Our Place:

Dining Room

Kitchen

Living Room

There are still things that could be done, and that have been done since these were taken, but here is what we have so far...

All thanks go to Sam for taking the living room wall from flat green faux suede to "tomato red".

girl's trip

Maggie and I went to Moscow while Sam was in San Francisco for Clerkship training. Our flight there was great-Maggie sat in her seat the whole time and kept pointing and saying "guy", "boy", "two boy". I was just glad she didn't add any adjectives... She also kept saying "It's fun!"-that made flying more fun for me. The trip home was not so smooth (delayed baggage, high pitched wails from the kid, and tiredness).
But, we had a great time in Moscow. We got to stay at my parent's, and visit some friends and see the cousins. We went down to Lewiston one night to visit the Creasons, which was also a lot of fun. Maggie no longer has a fear of Duncan (Auntie Kayla's boxer), unless he tries to lick her, and every once in a while she will say "Duncan" out of the blue- I guess he made an impression on her.
We got home, did laundry (once our luggage arrived) and headed to Boise for Sam to be sworn into the Idaho State Bar. He is an attorney now, it is official! We had a great time there, and appreciated the quickness of city drivers. Here in Pokey the people are real slow to go at a green light, so it was nice to be able to move.
We have had snow, and it is chilly and sunny today, so I am officially in Fall mode, and bought canned pumpkin at Costco, and have my candles going, and am ready for the cool weather. I have some pictures of our place, but they will have to wait-I hear a baby upstairs.

our trip to moscow

Trying to get a picture of the cousins is definitely challenging. They were so excited to see each other.

Maggie helped Pop Pop wash his car...

And the cousins formed a little trio.

(minus Amelie-they can make it a quartet once she can sit up.)

maggie was right:

She is going to have a little sister!

We had our first doctor's appointment here yesterday. Sam and Maggie came along, and everything went great. We weren't expecting to have an ultrasound, but we got snuck in! Our little girl looks great, and is measuring right at 24 weeks (except for her legs which were at 25 weeks, and her head which was 23 weeks), so the due date of New Year's day stays the same. We got to see her stick her tongue out and her little hands right up by her face. It was a really good machine and tech, so we got to see a lot, and it was nice to not have to wait and wait to get an ultrasound.

So, I get to keep all the girl stuff, and I think I am ready to get crafty with some girly things...

Tumbleweed...

Sunday evening we were looking for something to do, so we were going to go to Costco. They close at 6:00, and it was 5:58 (or so). So then we were going to go to K-Mart, they close at 6:00, too. So we headed to American Falls. On the drive over we passed through a dust storm, and tumbleweed was blowing across the highway, and then some blew straight at us. It was pretty exciting. You don't get anything like that down South, or on the Palouse.
American falls had a grocery where we got some ice cream bars, and a park where Maggie played. It is a tiny town, but it was somthing to do, and we had a good time.

Eastern Idaho State Fair

Here we are.

Pop Pop and Nanette came to visit us and we all went to the fair.

No rides for us (maybe next year), but we saw a lot of animals, ate fair food, saw a hypnotist, and saw a lot of local color...

Ice Cream with Nanette.

Cattle Barn!

This cow was not happy, and was letting everyone know it.

Maggie was not happy with all the angry noises.