Insta-Baby-Friday

Just a few Baby pics from Instagram :)

 A few Sundays ago, we headed out to the mountains. Grizz needed to set his game cam, and Peanut and I just hung out near the vehicle. It's always nice to get out in the fresh mountain air!

 Just hanging out with Daddy and trying to eat her entire hand...

 ... we prefer her chewing on a teething toy over her hand!

A jackrabbit on the mountains! (Go Jacks!)

 Grizz's new trick :)

 My brother's wife had a conference in a nearby (3 hrs away) town, so my mom flew in to spend a few days with us.  Then, we drove to see my sister-in-law and spend the night in her hotel room. Here we are picking her up at the airport - Peanut thought she was sooo funny!

And she also really liked Auntie's hair :)

Have a happy weekend!

Instagrams...

... going all the way back to this past November! Yikes!

 Christmas Joy... hand-painted on old barnwood.

 Lefse! A Scandinavian tradition.

 Twilight :) Grizz is always nice enough to come with me.

 A Thanksgiving Prime Rib. The tape is on the oven to remind us "NOT TO OPEN IT."

 Fluff mail. So, yes, the plan as of now is to try out some cloth diapers. I'll let you know how it goes ;)

 Ultrasound flowers. Grizz is great.

 More Christmas projects. Still working on my painted handwriting.

 Some random breakfast.

 Spritz. Spritz. Spritz. Christmas COOKIES! Geez, I'm starting to crave sugary goodness...

 Alma Mater men's basketball team traveled to Big Sky Country. We gladly wore our blue and gold to support them.

 The crib is up!!

 More goodness from the Alma Mater. Family and friends know just exactly what Scooter needs to wear once he/she arrives!

 A snowy day from a third floor math classroom.

 Scooter's quilt top...

 Scooter's quilt top quilted.

 A January walk.

 A Birthday Snow (maybe three or four days after the nice walk in the previous picture).

En Route to Yellowstone.

And finally... today's project while watching Downton Abby on Netflix. Scooter has a new hat! (Removable flower depending on which gender Scooter surprises us with).

Insta-Catch-Up

I was able to teach my Montana friends about pizza sandwiches while camping a few weeks ago. This is something I learned from my college roommates - you can buy the sandwich/pie makers in the camping section, then just butter the bread, spread on pizza sauce and add cheese and pepperonis! You can also make regular grilled cheese or even pies for desert (butter the bread but use canned pie filling instead of pizza stuff!). Not even Grizz had done this before, so I really enjoyed it when everyone loved them!

 Can you see that black strip on the hillside? This is a few blocks away from our apartment building - on July 4th, a grass fire happened over here on the edge of town. It started from fireworks, but thankfully no homes were damaged!

 Last weekend, we headed up to Glacier (more posts about our trip later)... we were nervous about getting a camping spot, so it was very difficult to be patient while waiting for a pilot car!

 We actually had to wait twice for pilot cars to take us through construction areas. The second time was because the new bridge is almost done! I love this picture where you can see the mountains in the background - we're almost there!

 The next morning, we got an early start while hiking to Grinnell Glacier. This is Grinnell Lake - isn't it just beautiful?!

We actually couldn't get all the way to the glacier (we could see some of it though), as there were snow fields still blocking the trail. Grizz would have just walked over them if he had his ice ax along, but instead we were content just to sit above Grinnell Lake and make lunch (at 10 o'clock... we woke up at 5 and were hiking by 7, so we were hungry!)

Insta-Catch-Up

Summer is always full of fun activities... Here are a few things we've enjoyed so far!

 Fishing.

 Cloud shapes... this one looked like a Viking Gondola... well, it was better in real life ;)

 Bible Reading. Verse 14 made us giggle... "Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out." So true! Haha!

 Teaching friends to rock climb.

 Local baseball games.

 Eating watermelon - my favorite!

 Binding a quilt while camping :)

 Grizz was pretty amazing - he started a fire with just a knife and a flint.

 Trying to go for a hike. We had to cross like ten streams just like this one!

 Birthday cake for Grizz; made by Neighbor.

 Birthday cake from the restaurant... there was enough for all of us! Definitely one of the best places we've ever gone for a birthday!!

 Fourth of July parade... so thankful for this country.

 Waiting for the fireworks show...

Fireworks!

Hope you enjoyed the brief snapshot into our summer life :)

Random Instagrams

OK. After this post, I'm officially caught up on my Instagrams! Wahoo!

Nature Related:

Grass stains after playing VB with the Church Kids!

Snow and Flowers at the same time. Thank you MT for this anomaly!

 Crafty Related:

I was so excited to finish the quilt top (putting the border on) that when I realized that I had left the pin cushion in the other room, I just kept sewing... and used my jeans instead. Now that's crafty thinking ;) 

Hmmm... maybe I shouldn't wear shorts while sewing large projects? A pin may have scratched my leg (it's a nice scab now), but I did get that binding sewn on! 

 Two quilt tops machine quilted within seven days of each other. Not too bad for someone how had never machine quilted before! Only one more quilt top to go, then it's on to new projects! Hand sewing the binding is saved for nights while watching movies with Grizz :)

Last but not least:

 I put these four instagrams in a collage for easier viewing... 

Green Bowl: Fire King Jadite. I WANT ONE SO BADLY! I just wasn't ready to spend the money on this one. Besides, it's fun to be looking for something. Along with a mixing bowl, I also hope to have a jadite batter bowl someday :)
Pink Glasses: Jeanette Glass Company made Adam Depression Glass. It's one of Mom's patterns. These were way over-priced. Mom has two already, anyways!
Flour Sifter: Mom had one exactly like this. She's not sure where it is anymore...
Decorated Sewing Basket: The tag said it was Chinese. There's a similar one in worse condition in my mom's sewing area. I guess it belonged to my great-grandmother.

It's always fun to find things you recognize while walking around antique stores, thrift shops and garage sales. Thank goodness for phones so I can act like Mom is walking right beside me ;) I look forward to when I actually can be looking for treasures right beside my mom, mother-in-law, sisters-in-law, etc again... patience!