Sunday, September 10, 2017

Odds and Ends

For Labor Day weekend we decided that Ethan needed a break from working on the house. We headed to The Reef water park in Billings. The kids loved the park and Sean and I really enjoyed the water slides. We had dinner at Ethan's favorite place, Red Lobster, and Sean decided he wanted to try lobster. He loves shrimp and had heard that lobsters tastes like shrimp so he wanted to try it. He tried one bite and said he liked it but upon on the second bite decided he didn't. 
 The weekend provided good rest for everyone, except the driver. 


We are all tired of the smokey skies and ready to see our mountain views and big sky's again. The evenings are starting to cool and we have enjoyed some time outside despite the smoke. 



Mikayla and Finn wrapped up their summer swim lessons. Mikayla had really started making wonderful progress. Their teacher let them pick a pool toy to keep, Mikayla chose a rocket. 
Mikayla has been begging me for some girl time and to get our nails done. I finally made an appointment for the two of us but had something come up at work. Grandma went in my place and Mikayla enjoyed her first manicure and pedicure. 


We think all 9 chickens are laying eggs. We are getting 4-8 eggs a day. The kids and I enjoy gathering eggs, all but one is laying them in the coop nest boxes, so we still have an Easter egg hunt everyday. 
We finished running the radiant tubing and making all the connections back to the boiler. We are all set to have it hooked up and ready to heat by next week! 


 We also finished framing the majority of the walls. We have a small wall to do once we revamp some more plumbing. 

Since Mikayla is in school in the morning I told mom that I wanted her to start actually enjoying retirement. She has enjoyed reading Zane Gray books and thinking of old recipes that Grandma Irene used to make. Her and Mikayla made spudnuts the other day. Mikayla enjoyed learning how to knead bread.  They have also enjoyed some time painting. I have enjoyed seeing Mom and Mikayla have quality time sharing these moments. 










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