My New Awards!

On Sunday, while I was babysitting downstairs at Church, I got called up to the Sanctuary because I was going to get my Timothy Award from AWANA!  The Timothy Award is the highest award in AWANA. It is given to the person who finishes all four AWANA books.  It was kind of embarrassing with everybody looking straight at me.  Hayden Blackford got the Timothy Award too.

I also got the Challenge Award at Awards night on Monday for finishing the 3rd book too.

I built a fort up in a tree with a piece of plywood about four feet in length...It is soooo much fun! It can only fit about 2 people. My brothers and I spent 6 hours playing up there!

Matilda has been smiling a lot lately. She is soooo cute!

 
Yesterday, we went to Bozeman to go shopping. It was supposed to be the "Second day of Spring", but that wasn't really true.....=) Bozeman got 6 inches of snow and the roads were really slushy.  I can't wait until the "real" Spring comes!

Preston's new Helicopter

For Christmas, Preston got a Construction kit. So Preston and Bennett made a helicopter together (the rotor even moves mechanically!).  It is really cool!

Just when we thought that Spring was just around the corner, it snowed about two or three inches! But it all melted away this afternoon.  I can't WAIT for Spring! Just think, Short-Sleeves and shorts...........=)

This photo shows the Yellowstone River and Devil's Slide.

Yesterday at Dinner time, I saw a goat (a pet goat with floppy ears, not a mountain goat) being chased by a herd of Elk!! At first, my Mom didn't believe me, but then she turned around and sure enough, a goat was desperately trying to run away from the elk! Poor thing!  My Mom practically shouted to us (Bennett, Preston and I) to go try to scare away the elk and bring back the goat for cheese, milk, etc. (she said that we could keep it in the chicken coop)!  I actually named it Annie on the way down to the river! So we ran down to the beach where the elk had scared it but we couldn't find the goat. But we did scare the elk into the river! P.S. - My Dad called it an "eSCAPEd goat"!  We haven't heard from any neighbors that they have lost a goat... *I don't have any pictures because we were in a hurry to chase the goat!*

Making Desserts with Mommy

Fiona LOVES to cook with Mommy! Yesterday, she made lemon bars and today she made Reese's Peanut Butter cookies.....YUM!

On Sunday it was a BEAUTIFUL day (50 degrees!) so we were all outside after Church, to enjoy the sun while we had it!

The boys like to play golf when it is warm (you have to watch out for the elk poop and animal bones)! They made a two hole golf course out in our field, with refried beans cans ("if you build it, they will come").

Our house is behind Dad's head.

We also love to jump on the trampoline. We got REALLY high when Dad jumps us!!

Usually, people just throw random weeds out of their yard, but Mom has to throw a (who knows what animal it came from) leg bone from the yard, (with Matilda in her arms) to "The field of Bones". ;)

Fiona got a new twin baby stroller from our friends, The Meyers family. She is SOOOO proud of it!

Holding Tilly

I think the reason Tilly cries every time she gets put down, is because she gets held every second of the day. Whenever she gets put down, someone is always there to pick her back up!

We went to Bozeman on Wednesday for Tilly's mid-wife appointment. Usually when we go to Bozeman, we have a list that reaches down to our feet! ;) We found out that she went from 8lbs 3oz to 10lbs 8oz! And, she grew 2 inches around her head and 2 inches in length!

I got to hold her in Wal-Mart with the Baby Bjorn. She didn't start crying until we were walking out of the exit!

 We also stopped at the Bozeman Library to check out some books. We got a bunch of books and this is all that Mom does now!

Our favorite place to eat in Bozeman is the Costco Food Court.  I love their chicken bakes!

On the way back from Bozeman, Dan and Becky invited us to come to their house for Dinner (fractured tacos) and to see how the kitties were doing.

Dan showed us his new skis!

Dan and Becky are expecting their first Grandchild in June, so they have to practice holding Tilly.

Dad just got Fiona a new "Precious Moments Bible" from the Community Closet Thrift Store. She LOVES it!

I am knitting a hat with Becky's help. The bottom part was kind of complicated, with both knits and pearls, but then you got used to it! Then, all the rest is knitting......YAY! *I will post the finished product when I am done!*