lid

the back

a few of the insides hanging out the front

The "bad call brick" is a sponge painted red.  looks pretty cool, i think. 

On a more random note.....When Eric and I were doing our Saturday chores last weekend, I noticed yellow jackets all over our back porch.  I'm not talking about a collection of yellow coats we have on our patio.  these were flying, irritating, black and yellow, buzzing, stinging yellow jackets.  They had all been swarming into one little spot on our siding.  After some coaxing Eric put an end to it all.  Thank you punks! 

before

after

Can you!?  Look at em all!  and those were just the ones that had landed!

We are Montanians...Montanionians...Montanans...

Yes.  It's true my friends.  We are no longer Utahns.  (at heart, maybe. close call)  Because we have lived here over a year now, we are considered Montanans according to the state of Montana.  However, it took some convincing to get the University to feel the same about us kids from Utah.  Since I've worked here over a year, cars registered here, driver's licenses, MT phones, MT taxes have been filed/paid we decided to apply for in state tuition.  We thought "look at our qualifications.  We're in, right?"  WRONG!!  After applying and being turned down and appealing with the President of the school, we are pleased to announce that we are full blown, official, Montanans!  Whew!  For those of you who don't know what that means,  think brand spankin new car.  That is what we will save!  We are so grateful!  I just wanted to share that awesome news! 

on a side note:  Football season is in and Eric is in love once again.  Saturday is a special day.  Its the day we watch the NCAA! We do some chores and we grill some food, so we can watch all  Erics teams play!  I have enjoyed a game here and there. and honestly the feelings I experience with the game noise in the background as I clean the house is nothing less than pure happiness! I am very excited to attend a Griz game here or there.  They are the best.  It's fantastic!  GO GRIZ!!! 

The greatest Monday in September

We had big plans for Labor day this year.  We were going to float the river all day.  When we heard the weather would not permit us to do so, we decided to drive 2 hours and go to Flathead Lake and swim/tube there.  We then found that the weather there would also be crummy.  At that point we were determined to go somewhere.  We made plans to drive to Glacier Ntl Park on Monday morning no matter the weather.  We got a call Sunday from Erics sister inviting us to stay in one of their vacation properties.  Wahoo!  So sunday night we watched TV, popped the corn, drank hot cocoa and called it a night.  Monday we drove to Glacier and it was beautiful then cold and gray and then beautiful.  We had a blast.  It snowed a bit.  We had fun!  Thank heavens we live in Heavenly Fathers most beautiful mountain areas!