Baby makes three!

Actually, baby makes five since it will be joining our furry children, Sammy and Zoey! After five or so pregnancy tests on August 24th and then another one a week later, Bryan and I finally came to the conclusion that I was indeed pregnant. I know they say there cannot be a false-positive pregnancy test, but I was not convinced that I was actually pregnant.  I mean I did not feel pregnant at all. So far this has been a pretty easy pregnancy, I felt sick for only one short week and other than that the only symptoms that have been bothering me is that I have been extremely tired and my face is breaking out like crazy.  Today Bryan and I had our first Doctors appointment so that we could see and hear our Baby...and thankfully there was only one!  We are about 9 1/2 weeks along with only 214 more days to go! 

And our Baby's first photo!

7th Annual Dinkel Days

It's that time of year again for our annual Dinkel Days celebration at Wilson Lake, which was combined this year with the celebration of my Grandfather's 79th Birthday.  Bryan and I were only able to make it for the Saturday night events, which consisted of Brad's legendary fish fry.  This year, I believe there were about 30-40 people there, ranging from ages one month to 80 years old!  It was great to see everyone and of course show Bryan my amazing football throwing skills, he couldn't believe that I could throw a spiral better than him....I do not think he will ever come to the realization that I can do most things better...I am a Dinkel/Siler woman after all! :) After dinner we all sat around the camp fire and talked about everything.  I even saw my first scorpion and four inch millipede! They were both equally disturbing, and I would rather never see either one again!

A trip down Memory Lane

Labor Day weekend Mom and I took a long awaited trip to Montana. We flew into Bozeman Friday morning, rented a car and headed to Glacier National Park.  On the way we stopped in Missoula and Florence to see where we use to live when we lived there in the early 1980's and then we were on the journey to Glacier National Park.  We stayed the first night at the Outlook Bed and Breakfast overlooking Flathead Lake.   The next day we decided to go to the Big Mountain Ski Resort to take the ski lift up the mountain and then we hiked down the mountain. I'd have to say this trip was definitely a healthy trip considering all the hiking we did.  Saturday night we stayed at another bed and breakfast, that seemed like a dude ranch full of horses.  Unfortunately we did not take advantage of riding the horses because we did not have time and for other reasons...

The next day we got up bright and early and drove to Glacier National Park. We decided to take our time and stop as many times as we felt like to try to get the perfect scenery pictures.  We took a short 1 mile hike through the woods. Luckily did not encounter any grizzlies since we had no protection with us.  And, then we drove onto Logan Pass which is by the Continental Divide. Mom has been there a couple times and each time no one was willing to hike with her down to the Hidden Lake, so for the first time she has been able to see the Hidden Lake.  Although we were not able to hike all the way down due to it being closed for Grizzly sitings, we were able to go 1.5 miles up to overlook the lake and had a snack (3 miles total).  A snack that consisted of bread and homemade cherry jam and entertainment from some kind of rodent that stalked me and wouldn't leave us alone. It seems I am always getting stalked by some kind of creature, be it a Grouper or a Squirrel type thing. We had an interesting night at the Many Glacier Inn....The walls there are very thin and you can hear everything from the adjoining rooms....and by everything, I mean everything! Last but not least, we went to the Lewis and Clark Caverns, this was my first cave and it was pretty spectacular.  Below are just some of the photos from this trip.