Anybody else seeing a trend here???

As I was glancing through my last few posts, I realized that I post about every 2-3 months. So, that thing I said in my last post about me being the world's worst blogger really is the truth. But since I am a glass half full kind of girl and I try my darnedest to find the good in everything, I will say this... At least I am consistent! So, now I am going to try to catch you all up on the last few months...

Let's start with August because it was AWESOME!!!! It was a fantastic month because we got to go on our family vacation. And who doesn't like to go on vacation, right? My family has a cabin in.....the mountains. This is my most favorite place on earth. Since I can remember I have been going there each summer. So, needless to say, I have LOTS of memories that take place here. Its such a treat now to take my own family there. This year we invited Matthew's Mom and Dad to go with us and we had a blast! We took our time getting there and stopped a lot to site see along the way. (Much to Dad-in-law's dismay). He was a good sport though.

At Shoshone Falls... one of our many stops.

This was a beautiful place! Well worth the time to stop.

I love this pic of Eden.
 The wind was blowing so the mist from the falls was really getting us wet. She loved it!

Connor and Matthew's parents
 This was at a scenic overlook along the way. Oh and yes, Connor's Grandma is giving him bunny ears. I tell ya, we can't take these people anywhere; they're always misbehavin'. :)

Connor and Eden
We stopped at some ice caves on the way. They were actually pretty cool. (literally).

After our 10 hour drive, we finally arrived!!!!!

We call this Engagement Rock. Its actually the rock Matthew proposed to me on.
Everybody together now...Awwwww
Edie has a sad face because her little finger got stepped on while we were trying to climb on this monstrous rock.

Go ahead and try to tell me that this is not the most beautiful place on earth. Go on, I dare ya....
All joking aside, it really is gorgeous, right?

 Eden's favorite part of the trip was feeding the Golden Mantels (they are like little chipmunks). Since there are always so many people up at the cabin, these little guys are almost getting to be domesticated. They are not afraid of people at all. In fact, they will come get on your lap to get peanuts. They actually were starting to be little pests after a while; they kept stealing food off the table! One even stole cereal out of Eden's bowl one morning! I went out on the deck and there she was sharing a bowl of Marshmallow Maties with a golden mantel!Connor took his bicycle up and went on lots of bike rides. He's the only one who saw a deer the whole time.

This is the most wonderful vacation because all we do is whatever we want. Our phones don't work up there and there is no TV, so you can forget about all the cares of the world and just veg. We went for walks, skipped rocks in the river, picked huckleberries, sat in the hot pots, roasted marshmallows, etc. I love spending time like that with my family. It was fantastic!

Feeding the golden mantels

Eden and Eve (me)
One day we took a picnic out to a lake near the cabin and just spent the day.

Matthew and Connor hanging out by the creek near the cabin.

You can see how thing quickly get out of hand around here...

Eve showing Eden how to wash the huckleberries. YUM!

Family pic down by the creek

 On to September:

September was a busy busy month!   It was busy enough that we didn't take very many pictures. :(  Which is super unusual for us. I love to take pics of my family. They're just so darned cute! Anyway, this month Connor asked his friend who happens to be a girl (we're not allowed to call her his girlfriend) to Homecoming. And she said YES...

Connor and "K"
Connor and his friends didn't want to pay for pictures at the dance so before the dance I took them to an old barn by our house and snapped some shots. What a bunch of hams!

Connor and his buddy "B"

This month Matthew and I started taking Foster Care classes. Two days a week for 4 hours! Actually the training was fantastic. We learned so much more than we ever imagined. Now we just need to finish the licensing process. We are hoping to adopt, however we know that that may not happen right away and are hoping to give a child(ren) a good home  until their family can be reunited. We'll keep you posted on our progress.

Now for OCTOBER!!!!!! And then you all will be caught up on our lives.

We just celebrated Matthew's birthday!!! I love birthdays and I love Matthew so this was a fabulous day! We had both of our families over for cake and ice cream. I love having everyone over. It's crazy and chaotic and fabulous! A few days before his birthday, we were driving down the street when Eden asked Matthew how old he was going to be on his birthday. "37" he told her. She tactfully replied, "WOW! That's a lot of numbers, huh Mom?" I love 3 year olds, they just tell ya like it is.

I made a Yoda and Darth Vader cake and cupcakes. I made and frosted the cookies then just plopped them on the cake and cupcakes. Cute, right? More importantly though, they were delicious. Probably because I make the best butter cream frosting this side of the Mississippi! Just kidding, it is super yummy though!