We're still alive

We are still alive and well! We are liking Billings and adjusting to life here. Tim still loves his job and we have made friends in ward with young kids who keep me and the boys busy while Tim's at work. Our house will be done in 4 days! I can't believe it. So we are busy packing the few things we brought to the apartment. The rest is still packed in a storage unit which makes things easy to move. Here are some pictures of what we've been up too. The lake, family reunion, state fair and visiting Utah.

My little buddy

Conner is getting so big and it makes me a little sad. He is really funny though so it makes up for all that growing up stuff! Lately he is obsessed with doing things on his own. Getting dressed, making his bed, putting his shoes on, etc. all things that he should and can do. He doesn't like to accept any help, even if is arm is stuck in the top hole of his shirt and the rest if his body on the other side. Most days he ends up with something on backwards or inside out. My favorite is when his underwear is backwards and inside out. Has to be comfortable right? Even if you tell him it's on wrong he will tell you it's not. Here are some pictures of him. I'm posting this from my phone so I can't write a caption by the pictures. But in one he is wearing his shirt tucked into is underwear. The other is a day that we had just gone swimming and it was near bedtime so I told him we would just change him after his bath into pj's. He didn't like that so he got some clothes from the dirty clothes to wear. The shirt is Drew's, and has dried ice cream all over it, and it's inside out( I was surprised at how well it fit) and the shorts are his. Backwards. No underwear. This kid is awesome. We like him. A lot!

Nummy Ogurt

We are trying to keep busy out here but the kids and I are going a little crazy. It has rained and been cold everyday keeping us from going to the park or on a walk. I haven't been able to find a play area indoors for the kids. What no jump on it? I know I know crazy. The mall doesn't even have a play area. There is one place that has one and that is McDonald's, and I don't want to go there EVERYDAY even though I'm pretty sure they put something in their coke to make you never stop thinking about it. So today was the first day without rain and we braved to 50 degree may weather and went to the park.

The other day Conner was playing a learning game and it said, y makes the sound yuh like yummy yogurt. Later I asked him what sound y makes, he responded with, "nummy ogurt." A for effort! I liked it so much I've asked him to say it at least 10 times in 3 days.

Montana

Here's a quick catch up on our family. Tim was finally called to go to training in Oklahoma City. He left March 3rd and was there until April 25th. I stayed in Utah with the boys and we went to visit him half way through and stayed for 10 days. It was so nice to be together as a family again. From there Tim went straight to Montana and I flew up and met him to find a place for us to live. Then I went back to Utah to pack up all of our stuff, and he came back to visit and move us on May 11th. He was in Utah for a week and it was jam packed with lots of things. My sweet grandma passed away and her funeral was on May 12th which was also Drew's 1st birthday. We had a lot of packing, parties, and get together with friends and family. We left for Billings on May 19th, my parents, sister and her kids came with us to help get us settled in. Tim started working again yesterday and my family went back to Utah so its all starting to feel real now. I'm sad to leave our family and friends, but am so grateful that my own family is back together again. Tim already LOVES his job and got to talk to his first real airplane yesterday which was so exciting for him. We are building a house out here which is exciting and stressful at the same time. I wish I has a personal decorator who could come pick out the cabinets, counter tops, carpet, wood flooring, paint and exterior for me. I feel completely inadequate to do so, but hopefully it wont turn out a complete mess. For now we're in a little apartment in an older area of downtown and cant wait for our house to be finished at the end of August. Hopefully for my mom and Tim's mom's sake I will update this blog a whole lot more while were out here. If you ever want to visit Billings MT you always have a place to stay with us!

Here are our family pictures from August.