Halloween - office style.....

Today was our Halloween party at work. We had a costume contest and a pumpkin carving contest. We had more participation this year than ever before. Here are a few pictures of the festivities.






The "Puking Pmpkin to the left is the one our unit did. We tied for 3rd place.

This, obviously, is me. The teeth really make the costume, don't you think?????

Fun with the Grandgirls...

Last weekend Jim, Alyson, Lily and Grace came for a visit. We went to the zoo on a blustery, but fairly warm, October day.

Here is a picture of Lily feeding a very eager goat.

Here is Alyson, Grace and Geezer muggin' for the camera.


The weather on Saturday was very rainy, so we spent most of the day inside playing with the girls.

I am loving on Miss Grace. She is so sweet and so quick to smile.

Geezer is making Grace giggle.


Lily enjoyed playing with the Fisher Price Farm and House. These are the very ones her mom and aunt played with about 30 years ago. Hooray for quality toys!!!

We had a wonderful weekend with the kids and can't wait to see them again soon.

The perils of fishing...

A couple of weekends ago, Shyla and Clay came up for the guys to hit the river and slay some trout. Well......check out the pictures. As you can see, fishing in the wind poses some unique hazards. Bruce has always teased about wanting to pierce his ear - I don't think this is what he meant.



The fun part was me trying to pull it out. Bruce said it didn't hurt, but I beg to differ. It hurt me quite a bit.

And now I leave you with an appropriate quote.....

"The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad." ~A.K. Best

Autumn in Billings....

I took a few minutes after work today to take some pictures of the beautiful fall colors around Billings. Although they are bright, the pictures do not do them justice. Enjoy!!!





In an unrelated subject, I promised someone I would post the following picture (inside joke).

The Fishing Trip....

Shyla and Clay came to visit last weekend. Clay and Bruce spent three days fishing and Shyla and I spent the time shopping and visiting. I hope it was a restful time for both of them because their jobs are pretty high-stress on occasion.

Here are Clay and Shyla acting goofy with Sassy.

I did get them to give me a sweet pose. We always love it when they come to visit, but the trips are always too short. Hopefully we can get down to see them soon.

In other news....

I have had two blue jays visiting my peanut bucket lately. According to my Montana bird book, we are not supposed to even have blue jays. They are so noisy but fun to watch. They are also little pigs when it comes to the peanuts. They almost always try to put two in their mouths at once!

Here is a picture of one of the Jays in my peanut bucket. I also have 4 squirrels that come for the peanuts. They romp around the porch and snarf down all the peanuts they can. They also take the nuts into the yard and bury them. They are so much fun to watch. One even tried to shimmy up the shepherd's crook that holds my bird feeders. It was a hoot.


Here's one of the squirrels snarfing down peanuts. They are surely trying to fatten up for winter.

Another thing we did while Shyla and Clay were here was to celebrate Bruce's birthday. It was a Seahawk's themed birthday this year.

All in all, September has been a fun month so far!!!!!

Ladies' Retreat 2010...

This last weekend was our annual Ladies' Retreat at Yellowstone Bible Camp. The Billings Ladies were in charge this year and our theme was "There's No Place Like Home". We centered our talks around the Wizard of Oz characters. Our speaker was Becky Holton of Chicago and she did a phenomenal job!!!




This is a picture of our group just before our "Emerald City" tea.

We had 106 women attending our retreat. The weather was beautiful and God richly blessed us with wonderful food, fellowship and life-changing messages. My prayer for you is that you can experience such an event in your life.

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another." Colossians 3:16.

Last night Bruce and I attended the Billings Clinic Classic which included a Beach Boys concert. I won front row seats from a local radio station. The concert was a BLAST!!! There are only two original Beach Boys left - Mike Love and Bruce Johnston. For being 69 years old, Mike Love can really put on a show. The group sang for two hours solid - not once but twice. We went to the 8:00 show, and they had already done a 4:00 show!!

They sang all of the songs that made them famous plus a few others. The audience was up dancing for almost the entire concert. It was so much fun!!!

This is Bruce Johnston on keyboard.

This is Mike Love as he is exiting the stage.

Forgive the quality of the pictures. I didn't know cameras would be allowed and all I had was my phone.

I know that the Beach Boys' music is nostalgic, but if you get an opportunity to see them in concert, it is worth it!!! What a fun evening of great music.