labor day

We spent the weekend camping.

It was perfect (minus the wind). I am glad we got one more camping trip in before it is too cold to go. This was only our second camping trip of the year. Definitely not normal behavior for us. :)

Gage loves being outside so it was definitely a hit with him.

He did a lot of giggling.

A lot of sleeping.

And made a lot of goofy faces.

We sure love spending time with him.

Windy Wind

Yes, it is super windy today.  The news said 50+mph.  I was hoping to come home and see all the siding falling off my house so we'd have an excuse to get new siding or something.  

Well I wasn't completely wrong.
 

But I am pretty sure one panel isn't enough to get new siding.  Dang!

Ice Fishing!

We are so excited for it to be Ice Fishing Season!! We were thinking about going tomorrow and trying out dad's new gas Ice Auger. But there is a storm rolling in and it is suppose to be a good one! There is a possibility of a few inches in the valleys. Of course it seems like all the snow and rain just kinda skip over our little valley.... so we more than likely won't get much.

You would think that would be a good thing... for the weather to skip over us and to have a mild winter, but at the same time, if we are going to have the below freezing temperatures, we might as well have the snow to go along with the temps! :)

It was nice today, in the lower 50's. But right now the wind is blowing like crazy. I am hoping that our trees and house are still standing in the morning.

Other than that... not much happening around here today.

I am super excited to watch American Idol soon. It is tempting to get our dish hooked up again or get cable so we can watch. How lame am I? But I am thinking we will just end up at Mom and Dad's house on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. I hate when I get so consumed into watching a TV show. It seems silly. But I sure enjoy it anyways! As long as it is only one show that I just can't miss.

Well I guess enough of this rambling. I will be back when I actually have something to say. :)

Sleep?

Who needs sleep? I'd rather stay up and listen to the wind howl all night!

WIND!

It is sooo windy today... the whole valley is a big dust bowl! You can't go outside without ruining your hair or getting dust in your eyes... Thankfully I always wear my hair up, so the wind doesn't bother my hair, just my eyes! But It's kinda a gloomy depressing day. If it would rain or storm it would be fine, but the wind is miserable!

Piute Reservoir

Today (Saturday) Dustyn, Bruce and I went to Piute Reservoir to go fishing. We tried to fish for a little while, but the wind was blowing and so we gave up and basically just hung out. It was nice and relaxing. Bruce kept peeing all over, marking his territory I guess... but man oh man... he left a pile of poop that will make anyone gag... and it was right up wind. So we spent the whole day smelling wonderful Bruce smells. I was quite surprised, when we got to the lake he went to get a drink and basically plunged into the lake. It was pretty funny.... then we had the lovely wet dirty dog smell as well. A day full of smells. But lots of fun.

We took a little camp stove and made potatoes with onions and bacon... and bratwurst with sauerkraut and mustard! YUMMY! Good stuff! Then we just hung out and complained about the smells coming from Bruce (well at least that is what I did).

Here are a few pictures... i was going to take some good ones, but Dustyn forgot that he took the batteries out of the camera bag awhile ago and never replaced them... so at the last minute I remembered that I had my camera phone... but the sun was in my eyes. But they kinda turned out. Dustyn was trying to get Bruce to look at the camera. Not an easy task when you are trying to make a 200 lb animal do anything.