Sunday September 27 2009 by Leland.

This is a back fill Post.  In September we had returned from Oregon and Washington and were soaking up the grand kids again.  The children’s choir was performing at the church and Aaron was in the little one.  As you can see from the photos above (click on them for bigger view) he has mixed feelings about the whole thing.  It was precious. 

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Saturday September 26 2009 by Leland.

It was a pretty, if not a little hot day.  Brittany’s dance class was performing at the park so we had to go.  It was a great day.  In the photos above, Mom gets her ready in costume and stage makup.  We’re in our seats and the performers are on stage.  After we all hear the praise of her teacher (on the left). 

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Tuesday September 22 2009 by Leland.

Glenn and Vickie, Kitten and I and Gordon were at mom’s long enough to pose for some photos.  We had a nice visit. 

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Monday September 21 2009 by Leland.

Years back, Jim acquired a large collection of G guage railroad cars and engines and track etc.  He added to it and then built his Railroad Garden.  The layout, in his back yard sits on the raised hill just off the back porch and circles around in and out of the trees and rocks.  There are bridges, trestles and water features and plants.  It is a wonderful wonderland layout.

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Monday September 21 2009 by Leland.

This day we loaded up Mom and Shirley, Glenn and Vickie and went to Cousin Gloria and Jim’s place near Big Fork.  Rich and Roxie came and we had a super day.  These are the poses.

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Saturday August 15 2009 by Leland.

 Within a few days of the Fair, we were off on a trek to Oregon, Washington and places in between.  One of the first stops was only 125 miles away in Paradise Valley, which is south of Livingston Mt.  This was an invitational Fly In and our great freind Jim had invited us.  There were about 15 or 19 RVs and dozens of planes for the weekend.  As you can see browseing the phots, not all the planes survived but it was a GREAT weekend.

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Thursday June 25 2009 by Leland.

Hot on the heels of the Fly In we headed out to Western Montana to help mom and Shirley while mom had some surgery. Mom had been having major tiredness and other health problems that the doctors finally nailed down to a “Para-Thyroid” problem.  This is not Thyroid.  The Para-Thyroid has to do with how your body uses calcium.  Mom was having major bone density loss and this was the cause.  They removed the bad one and things are back to normal.  The cut was ugly but mom had no pain, no sickness and with the complete success of the operation it was a great week.  We returned to billings on Friday, called to tell them we made the trip home and had to leave a message - they were gone shopping.  Now that’s quick recovery.

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Sunday June 21 2009 by Leland.

This weekend we moved out of our place in Shepherd and attended the BFM Fly In.  There were about 15 RVs camping at the field.  There were about 75 registered pilots and around 150 airplanes.  Some were very nice big aerobats and a good mix of electrics and helicopters.  It was a fun weekend.  We didn’t attend the Saturday night dinner because we had dinner planned with Bobby and all in town.  I won a few trinkets at the pilots drawings.  I bought one raffle ticket which, as always is merely a dontation.  My luck doesn’t let you even imagine winning a prize.

 Lots of Fun and a Good Getaway.

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Thursday June 18 2009 by Leland.

Cathy’s Brother Bobby and his two boys, Seftin and Jacob came over from Troy for a visit.  Cathy and the guys went out to Pompey’s Pillar for a walk around and it really sparked some interest in history in the boys.  We had a nice dinner out at the Golden Corral while they were here too.  Betty just loved having them visit.  We wish they were closer.

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Friday June 12 2009 by Leland.

As almost none of you know I have been looking since last year for a pickup to be able to haul some stuff around out here on the acreage and to have a second vehicle so that one of us isn’t trapped if the other decides to go to town.  Well this week we found the ideal vehicle for us.

This blue monster, dirty and rusty and dented showed up on one of the parking lots along Main Street.  People are always selling vehicles on these lots and we had been watching.  We  pulled in and looked the beast over.  Not bad, fair tires, totally broken tail gate, no glass smashed, banged in passenger side door, and as a bonus, a 4 ton winch on the front.  (What the heck do I need a 4 ton winch for)  But the price was nearly right so we phoned the guy and set up a time to try it out.  Long story short, it did work, we bought it cash and drove it home. 

Now the adventure begins.  When the grandkids were out and saw it, we compared it to their old 80’s Ford that they had for a while to drive to school with.  They called it “Old Blue”.  I told them this was new blue but they decided that as it was so much newer (a 93 vs an 85) that it must be Old Blue’s grandson.  So they named it Baby Blue.  Now you know the rest of that story!

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