Happy Birthday Natalie...and Happy Halloween!

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY NATALIE!!!

Yes, our little girl turned four years old, and we are so proud of her. My mom came out to visit, which was a huge help, especially when I got the flu for a few days...as did Natalie and Kyle! Kyle was actually gone most of the time and missed both of her birthday celebrations, but work has been crazy busy the last month. He's been spending a lot of time in Gillette and North Dakota, but we're glad he's home now. He got to spend his first Halloween tonight with the kids. It was great. Anyway, not much else is now here. We're all trying to stay healthy, washing hands a lot, and we've been enjoying a bit of Fall weather that seemed to pass us by a few weeks ago. I'm getting ready for three craft shows this month! Here are some photos of the last three weeks...

Natalie and her first Barbie... yea?

Uncle Tracy and my mom were both here visiting for the birthday dinner at Grandma Jill's

Karrie's new Corgie puppy Bo. He is so adorable and I've convinced myself we need one... sometime.

Nattie on her new big girl bike Kyle and I got her

And here is the pig cake that was supposed to be for the party for her friends, which we canceled because everyone was sick! For months she's been asking for a pig and a chicken for her birthday, and I figured this was the next best thing. Thanks for the decorating help, Mandy!


While Cousin Madison was here we took the kids to the pumpkin patch, which was a lot of fun, even though we were a little late in the season.

Both grandmas with the cousins

Grammie with Nattie and Beckett


Beckett is really good at giving kisses and is so much more expressive with his face now. He's a lot of fun to play with! He's also pulling himself up and walking around the table now, so it won't be long now until he's walking!


And here's Beckett the Bull on Halloween. It's the costume Natalie wore when she was two and it fits him perfectly! He was the bull and Daddy was the rodeo clown...

And Miss Natalie was the horse...with a blue face. She saw Daddy's face paint and had to have some.


Taylor and Natalie...I love this picture! Natalie has always followed Taylor around like a puppy since she was little. We went to Mandy's for the evening (no one trick or treats that far out of town where we live) and went around her block and had hot chocolate. It was actually pretty warm tonight, which is a huge change from the last two years.

Family picture
Mandy has the best yard decorations!

Well, that's about it from Way Out Yonder. Hope you all are doing well and getting ready for the holidays! Hugs to all.

Hello again! The last few weeks have been busy with play dates, trips to the park, a wedding, preschool, time with friends, Sunday mornings at church, 80 degree days and SNOW, Kyle working much more and BECKETT CRAWLING! Yes, it has been exciting. In the last two weeks we've managed to go from nice spring weather to about a week of fall to several inches of snow. We did get to the park a lot because we feared the cold weather was coming quickly, and we were right. Farmers have been scrambling to get their sugar beets harvested before lots of snow, and the horses all have their fuzzy winter coats now!

Natalie has been busy at preschool, creating lots of fun projects and learning many new songs. She just loves it and has a great time. We started some simple therapy with Beckett last week to strengthen his left leg because he doesn't use it a lot when he scoots around on his bum. The therapist was a little concerned the ligaments would not develop evenly and might throw him off when he started walking. We have "homework" to do with him, and Kyle and I were doing just that Saturday night when he simply took off ans started crawling! He now does about 1/2 scooting (when he wants to go really fast) and 1/2 crawling (when he wants lots of applause and attention). I'm just so proud of him because the therapist said very few kids will crawl once they've learned another effective mode of transportation...he's been scooting since July. Needless to say we are so pleased with his progress and expect him to walk within the next month or two.

This is the third day Kyle has been gone for work and we expect him back very soon, though it could take a lot longer with the bad weather that's moved in on us. Things are picking up a lot at work, which is great, but we miss seeing him at home so much! We're excited to celebrate Natalie's 4th birthday pretty soon, and my mom is driving in this weekend to celebrate with us. Hope you all are happy and healthy...maybe enjoying a bit of the fall weather that passed us by!


This is how a Tharp scouts for deer on a 35 degree Wyoming morning... yes, she's been gong with Daddy to hunt a little.


Naked Cowboy...he thinks it's great to crawl around in nothing but his cowboy boots. How much cuter could he get? Not much.


This is a determined face if I've ever seen one!

And here is Natalie making a snow angel today. Grandma and Grandpa came in to have lunch with us and spent some good time visiting.

Grandpa Guy and Nattie playing tag in the snow

And Grandma Jill and Beckett hanging out inside... where it's warm!

Have a great weekend!!!