We play dress up with our kid

Mark was editing some pictures, and I noticed a trend...

We kinda dress her up... a lot. Like she's our pet.

On a side note- Kate is not using the skunk costume for Halloween. She's going to be a little ladybug. Can't wait to get pictures!

I love Saturdays!

Saturdays are good days around here. Two Saturdays ago, I had my monthly brunch/playdate with friends from school. Mr. Mark took us for a ride around the neighborhood in his new toy.

Quite the bunch, huh?

Then, we played dress up in old Halloween costumes.



That's Kate back there in the skunk costume.

It's so fun to catch up with each other and share the latest gossip while the kids play. I love those girls and miss the ones that don't teach at St. Clair anymore. :(

This past Saturday, we went with some friends to the Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival in Conway, MO. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was a lot of fun! Kate played on the blanket, and despite getting a short 20 minute nap that was interrupted by us running to the van because of a storm, she was really well behaved. She's such a good little girl... she just loves to be out and about and pretty much just goes with the flow.

This Saturday, we have a Murder Mystery dinner with friends. That should turn up some pretty interesting pictures!

Ten month letters to come... we are WAY behind. Maybe we will get them posted by the time she is eleven months old.

Looking through photos...

I was browsing through Mark's flickr page and I realized I had forgotten to post vacation pictures from this summer. There are a bunch, but I want them on here for memories sake. Remember... I don't scrapbook. I would stink at it. And it's so time consuming. And it's expensive. And, I would have to select pictures, and not others. What would I do with the rest of them? Ahhh, it's stressing me out already. See why I don't do it?

Anyway, I'll start with the people pictures and then do the landscape ones last (I will never be able to post all of those, but if you go to Mark's flickr page... it's linked on the side of our blog... there are TONS of them a few pages in, and they are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!). Here they are in no particular order:



Taking a walk at the park by my grandparent's home in Cheyenne, WY

Enjoying the peace and quiet

So was Kate

Well, for a little while at least...

This was a sign we saw on our walk back home... look closely


We got to see the cattle being brought in on the highway for Frontier Days

I think Kate was very confused by all of this

How weird is that??

Gampy on the porch looking at old photos

Gampy and Kate on the front porch

Playing games...

...and making silly faces

Just hangin' out

Gammy and Kate

Playing pat-a-cake

So silly!

Meet Bucky, the dog. He and Kate had a love/hate relationship.

Kate always wanted to grab him...

... and would squeal when we wouldn't let her.

Being sweet with each other

Playing in the backyard

Gampy is so silly!

High five!

Going nigh-nigh

No, wait... I'm ready to play

Never mind, I'm sleepy. Put me to bed.

Mommy, Mimi, and Kate at Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, Colorado

No worries... I was behind her holding her up.

But, you would never know it.

There's mommy.

Daddy and Kate at Rocky Mountain National Park

Some people parked next to us were talking to Kate

After that, we went to the Baldpate Inn for lunch

It is a place famous for hanging TONS of keys from the ceiling

This is the view

Kate swinging on the porch of the Baldpate Inn

Family picture

Back to the cabin

Here are some pictures of Gammy & Gampy at their cabin and at their house.

I think we were trying to get a Christmas picture.






This is at their house in Cheyenne before they left for a party at the Governer's Mansion

Another family picture... and me in that dress that makes me look pregnant!

Still with me?? Wow, you're dedicated!!

These are no way in order, but I'll try to caption them. It was some of the most gorgeous scenery I have ever seen!


Waterfall at the Tetons

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Grand Teton National Park

Lodgepole pine trees

Tetons

The place Mark and I stayed at in Grand Teton National Park. I ended up sleeping on the floor.

The next day, we went to Yellowstone National Park. This is the Old Faithful Inn.




Old Faithful just starting to erupt

This was another geyser that I actually thought was better than Old Faithful (Grand Geyser?? I can't remember.)

The hot springs... these were weird and smelled like sulfur.

Another one

One of the seven bears we saw at Yellowstone

And another one

Oh, and a moose!

Another bear

Beautiful falls

This is the Tetons, but I don't feel like moving it. It's gonna stay right here.

But, isn't it beautiful??

I have no idea where this one is from.


Pretty road

Rocky Mountain National Park

We had a fabulous time. The mountains are BEAUTIFUL!! Next year, though, we're going to the beach.