Wow I feel like saying holy Tibetan monks or something. It has been a whole month sense I have had a chance to blog! And I am afraid this is just going to be a catch up note.

We have been so busy it's crazy.

Cross country season is done and Emma did OK. She did ribbon every time but didn't give it her all. Her last race was good she managed a 3:04 for a time and that is awesome. She finished out with one first, two seconds, a sixth, and a seventh. Which probably doesn't sound to bad to most except that she wasn't even breathing hard when she crossed the finish line on the 6 and 7. But there is always next year and she know that and that is good.

As many know Seth surprised me with a trip to Cancun this last month as well. We had a lot of fun just getting to hang out with each other. I have to say meal times were a bit odd not having to get food for 5 other people first, my food was still hot which I found to be a novel idea=-)

All is going well school is about out and we are opening a studio. Which I won't say to much about so Seth can blog about it (ha ha). I am hoping to put some Cancun pics up soon, till then have warm sunshiny white sandy beach thoughts.

We're number 1 and 2

So Cross country season has started! Proud to say that at Emma's first meet she snagged first place! She wanted it so bad last year and got it. On the down side she might have become a little to sure of herself this week and ended up with second. We are still very proud of her she is a bit bummed but there was also a bit of confusion yesterday that messed up a lot of the kids =-( The person starting the races was doing a horrible job and there was up to three or four groups running at the same time and crossing the finish line getting all mixed up. It mad it hard to get times on all of our schools kids. But there is always next week!
Nathan is also running and is doing really well. He has improved his time from last week and manage to jump over a jumble of kids who tripped at the start line (one even lost a shoe).

Bear deterrent?

As I ran up the stairs from the basement today, to see what all the commotion was about. I didn't expect to be accosted by a terrible chemical. You see I was putting plastic on the windows so we can finish up the basement with the texture and paint. Then the dogs started to bark and the kids were running around so I figured I had better see what was going on. And as I opened the front door and stepped out onto the porch I could see that Seth was outside trying to keep up on his goal of keeping other peoples dogs off our property. Now the dogs in question belong to a neighbor at the beginning of our drive way. They have been giving Seth a hard time lately by chasing and trying to nip him when he is on his bike or motorcycle. In the past they have always been behind a fence but seem to have figured out how to get out, and the brown one is pretty mean by all actions. Apparently when Seth went out it came at him a bit so he came back in to get the bear spray. And though he managed to get rid of the dogs without spraying he wanted to check and see that it was still any good as it was getting old. Wind picks up I happen to breath obviously not a great idea because I inhaled a bunch of bear spray. It felt so nice as it was trying to cut off my ability to breath. But in all of that I had the though man I wonder if this would be a good thing to spray at a bear? I mean yes it was painful and obnoxious. But was it enough that it wouldn't just totally tick off a bear even more so it wants to bring on the pain? Just a thought of course. I am thinking that you should have at least two cans to discharge though cause then when you miss with the first you can hit it the second time around (ya know if you still have a arm=-)

G I who

Have you ever seen those people who are pulled over on the side of the road and seem to be looking for something in the ditch? And while sometimes you drive by without really noticing them, other times you think what are they doing that's just odd. Is ditch diving really any better than dumpster diving after all. I mean is something found on the side of the road really any less trashy than something pulled out of the green bins? Re the people who ditch dive any different than the ones who see, to live at the Columbia falls k-mart (for those of you who haven't visited the green bins in c-falls we lovingly call it the Columbia falls k-mart)?

As you may be wondering where it is I am going with this I would love to take the chance to introduce you to someone who against my desire has entered into our home.

Yes it's true, my husband much to my great dismay has become a ditch diver. As I think back trying to figure out how something like this could have occurred I realized it must only happen by accident. There could be no other explanation for such a thing. You see we helped my sister move this weekend with a group of guys from her church. And everyone had trucks and on one of our last trips Seth noticed a basket in the ditch. and so asked my sister if she had any and she said yes. So he drove out to go and get the basket in case it was hers. He found the basket and this GI joe. Which as it turns out neither are hers. And Seth has decided to keep said joe. I think there was something about putting him on his dash board.... not to mention the crappy sunglasses he found the other day that he threw in the trash.

not yet

Yes well this for sure isn't right. Sorry about that eye though Garren must be hard having it out like that =-)

A Change

Well I decided to change my blog around a bit. I think it is a bit off right now. Kinda like a Easter egg threw up on it. So I will keep working on it .....

oh yeah

And without googling it how many of you know what a petroglyph is?