Correction. . .

Oops! What kind of doggie mom am I?. . .it was Bailey's 7th birthday not her 6th. Seems like she's still my precious little pup. . .time flies! I guess our pets are not immune to the superfast aging like our kids. Good thing as adults we stop aging. . . What? Why are you laughing?. . . a girl can dream.

Happy 6th Birthday Bailey!!

Yes, our sweet Bailey is a Hallowiener

Weekend in Wyoming

Last weekend we went to Wyoming to visit with Ron's brother Brian and his family and to help with their new house Brian is building. When we got there, Brian had decided he was taking the weekend off and didn't want to work on the house. Ron did talk him into helping him with a few small things he could not do alone.
This is the view from the front porch of Brian's existing house. (This picture does not do it justice-it is a totally breathtaking sight.) It will be the same view from the new house as he is building it right next door.

This is the moose we saw in the river along the road between Idaho Falls and Alpine. He turned to leave by the time I got close enough to get a decent picture.

We had a good time although it was too short. The boys love spending time with cousins and were only in the house for meals and when we made them come in for bed. It is nice to spend time with Brian now that we live closer, but his wife, Kim, was gone for the weekend so I only got to visit with her for about an hour before we left.

I Want My Mommy!!!

Do you ever have days where you just "want your mommy"? I talked with my mom this morning and I just wanted to reach through the phone and be with her. It's been a rough year to not live by my parents and I wish like anything I could be with them to help them through these difficult days.

Grizzlie Soccer - Improving!!!

Just got home from another soccer game. Tonight we had our second game with the first team we played this season. Last time we lost 0-7 or 8. Tonight it was 1-2. Wow, they really did a great job tonight. And that goalie, he has really improved and did a FANTASTIC job.

Fall Catch Up

I know, I haven't been doing a very good job at keeping my blog current. I feel like have been very busy. Doing what you ask, I don't know. So I've been trying to consider what it is that has kept me from blogging, I'm still not sure but here are a few pictures of the current events around our house.

A few weekends ago as I was getting ready for my day I heard sirens, so Nosey Nora that I can sometimes be, went to look out my bedroom window and noticed the fire trucks were coming into our neighborhood. I shouted down to Ron, "they're coming into our sub" as I ran to Jake's room to look out the window, I saw a house on fire a couple of blocks away, as I shouted down to Ron again "it's a house" he was telling me he saw a field on fire. Well we were both right, a house under construction was a total loss, an unoccupied house nextdoor to it was severly damaged, and it jumped the street to a field and the strong winds moved it very quickly, threatening several other houses along the way. By the grace of God, no occupied homes or people were harmed. It turns out it was a case of arson caused by a couple of boys in the neighborhood. It was very scary and could have turned out much differently, and much more tragic.

A common site from our back yard on a Saturday morning, is that of hot air balloons against the backdrop of the mountains. This is always so beautiful to see. A couple of weeks ago, while I was driving Zach to work, Ron and Jake noticed a balloon that was closer to us than usual and it appeared it was going to land in a field next to a school by our house, so they went to watch it land. Here are a couple of pictures from that day.

And of course, soccer continues to keep us busy. Last night was a much better game to watch. They did loose 0-1, but they all played a much better game. Zach has been playing goalie, exclusively, and seems to be getting better each game. He is struggling with a teammate that doesn't seem to trust him and is always in his way. These are the times the ball gets past him and they get scored on. His team has not been very supportive of him and always yell at him when the other team scores. I guess they don't realize it went past all of them before it went past him. It is hard to be the goalie mom, I hold my breath alot, and find I have to bite my tongue when rude spectators also want to blame the goalie. Anyway, last night there were a million shots on goal that Zach did stop before the one that got by during the last 3 minutes. Great effort Zach!!

As I sit watching these games, I am in awe at what a beautiful stadium we have and what a beautiful view of the mountains.

E4D. . .What??

I just returned from the D4D Technologies in Richardson, TX (Dallas) where I attended E4D University. Okay what am I talking about, right? D4D = Dream, Design, Develop, Deliver. E4D = Empowering Dentistry. The E4D is a CAD/CAM unit that will make it possible for us to do same day crowns for our patients. They come in for a crown prep like usual, but instead of an impression, we scan several images of the prep and then design the crown on our computer, then mill it right in our office. No more temporaries. Well once again, I am out of my box with the computer stuff, but it is really cool. We did a lot of scanning and designing and actually milled a couple crowns while we were there. Learned about staining and glazing (also out of my box, an artist I am not). We should be getting our unit installed at our office in the next couple of weeks, I can't wait!!