Winter Is Upon Us

i learned today that i can blog from my phone which is neat since i can post pictures i took with my phone.

More Birthdays

Happy Birthday to my Grandma Cooper!

and also

Happy Birthday to Justin's not so little brother Jared! (It's hard to believe he was only 6 years old when Justin and I started dating)

We love you and miss you both. Have a wonderful day :)

Happy Birthday...

to my Grandpa! We love you and miss you and hope you have a great day :)

Memorial Falls

This past weekend was absolutely gorgeous. Sunny, low 70s, slight breeze. We had to take advantage of the nice weather because, being Montana, it could snow tomorrow. On Sunday we drove out to Memorial Falls, which is less than an hour away.




This is how I like my snow: hiding in the rocks, trying to escape the melting power of the sun.



Some pictures on the hike up to the falls.




I took this picture then walked around the rock and found someone crouching in wall, waiting to scare me.


Creeper.



The lower part of the falls.



Justin.


Likes to make rock piles.



After I almost fell. Wet rocks are slippery.






Upper part of the falls.








Hiking past the falls, the path sort of disappeared and we had to cross the stream multiple times.






On the way back I made Justin stop here.



The 10th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom had the first ICBM stuck in the ground. Since Justin was wearing his 10th t-shirt, it made a good picture opportunity.

It's Just a Jump to the Left

and then a step to the right.


Halloween weekend this year was infinitely better than last year when Justin was on alert.

Friday night we went out to dinner with some friends and met their new puppy. He's a great dane, about 7 weeks old, and the most adorable thing I have seen in a really long time. On Saturday night we went to a party at the squadron commander's house. It was a lot of fun to see everyone from the squadron since Justin is in OGV now and doesn't necessarily see people from the 10th all the time. I volunteered for some stuff in the squadron to be more involved. On Sunday morning we drove across town to this amazing bakery we found only to discover it is closed on Sundays. That was disappointing but we still got donuts, from the commissary, so it wasn't a total bust. We also picked up some candy for the base trick-or-treating.



This candy was gone in 45 minutes. I was hoping for leftovers so we could have some, but as you might expect, military families reproduce at an alarming rate and there were a million children out trick-or-treating. Next year we're going to get double the amount of candy. We saw a bunch of people we knew out with their kids. It was fun to see all the costumes. This year, Buzz Lightyear seemed to be the popular costume choice. To end our Halloween weekend, we watched the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Overall, it was a great weekend.


This is entirely random, but Justin was entertained and wanted a picture so I'll post it here. They say you learn something new everyday. Well on Saturday we learned that squirrels eat birds. It's kind of hard to tell, but there is a dead bird in the squirrel's hands and he's munching away at it.




Every time I open the dishwasher Swirly meows and runs around all excited. I'm not sure why, but she does. The other day I went to collect cereal bowls from upstairs and I came back down and she was in the dishwasher.



I have to end with a precious picture of my baby sleeping to make up for her being mischievous and climbing in places she doesn't belong.