hanging with jim and joe

We met Meg and her boys Jim and Joe at the library last winter. The boys are 3 and 5 and we have been hanging out with them more and more lately. All 3 boys get along smashingly and it's nice to have some adult convo during the day! Last week we went to the fish hatchery in Anaconda followed by some picnic lunch in Washoe park. This week we headed out to Melrose to their cabin to pick vegi's in their garden. The boys played for a few hours while Meg tended to her garden and I sat in the shade chatting it up with her. We had some PB&J's and headed back home. It's nice to get out of the house (but still stay close to home...) and have Cash get some playtime.

::Baby Clara's Room::

We get REAL bored in Butte!!!!

tinsley house

The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman has a living history farmhouse called the Tinsley House. It is an actual house well over a hundred years old that was moved off of property in Bozeman and onto the Museum site. They have opened it up for guests to come in and check out. It's super cute, and they have decorated it with what would have been in the home during that time. They have a beautiful flower and vegetable garden full of foliage that the farmers grew. It's beautiful!



Back porch


Inside the farmhouse





Cash got to pump water and feed the raspberry bushes with the lady that works there. He thought that was pretty cool.








Flower and Vegetable Garden...and some randoms

Thirty-Five Weeks!!!!

So...35 weeks with baby sis! As of Saturday, I will officially be more pregnant than I have ever been! Cash was born at 35 weeks 2 days. I had a doctor appointment this week, and although the doc now thinks I won't make my due date, I am hoping she can at least cook for 2 more weeks. She already has a mind of her own, so when she is good and ready she will make her debut! Can't wait to meet her and see her sweet little face...

Our Lady of the Rockies

We have a 90 foot statue that overlooks the town of Butte called "Our Lady of the Rockies". She was the idea or rather promise of a local man that had a very sick wife many years ago. She was sick and dying and he prayed to God asking that his wife please be saved. If He answered his prayer, he would build a statue dedicated to all mothers around the world. Well, the mans wife was cured, and so he stayed true to his promise. Behold Our Lady of the Rockies. They run tours up to see her every summer. While Aunt Tina was here, we took the van up the mountain to see her. An older gentleman that was acutually a worker while she was being built gave the tour. It was a bumpy ride (ouch 8 1/2 months pregnant!) but worth it! She is huge up close!!!!





The back of her opens up and inside is amazing! It is adorned with notes and pictures paying homage to loved ones that have passed.
There is an crazy amount of Rosary Beads that hang up in the beams. It is something to see for sure! We actually have a bullseye view of the Lady from our bedroom window. She looks so small perched up on the mountain. I am glad we got to check her out up close!




The view of Butte from the mountain...

*Lunch on the Lawn*

Signs that summertime is nearing an end are all around. I feel like we actually just got summer in Montana! Guess we can just hope for a nice fall that last a while longer since we seemed to have gotten the short end of the stick on warm weather. This past Wednesday was the last lunch on the lawn in Bozeman. We packed up our lunches, umbrella and blanket and headed out to soak up some sun and live music. Ryan and Cash had a ball running around the lawn playing together in between bites of lunch.