Scenic Montana

Just when I was off to bed, I realized I had not blogged for today.  So, I have decided to share some photos of the beautiful Montana scenery.  Enjoy!



This is just above the mine where my husband works.



Open House

Today was Open House at Elizabeth's school so like a good little mommy, I trudged down there, camera in hand to immortilize the momentous occasion.

First, we visited Elizabeth's classroom where she showed me her desk which

included a lovely sentiment of our late kitty, Norman.

Next, she showed me the state-of-the-art Smart Board where we discovered only one person at a time can write and if you pick up the eraser, you can erase with the stylus.  I have to say this is pretty high tech for a first grade class and I'm a little jealous since I had to sit through years of inhaling chalk dust.

We then made our way around the classroom where Elizabeth showed me a

fabulous likeness of herself and the comfy reading area.



Disregard her expression, someone accidentally
interrupted out photo session :(





So cute :)



As we were making our way out of the classroom, we snapped a

picture of Elizabeth with her teacher, Mrs. A!

Next, we headed out in the hall to see Elizabeth's locker.

She is very excited to have her own locker :)

Off to the library!!

Yo ho, me hearties!  Here be the pirates who represent a readin' program where the sprogs earn points for each book they read and can earn a chest full of booty at the end of the year!!  Arrgh!! (Sorry, couldn't resist).



Next we visited the gym and the lunchroom, which doubles as the music room.

 Finally, Elizabeth showed me her favorite spot...the playground :)

Again with the photo interruptions...nice face!

It's always nice to see where your child is spending seven hours a day without you!  I look forward to spending many more hours up to my elbows in Elmer's glue and Crayola markers :)



The Tooth Hurts

My day started off with a little cat fishing.

No, not that kind...this kind:

These are the two neighbor kitties! Steve put a cat toy on the end of a fishing pole...it worked great!

After catching (and of course releasing) the kitties, they decided to duke it out.



Soooo hilarious!!!!!

Amid the chaos on the front step, we caught a glimpse of the neighborhood bunny too.

So cute :)

And, as if the day couldn't get better, Elizabeth's front tooth finally came out!!

Before...

After...

 She's very excited about the tooth fairy visiting...hopefully she got our change of address form :)



Sunday Drive

Today was Lazy Sunday at our house.  After sleeping in and lounging in our jammies for most of the morning, we finally decided to take a little drive.  Initially we stopped down at the local boat ramp to drown a worm (apparently a day without fishing is a day not lived).  Seconds later Steve and Elizabeth decided to walk farther down shore...and found this:

Nanoseconds later, I vowed never again to visit the river. 

But not before this happened:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Just kidding.

Personally I could do without serpents but am glad the chain of snake haters has been broken.  Little side note, the definition of SERPENT is "something that creeps".  Need I say more?

After the drama, we decided to drive the South side of the river

where we saw some more of the local wildlife.

 A flock of Sandhill Cranes

A herd of goats...not exactly "wild"life but still cute :)

Our own piece of wildlife, Izzy (aka Feef)

So, after the "horrifying incident" it was nice ending the day on a good note: with animals

that are soft and fluffy.  Here's to more days with petable pets!

Something not so Fishy!

So for the second day in a row we decided to go fishing, this time in the Yellowstone River.  Like always we gathered our things and away we went.



She loves taking pictures of herself!

Once we got there, we quickly realized that fishing was a lost cause...no bites :( 

So, we decided to cross over to the other side of the river :)

Once we got over there, we found a shallow spot and Elizabeth jumped right in!

Then discovered the sand and mud!

 





Holding a tiny minnow



 

After a long day in the sun, we were exhausted and hungry.  Nice day :)