Fair Days, wedding, and lonely

Last weekend was fair days on the Clearwater River in Orofino. I didn't realize how gross fair is, nothing like bring a big thing of hand sanitizer. We got off work Thursday, got ready and went to the fair. Addy started crying at first so I rode with her the rest of the night, her little giggles, remarks on how fun it is, made me happy. I didn't exactly feel good by going in circles on rides, I am sure I almost puked up my haystack. Thursday was the only day we could spend at the fair because Saturday was Chinele and Travis' wedding. They didn't have anyone to take pictures so I took some and my mom has photoshop so I tried to make them look good, I don't know if I did a good job, I tried. It was a busy weekend. Josh was camped out for hunting season again. Hope he gets something soon, it's expensive and lonely this time of year. 

Breast Cancer

I recently probably wrote that my grandma Sonja has cancer in  her right breast. This was a big shock to our whole family, luckily she went in for a check up and had a monogram and found she had a lump in her duct. The doctor took immediate action to get the cancer out, she later had her first surgery and we got the call this week that they got it all it didn't spread and she will be taking another action to make sure it stays that way. My sweet grandma has always been there for me, I am lucky that she can teach me things that will help me for the rest of my life. I hope Addyson one day has a grandma like mine. Right now, I am thanking my lucky stars that Addyson is getting taught the same things she and my grandpa taught me. We canned pickles, harvest corn, green beans, and a few other yummy veggies out of their amazing garden. Blessed.

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend came up fast! We weren't ready for our last camping trip of the year. Josh is doing archery hunting this September and opening day was Labor Day weekend. We went out to a pretty place called the "Northfork." We love it out there, we only saw half of our friends and family out there. Even Dux got to see his sister and his parents. Although his dad wasn't thrilled about him and his hyper personality, he was sure excited to see them. Almost makes you wonder if they remember who they are. Dux is a lot bigger than his sister, she was the runt, as her own told me. Purple Beach is where Dux, Addyson and I spent our afternoons when Josh was in the woods. He didn't get a shot but heard lots of bulls, and cow elk moving around. Getting an elk would feed our family clear to next season. It may seem horrible to kill an animal, a pretty one at that, but we've grown up on that kind of meat, and now that we are out on our own, we know how expensive it is to buy meat. I love just regular beef, but nothing like lean, natural, no processing, just good old meat. I'm sorta getting off track with my post, but we had a great time. Addyson and I made marshmellows, I didn't bring all the goodies to make smores, but it was fun just roasting marshmellows and having a hotdog. Well, Addyson didn't have a hotdog, since I grabbed the ones that says "HOT" on them. They were a little spicy, but she had lots of pancakes! Dux and Paco did good at guarding camp, we all slept well in our cots. We also had a flat tire! That was scary. Looked like we ran over a screw. We got it all fixed out at camp, thanks to the ones we were camping near. It took us three hours to get out to camp and three hours back, it was a long drive, but a lot of fun camping and riding fourwheeers, not to mention the drives in the mountains!

Addyson @ Three Years

Addyson recently went to see her doctor. Dr. Justice, is a nice lady and is really pretty. Her office is filled with cute pictures of her own children, I thought they were just random photographs/canvas'. I can sure tell when my girl is getting big. She let the doctor and nurse do all the standard check up stuff. She didn't resist doing anything, breathed for her, let her look in her mouth. It was nice to not have a screaming child. She didn't like getting a shot though, that made me sad, but before that she was telling me to "shut up" and I don't know where she learned that, but I told her she is going to get in trouble if she keeps saying it, and right before the nurse came in she said it again. Little stinker! She then got a shot and didn't know what was going on. In a way I was like I wonder if she thinks this is punishment for saying "shut up," so after that was said and done, she got a sticker and a little sucker, which made a mess in the pick-up.

Here are her stats.

Weight: 32.2 lbs. (56% tile)
Height: 36.5 '' (26% tile)