We're still here

A church group from Open Door Baptist Church in VA is in town doing some children's activities. Ian and Isabelle made foam visors. Caleb just sat and watched the horses that were wandering around on their own.

It has been hot here, up to the 90's some days. Thankfully, our airconditioner is working. I have tons of pictures from our 4th of July in Havre that I will post eventually. Some of them are on Stephen's laptop, which is not working right now. We are going to take it in to Best Buy on Sat and hopefully get it fixed there.

More of Aster Falls

Caleb was able to entertain himself by throwing rocks.

Summer took the 3 oldest kids up to a higher spot on the waterfall.

Aster Falls

On Sunday we went back to Two Medicine for a hike to Aster Falls. Caleb rode most of the way in the back pack, but got down for a few minutes to walk. During the time he was walking made very little progress.

We met some friends of ours on the trail. They were also headed to the waterfall. Including our family, there were 7 adults and 6 children. I feel sorry for anyone who thought they would have a nice peaceful, quiet spot at the waterfall. We enjoyed the waterfall, talking, and letting the kids play.

Ian is very proud of his park ranger hat. While we were standing beside our car, getting Caleb and Isabelle into their backpacks, he put it on. A park ranger drove by, and Ian excitedly pointed out his hat. The guy chatted with Ian for a minute, and said that he had one just like that, just a different color. Ian was so proud!

On the Trail

There is an open meadow that we walk through. At different times of the summer, we see different flowers there.

One of Ian's favorite things to do while hiking is to scare Stephen. He will run up ahead and "hide" behind a tree, then jump out and growl. Caleb thought it was hilarious, and kept pointing to where Ian was hiding, and doing a pretty impressive growl.

Hiking to Paradise Point

Yesterday, we took a walk to Paradise Point, about .06 miles in distance. The trail is a spur from the Two Medicine South Shore Trail, and ends at the lakeshore of Two Medicine.

Caleb's favoite activity-throwing rocks

More outside pictures

Underappreciated Artwork by three great but little known artists

Shhhh.....Artist at work

About one week ago the kids, I mean artists, decorated the house. Then Stephen received an email from maintenance that we needed to wash the sidewalk chalk off of the house, and not let the children draw on the house anymore. (Which is actually silly if you know anything about our maintenance dept!) So yesterday, before it came off, I had to take some pictures to document this great artwork before it was gone forever. Stephen washed most of it off, but due to a 1/4 inch gap in the back door, most of it in the pictures stayed. We didn't want the living room carpet to be flooded if we sprayed it with the hose. We still have a little bit of artwork left!