nother busy week - I suppose they all are from here on out! We've had some fun family adventures out in Kelly lately... went out to Kelly last weekend to celebrate our anniversary! There is a prescribed burn up the middle fork of Ditch Creek, and it was really smokey, so rather than hike up to our wedding spot, we played in Kelly proper. We hit the Kelly School playground, the Landale's, the Hoovers, and last but not least, the Kelly sandwich shop. Here's Madelyn playing on the swing with Sunny.


Mike and Madelyn also joined me in Kelly for our school potluck on Thursday. Madelyn had a great time playing with the "big kids," and exploring every nook and cranny in my classroom. Out of the entire experience, what impressed Madelyn the most was not my guitar, or the cool musical instruments in the art room, or the K/1st grade doves, but my blue "stick-um"... that tacky puddy stuff that you use to hold things up on the board. She was telling her teachers at school all about it the next day. Funny what stays in those little minds!

Today Madelyn and I were busy hitting the garage sale circuit this morning. Then she and Michael went to the last Farmer's Market of the season while I snuck out and helped our friends Margot and Andy pack up their house (in-town move). Margot is 35 weeks pregnant and headed for at least 4 weeks of couch surfing... So many friends helped us out when I was preggo and moving, I can't help but feel like I need to do everything I can for them!

This afternoon Madelyn played around the house with our neighbor Mya (9 yrs old). She just could not get enough, and clearly idolized Mya to no end. Here she is on Mya's porch, waiting for her to come out and play with the squirt bottle.



Meanwhile, Mike was up on the roof getting us all decked out for winter - running some heating cable so that our ice dam disappears this time around!

We're headed to the Shuprine's house for dinner tomorrow afternoon for a full evening of garden harvesting and great friends and food! Can't wait:)!