Fire

The same weekend as Casen's birthday, a bad fire came thru this area. It was acutally 5-8 small fires that all blew together and made one nasty fire. It was just across the river from us and actually jumped the river just down from us. In total I think it burned somthing like 500,000 acres. Fire crews from all over the western states are still camped out in town. The whole valley was coverd in smoke and ash and it is still blowing around. It was pretty scary for quite a few folks and some ranchers lost all their grazing and hay. I was able to snap a few good pics of the sunset...along with my new gray mare and her filly.

Casen's 1st Birthday

I realize I completely missed the summer, but I will update when I have the laptop with all the pictures. Last weekend our lil' boy turned 1..yikes! He is such a fun boy and changing each day. His newest thing is to dance to any music, radio, cell-phone or even in church. During the musical number yesterday, he stood up and with one had he led the music and danced, all while singing in his sweet babbly voice. Then proceeded to clap, I'm not sure if it was for the girl singing or for himself...either way he gets the attention :) I love him and he makes me laugh every day. Back to his birthday. We made a cake and he was very excited about it. He shared to nicely with everyone, even if you didn't want the leftover frosting on his fingers. He found out where his Grandma had the ice cream and scoop, and we spoiled him. The last picture is when he bit into the ice cream, he thought it was cake. My sister came over as well, with her new daughter Kylee. It was such a fun day. I just can't believe how quickly this year went by. I am blessed to be home with him each day and love this life.