Sweet Ella Jayne

Ella had a bit of a rough morning with Meg starting Kindergarten. We kind of anticipated this as the two are inseparable. Ella and I visited Jill and then went and had a date over cinnamon rolls and OJ at the park. And this morning at home, she has been very busy with 4 ladybugs that she found yesterday.
Ella will start preschool with Mrs. Kay in a week or two. She will be glad to have a special morning and to begin to learn new things and make new friends at Noah's Ark Preschool.

Ella with my dear friend Jill who teaches at Meg's school. Ella and I went to visit her after we were through hangin' out in Meg's classroom.
Ella at the park

Meg's First Day of Kindergarten

So the day has finally come! Meg started Kindergarten today. She was very excited and the part that she is looking forward to most is learning how to read!

I've already had a call from my dear friend Jill who teaches at Meg's school to let me know that Meg made it through her first recess. She was even helpful with another little girl who was having a hard time. I am so blessed to have someone who cares about Meg so much right at school with her!!!

I'm doing pretty well with the whole thing - it's quiet around here but Ella and I will keep busy, I'm sure.

Meg with Mrs. Fried, her teacher - who also happens to be someone that Meg knows from church.

Meg sitting at her spot at the table.

Campin' with the Russell's

We headed up to the Big Horns for another weekend of fun (and I remembered to bring my camera this time... just not on our hike...??? Hopefully Nina will share her pics!)

Anyway, we had a great time with the Russell's - we ate plenty of roasted marshmallows and s'mores and even made apple pies in the fire with Dave's cast iron pie pans - YUM!!!

Dave, Alex, Meg and Jeremy enjoy the fire and some marshmallows.

A little bit more excitement this trip! Jeremy and Nina woke at about 2 am to a bear dragging their cooler away from the pop up camper and sitting himself down about 20 feet away, munching on grapes and Nina's delicious banana bread! Luckily, this bear seems to know that the food is in the cooler and doesn't go looking any further --- but we do think it was the same bear and that something needs to be done. I've got to tell ya, the $40 investment I made on some bear spray has been well worth it for me --- hope I never need to use it!

I forgot it again.........

So, the past few weeks have been crazy!!!
We've had Lindsay stay here in Sheridan with us while the other Casper Hubert girls were up at Camp Bethel, we've been camping at least twice - once with the whole Casper Hubert clan, we - well some of us - slid down some natural waterslides in Paradise Valley, we spent a week and a half in Denver where we hung out with family, went to the zoo, and celebrated Devin and Belle's wedding with a very nice reception at her cousin's place, and we're getting ready to go camping again!!!

We've been busy -- and would you believe that this pregnant girl can't remember to bring her camera anywhere?!?! Thank goodness Jodi is a bloggin' fool and takes lots of fun pictures!!!
You can check out a lot of the fun at the links above!!
Thanks Jodi for bloggin' our adventures!!!!

It's a .....

BOY!!!

If you know what you're looking for, you can see the little "turtle."

This is a profile shot of a leg with the "equipment"(seriously, that's what the doctor called it!!) sitting right on top of his little thigh. It looks like the profile of a turtle! Dr Gill said, "undisputably, without a doubt, you're having a boy." These two pictures are the same - just one is bigger than the other.
Here is a profile of his face using the 3d ultrasound. He's got his little hand up in front of his face. Dave liked that he could count the four fingers and a thumb. When we first started the ultrasound, we had a good shot of his face and you could see his little tongue working... and with this pose, I'm afraid we might have another thumb-sucker!!! Pay-backs, eh Mom??? :)
And this is the alien shot - can you see his eye complete with the lens? And the nose and sinuses, mouth...

We also have some great views of his lumbar spine, his heart, etc etc. All in all, everything looks great. Healthy baby boy!

Video of my brave girl!!!

She had hold of my hand the whole time and I think I squeezed hers more than she squeezed mine! She was very brave, as you can see!

Meg got her ears peirced this weekend!!!

We were in Casper this weekend and decided why not??? Meg and I had been talking about it for a few weeks and with some peer pressure from her cousins, she gathered the courage and hardly said, "ow!" Cuddling the bear before...
There are the purple polka dots for placement...
Here she is with the finished product! Little tiny diamond-like studs.

Butterfly Hunter

Ella was the Butterfly Hunter while Dave and Meg were fishing. She chased and chased and finally caught one!!!

New Campsite!

So we moved to a different spot after our visitor came through. This spot is one that we've always eyed and wanted to camp at! We enjoyed playing on the rocks ---- they're just like Veedawoo!!!

Bear in Camp

Yes seriously -- on the Big Horns! This is the bear that visited our camp while we were out hiking Saturday morning. I am SO glad that we weren't around!!!

Camping on the Big Horns

We went up on the Big Horns for the first time this year and took the Langer's with us. We all fit comfortably in the camper and enjoyed a beautiful Saturday together! The guys fished Bull Creek a bit and we just hung out in the wildflowers! It was beautiful!

More fishing at Bear Lodge Pond

Aubrey enjoyed reeling in the "big" fish!!!
Meg was the only one willing to touch, much less hold, the fish!!!

More Piggies on Parade

The policemen actually asked for this photo... the "Pigs" with a whole truck load of pigs....?

Here they are in action!

Piggy Bankers on Parade!

The girls participated in the Sheridan Wyo Rodeo parade with Dave and First Interstate Bank as a group of "Piggy Bankers." Some of the piggies were cuter than others... Meg and Ella
Donovan who was recruited to be "Boss Hog" when THE boss was unable to be in the parade.
The whole group - including the farmer and their drivers!
Whole new meaning to "piggy tails"!!!

Skunked?

Ella consoling Devin ... he was getting skunked as the girls reeled in fish after tiny little fish! :)

But, he wasn't skunked after all!!!!

Fishing at Bear Lodge's Pond

Granpa Jim would be proud!!! We've got three little fishin' girls on our hands! And this pond was perfect -- within a few seconds of casting, it seemed there was always a bite! The trick was setting the hook on these little guys!

Who's under that hat???

Aubrey wasn't so sure about touching it but was a good sport and really enjoyed reeling it in!