Gilbert

The little baby goat is now two-days-old and cute as can be! Turns out he's a little boy, and we named him Gilbert!

Gerty loves little Gilbert, and the feeling is mutual....




It is so cute to hear his little baby maaaa. He also walks wobbly and he hops a lot -- so cute!


Here's a little video that kind of captures his hopping. He's more active if I'm not in his face with a camera. I was hoping to catch his little voice, but he was quiet. Maybe next time!

Looking Back & Looking Ahead

I got a call last week from my good friend Heidi. I anticipated her message to be the usual, "T! Call me, Cookie!" (we have a lot of nicknames for each other, but her nickname is not PC, so we won't go there! lol)

Instead, her message was, "Hey, I'm in love. I quit my job. I moved back to Montana. Call me."

WHAT!?!?!

When I talked to her this afternoon, she filled me in. Her ex-boyfriend, is her new boyfriend....


And she has moved back to her hometown, Missoula MT. Her backyard was the set of 'A River Runs Through It.' Stunning....


But she was in town grabbing a few last things from the apartment, so Chloe and I stopped by to see her....



Heidi and I lived in this Sugarhouse apartment with roommates for quite sometime....


Being there made me feel very nostalgic about lots of our good times together, and too many inside jokes to name! There was always something fun to do. Moab over Easter weekend was a crazy fun tradition!...



We would walk to Eggs in the City from our apartment just about every single Saturday morning. We would usually split "The Mr. Big." Good times....



We went on lots of walks around our neighborhood, and loved to roam around Westminster College. I always loved the sound of the clock tower!....


I could go on and on, but then it might make me too emotional, so that's all for now. Good luck to Heidi. Cheers to love and happiness!


Enough looking back, after visiting Heidi and reminiscing, it was definitely time to look forward. So Oby, Chloe and I went to Snowbird to check out the accessible playground there. I'm working on my formal plans for Chloe's Sunshine Playground, and needed some inspiration....



The canyon was just stunning. The leaves have started to turn. My cell phone camera pictures DO NOT do it justice, in fact it didn't even pick up any of the red. Just trust me, it was beautiful!...










I've been working with a playground manufacturing company. They have offered their services free of charge (I know -- amazing). I was excited to see their logo on this particular playground!....




I liked a lot of things at this playground, and there are a lot of things I plan to do differently at my playground. All in all, it was a good time, and got me very excited about our plans looking ahead!

Gerty is a Mama!

So I don't know if you remember, but we have a goat.

That I have a goat causes me to laugh almost every single day.

I NEVER thought I would have a goat, of all things! But we had to get some sort of agricultural animal in order to keep our rights, and we do want to get a horse someday. In the meantime, a goat helped us keep our rights and is a lot cheaper, not to mention easier, to maintain. So Gertrude (aka Gerty) adorns our backyard....


So since we got her, she has seemed to get a little bigger around the middle. Not that I'm one to judge, but I did notice the weight gain. We kept wondering if she might be prego, but weren't sure. Tonight, she erased all doubt....




Isn't the baby just so cute? I just wanted to pick it up and cuddle it, but Gerty has those sharp horns, and wouldn't let me anywhere near the little baby..... just close enough to snap a few pictures. Of course we took blankets out to the barn, but Gerty and baby were in the dirt.... they like to be au la naturale, I guess.

I couldn't help but be a tad jealous that little Gerty Jr. was up and walking within the first hour of birth. Maybe I should take Chloe out and get some pointers? Actually, Chloe met a pretty dramatic "inchstone" today during her ABM therapy, and showed off for Grammy and Papa later. More on that later.

So here's the big question. What should we name Gerty's little bundle? I love Gerty's name and want to stick with the "G" theme. We don't know if it's a little boy or girl yet, but in the meantime I'm up for suggestions.

So far I can only think of girl names.... Gilda, Greta, Gwyneth.... Leave a comment and let me know if you have any ideas!

Congrats Gerty!

A Very Eventful Day!

Yesterday was quite a day! We got a lot done & had a lot of fun!

It started out by getting the Halloween decorations up. I LOVE how the front porch turned out!....




THEN we got Chloe's swing hung up in her room! I love how it looks....


And it looks even cuter with Chloe in it!....



Then my brother's family got into town and while the guys went to the gun show (what? lame!), we took the kiddos on a hayride at a pumpkin patch. It was so much fun and I LOVE how the pictures turned out!....










Then the kids were ready for a kids meal and a play toy, so we headed to BK....



THEN we headed to..... drumroll please..... the CIRCUS! My mom tells me I've been to the circus, but since I don't remember it at all, this felt like my first time, and I felt like a little kid! I had so much fun, and so did everyone else!....