neice kayli and nephew jake are buddies in florida! gigi took this of them walking to their neighborhood pool. can't wait for johanna to join this exclusive cousin club. we have a little photo album of all the aunts, uncles and cousins that live too far away.

jo and i watched this aspen tree snap off during our april wind storm. its a beautiful snag now that gives our view character.

play, play, play... all day long they play. logan is starting to be able to hold his own with her. he has a powerful cry that let's her know when enough is enough.

johanna pulled out every blanket she could find to give logan the thrill of a fort. she was so excited to finally get the roof on top.

daddy was working in walking distance last week, great for a family lunch break. johanna is talking on her walkie-talkie to pop.
helping logan with breakfast. logan started crawling without fear today. everywhere... and surprisingly quick.

helping logan with a "fort" around his playpen.

northwest montana fair

the garden.... pumpkins, onions, zukes, potatoes, buttercrunch lettuce.... coming along quite nicely. its become johanna and my sanctuary. she is such a good helper. she loves it.

her first ferris wheel ride...

her first hug from a horse...


her first merry-go-round ride... look at that laugh! she loved it!

jo riding in the john deere with reid, cole and taggart. when she drove it, she rode up over a big bouncy ball and scared the boys. coco's house in whitefish.

wind damage as promised, big trees went down. this is on our trail.

this is my favorite picture i've taken of logan. i think because its shows activity! yippee! he's rocking, but ends up crawling backwards. he can barrel roll anywhere he wants to go quickly now.

my handsome little blond boy. i can't stop smooching him! mmmm...

all day long, they play, wrestle and giggle. jo is his favorite toy that he never tires of.

aunt carmen asked for more and she's got it!

going head first down the slide!

contemplative jo.

playing together constantly now! she races me to his room when he wakes up from naps. a few times she has snuck into his room and woken him up saying "more play wogan?"

mom, carmen and kayli and i in 84, pennsylvania walking on the family farm. thank you carmen for always leaving such sweet comments, being such a wonderful sister to me and keeping kayli and trey remembering their aunt julie who lives too far away.


whitefish lake, city beach.

more for aunt carmen!

jo learning to drive home from a hike.

having lunch at glen lake (4mls away) while daddy had a lunch break. johanna says "GO STEELERS!"

crazy hail storm last week.

randoms from the week...

johanna said "mama, i happy."

making mud pies in her white dress. notice the jack-o-lantern bucket. johanna had such a great memory of halloween this year, she won't let me put it away.

my view most days.

johanna knows the names of half a dozen flowers. rose, our neighbor carlos gave us as a house warming gift.

the garden

notice our garden shed... it was our old outhouse. moved of course.

another view of the garden, looks like nothing is growing, but the lettuce, spinich and radishes are there. our last frost was less than a month ago!

our little hiker.

we are growing pumpkins, beans, peas, garlic, cilantro, oregano, yellow squash, green zucchini, eggplant, potatoes and onion all in 5 terraces that daddy built for us out of rock. an Inca-inpspired design that will utilize all the water so it filters downhill.

had to give gigi a good view of the pig tails.

jodi and gary gatts from pennsylvania! a great visit, now if we can just get them to move here!