This might be my........

Favorite time of the year. The weather has been incredible around here the past few weeks...almost feels like summer has found its say back! I think I might have renewed my commitment to FALL. I have always loved fall because it is my birthday season but here a few other reasons why I love fall.

~ it seems like life has slowed down for us and we actually stay home on the weekends and enjoy life!

~ football, footBALL, FOOTBALL

~ Fall sports (football)

~ this weather, how could I complain when the weather was 80 plus degrees today and I was hot in my capri pants! LOVE that dilemma!

~ the smells of fall....pumpkin spice, cinnamon and baked goodies!

I am in my 5th week of school and I cannot believe it. Today was on of those days that I would chalk up to as a "good day". I am loving my new job and being called Mrs. Miller everyday but somedays, I'm NOT gonna fib....ARE tough! But NOT today, today felt like a well planned day, where everything seemed to fall into place and play-out like you planned it! LOVE it! I hope for a good one tomorrow too!

T had a football game tonight and it was GREAT fun to watch him play. This was his second game and they won....30 to 0. Tomorrow is another game, then 2 games next week and then 2 games the next week and done. Seems to go my so quickly but we are enjoying the time while it lasts!

Here a few pics of us lately!

Football pics to come!

T practicing swinging his rope with Sparky

Em was the photog, pics of T...up close!

T & I riding!

T and I riding!

My favorite pic of the day, T & E on their horses.

Kenny Chesney - The Boys of Fall

If this doesn't get you excited for fall, I don't know what would!

(Don't get me wrong, I'm NOT completely ready for fall and looking at the weather forecast, I think we have a few weeks of summer left).

This song is beautiful and the video is amazing!

Love my fall and football!

True Confessions of a Summah Lovin' Drama Momma

What are you favorite parts of summer?

Ever since we moved to the DL I have had summers off (for the most part). I only worked 2 days/week for 4 hours/day. To be honest with you it didn't even fell like work!

OK, so back to the question...what is your favorite part of summer?

backyard swimming

backyard bbq's

getting early and helping the kids with their chores

changing water (having green grass)

trips to the lake

day trips

staying up and watching the lightning

staying up and watching movies

watching Pawn Stars

true confessions of the summah lovin' drama momma:

I love to wear shorts but the older i get, the more I love capri pants! LOVE them!

I love my keens and flip flops but my feet do NOT love them.

I have learned because of the above how important it is to have a foot scrub in the shower....YUCK!

I love my shoes/flip flops to match my outfit. For example, if i"m wearing a red shirt, I like to wear red flip flops or my red keens! Am I the only one like this?

I love my $1 flip flops from Old Navy, like how can you go wrong with one in every color?

My last true confession, I am loving my green grass but come-on I do not remember a summer with so much rain and such cool weather!

It is so predictable, every afternoon/evening the clouds roll in and the thunder rolls and the lightning strikes. It has been fun to watch the storms roll in and out and in and out but I'm ready for some hot weather like major hot......

I think my tan might be fading!

And Also,

This summer, I ran my second half marathon in Missoula on July 11th. It was fantastic! It was such an early morning, I was beat by mid-day! Since the 1/2 was so close to home, the girls and I decided to just get up early and drive there instead of staying. The race began at 6am, because of the heat. So we left DL around 4am, that means I got up around 3am. We were in Missoula by 5am and ready to run at 6am. It was a beautiful course, starting along the river and ending up in down-town Missoula, it definitely was top-notch. I beat my last 1/2 time by almost 10 minutes. I ran this one in just a little under 2 hours! I was super pleased with that time.

In case you've ever cared to see what feet look like post 1/2 mara and after running for nearly 2 hours straight....have it at it! They were so sore. Blisters on my toes that were so big, I didn't think they were ever going to go away! :-)

The pictures don't do it justice but...I couldn't resist!

As if finishing the 1/2 marathon wasn't enough, I got a medal too. Everyone did but let me tell you how great it felt to get that medal when I crossed the finish line, made it all worth it! :-)

Dear Blog

This summer has been so hard for me to blog! We have been so busy and have a great summer but wanting to sit down and blog about it.......I haven't been that motivated!

Here is what we have been up to in a nut-shell!

The second week of July we went to Polson with D's company and the week by the pool, soaking up the sun! Let me tell ya, that is the life! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and can't wait to do it again next year. Emmy and I swam and sun-bathed, the boys golfed and we ate some good food too! WE even took the kids to the waterslides at Columbia Falls, I haven't been there since I was a kid! It was so much fun. They haven't changed at all in like 20 years. :-)

Since then we have been busy with animals and entertaining. We have hosted a few bbq's at our house this summer too. We held the annual Branch BBQ/Pioneer Picnic at our house and also a surprise 30th birthday party for our friend (and T's boss) MH. The kids love swimming in the pool and everyone loves a good game of horse/pig or 3-on-3! :-)

The kids have been busy getting their 4-H animal projects ready for the fair. I can't believe that the fair is NEXT week.

Here are a few pics of the kids and their animals. They have been so good about taking such good care of them this summer, working with them and getting them ready to show.

The kids working together washing t's steers & heifer

E and her pigs

FAT pigs

Rigetta, Tina and Blondie

T & E and Ginger

T and his steer Reggie - "ta da"

T- washing

steer - Ronald

Heifer - Ginger

Reggie

This is the life.....

Today I picked up the keys to my one-room-school house! I am so excited, I can hardly stand it. I can't wait to sit down and figure out where everything is and just get going. I need to figure my schedule, that is my first priority.

4-day weeks, instruction time is from 7:45-3:45, so if you have any words of advice for me, please pass them along.

Well, enough of that!

Besides driving to GC and picking up my school keys....this has been my day.
Woke-up about 7am
woke T up
walked pigs
took T to work
came home played fetch with T
let the horses out
fed the steers
played more fetch with bodie
sat outside and talked to my mom on the phone
contacted the aide at GC, so we could meet at the school and get keys
got my keys and schedule

did some computer stuff
ate lunch outside
played fetch with bodie
it is now almost 2 in the afternoon, what should I do now?
I have laundry to do......tidy the kitchen, make my bed (oops haven't done that yet).
Put clothes away....oh the list goes on & on.

NO kids today, T is working and E is with some friends for the day.
I'm enjoying the peace and quiet...just hope they get home soon...I am starting to get kind of lonely. :-)

Have I mentioned I love summer!

T - washing his heifer (Ginger)

E - watching the action (she's a ham)

E - with Ms. Wilson's Pony (Finnegan)

She grew to really like him, especially once he was gelded!

Canada Trip

Well, we made a trip up to Canada for the Annual Raymond Stampede Days. It was great fun and it is never a disappointment.

The parade was great, took NO pictures. :-)

Saw lots of people and we strolled around town, that was GREAT. It was great to see so many people from the past, one of the best parts of going back "home".

We ran in the Road Race, Dave did great, Emmy did fantastic and I didn't have my best time but it was a fun race and actually the 1st time I have ever ran in the Raymond 10K.

Here are some slideshows of our race and the fireworks on July 1st.

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