Sabbath Hike

Sabbath we were invited to a couple from the church's house. We had lunch and then went for quite a strenuous, but amazing hike. We were able to see some gorgeous views. We are sad we forgot to take our camera, but we will be able to go again sometime soon hopefully. The couples family owns 160 acres of land and is divided up between the siblings. We hiked back to a resevior that was built by her father. Once we got up to the top of the mountain we were able to see gorgeous views of the surrounding area. I can't even describe. But it was amazing. We had a wonderful time but were quite exhausted afterwards.

Today we are cooking out with family. It is cooler today than it has been, but the weather should be warming nicely for the week.

My parents are leaving for the east coast on Thursday which means we are going to have a houseful of dogs. I know Charlie will be happy and hopefully the weather will be wam enough for them to play outside most of the day.

This Tuesday and Wednesday we are going to be in Bozeman celebrating our anniversary. We are going to wander around old Bozeman and then go to the spa for a couples massage. We are really looking forward to not moving this year on our anniversary as we have done the last two years.

We hope everyone has a happy Labor Day weekend.

9/9/07

Life has been very exciting lately, lots going on. We don't have internet at the house anymore, so that is why we haven't been updating lately. I think we left off somewhere in June. June wasn't a very exciting month. Just work, sleep and a little bit of play.

In July Rick went back east for a work conference. He was able to go home and see the fam, which he enjoyed greatly. I still wish I had been able to go. My aunt, Froggie was here to visit in July and we went camping in Yellowstone. Rick and I actually braved the wildlife and stayed in a tent. I was a little terrified that a Grizzly might find me for a nice little snack, but thankfully made it through alive. Yellowstone is always a gorgeous place to visit and we love to go there from time to time, even if it is just for the day.

On the third of July we had a cook out and played horse shoes at mom and dads, then later we set off our own fireworks and watched the Butte fireworks from their house. We had a great view.

Our Sabbath school class has been doing well. We just went white water rafting on the Gardiner river last week with the young adult group. It was very fun and for most of us our first time. No one in our boat went over in any of the rapids.

Rick got to take Charlie camping on the church camp out. I had to work that weekend. They had a nice time and Charlie is starting to warm up to people he doesn't know very well.

Dad and I have been walking about 3-5 miles on my days off. We take Charlie most of the time. He loves to chase the ducks into the pond. Rick goes to the gym early in the morning, but I can't find the motivation to get up that early. Plus it is so nice to be outside in the warm weather while I can because winter is coming sooner than I would like it too.

We have been working at the church trying to get things looking a bit nicer. We helped my dad a little with landscaping and I painted our sabbath school room (well my dad did most of the work) which we have had many compliments over. The church is really starting to look nice.

We are looking for a little sister or brother for Charlie, but no luck so far.

It will be nice that this year we won't be moving for our anniversary, since we have done that the last two years. We plan on just spending a nice day together, not sure what we will be doing exactly. But we will think of something fun.

Rick is looking into going back to school. Maybe starting next year sometime. He found a pretty good program he can do on-line for pretty cheap. We will keep you updated on that info.

I am sure that more has gone on in the last few months, but time is going so quickly that I forget what has happened.

We love you all and miss you. Hope that the end of your summer is going well.