High Time

Hello to all my faithful readers!  I have seen you popping up on my blog here and there looking for more to read.  I’m so sorry I have been so lax lately about posting.  I have been in the trenches, so to speak, learning a new program.  I recently got Lightroom, a wonderful photo editing program and have been trying to learn that in whatever free time I can grab a hold of.  So I have some treats for you!  Here are some of the photos I worked on today.  I found this little girl fast asleep on my couch today. 

She had been sitting there, all wrapped up in a blanket with a book.

And the next thing I knew she was out like a light.  I was so surprised!  She never takes naps anymore.  Must have really needed some extra sleep.

I love watching my kids sleep.  They are so peaceful and beautiful.    

Our 8th Anniversary

It’s been 8 years!  I just can’t believe it’s been that long!  Since my man and I said, “I do.”  This last year has been one of the hardest for us, facing circumstances and trials that have pushed us to new depths with each other and with God, thus making this one of our best years too.  We have grown stronger together more in this year than any other year since we’ve been married. 

We were blessed by some friends of ours who gave us a night at the Silverwolf Log Chalets just outside of Coram, MT.  What a fabulous place! 

The cabin was so cozy!  Just what we needed to get away and be refreshed! 

Once we checked in and had a little snack, it was off to Glacier National Park!  It’s been several years since we’ve been able to get up to the Park, so it was such a treat!

I love this time of year in the Park.  The busy tourist season is over.  The stores are all closed up for the winter.  There are very few people.  And the colors of fall are setting in. 

We drove along Lake McDonald on the Going-to-the-Sun Road.  The evening light was gorgeous!  The breeze was picking up.  Just enough to make the trees begin to dance in a nice soft sway.           We stopped at the falls.  The water was very low, but the sound of rushing water was so sweet.

Mmm…who’s this man!  I’ve got to go check him out!  Even after 8 years, my heart skips a beat whenever I see him!

We went up to Avalanche Lake trail head, by the Cedar Trail.  That is as far as you can go in the highway this time of year.  They were also doing some repairs on a bridge on the Cedar Trail, so we were only able to walk part of the way.  The forest was enchanted!  It was magical!  The green was so green.  The mist was beginning to fall.  It was quite warm.  And we were together!

It was so wonderful to get away together.  It was too short, as it always is.  But we’ve made some more memories, and they will be with us forever.      

Landscaping! Finally!

When we first moved into this house last February, there was snow on the ground and we had no idea what the yard looked like.  After the snow melted we found that the lawn was really nice, but the landscaping around the house was in terrible, almost nonexistent shape.  It had a really nice cement border all around the house, but the landscaping that had been attempted at some time or other was incomplete and overgrowing.

Someone had put in some nice rock, but had failed to put in the weed fabric before the rock, so the rock was just settling into the dirt.  It also looked like there had only been partial rock work done.  The weeds were even too much to take care of.  We kept them sprayed, but that’s about all we could do with it.  Because of the rocks we couldn’t even get into the beds with a tiller.  So it sat brown, dead and desolate most of the summer.  My heart was aching for some nice landscaping! 

Then…the landscapers finally made it to our house!  I was overjoyed! 

First they dug out and hauled off all the old rock.  It looked 100% better already! 

Then came the new plants!  I was really getting excited!

Just look at that cute little tree!  They planted various types of plants, some to bloom each season!  And look at the ornamental grass!  No one knew I wanted some…and there it is!

And now…for the final reveal!

Ta da!  Isn’t it gorgeous! 

I’m so in love!  It’s done!  All the way around the house!  And…it’s self-watering!  What could be better?!