Life with Adie & Emmy!: July 2009

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

Emery is rolling over! She's been doing it for a while now, I'm just slow to post! She actually did it the first time at her 4 month doctors appointment... I guess she felt the need to show off! She's growing up so quickly... how does time fly so fast?

Wyomming & Montana - Part 4 - Airshow

Our last stop on our Montana/Wyoming trip was in Cheyenne, WY. Every summer they have the Cheyenne Frontier Days complete with concerts, rodeos, a carnival, air show and food galore! Apparently it is a huge to do and so much fun. We have never made it up there even though it is only about 2 hours north of the house. This year the annual airshow coincided with the day we were coming home. With a whole lot of begging on my part Jeremy finally agreed to stop and spend the night in Cheyenne so we could go early the next morning. We had planned to go to the other parts of Frontier Days after the airshow but we were all just way to exhausted! So maybe next year. But the airshow was awesome! I truly enjoy airplanes! Thanks Dad for that! I don't have many pics but here are a few!

Having a great time!

USAF Thunderbirds

Awesome!!!

Monday, July 27, 2009

Wyomming & Montant - Part 3 - Devil's Tower

After a few days in Biddle, we packed up and headed out. On the way home we took a detour to one of America's National Monuments, Devil's Tower! It always amazes me what is out there to see. It is always way cooler than I think it will be or than pictures does it justice. What an amazing world we live in! If you ever get a chance to visit one of these great National Forests or Monuments by all means GO! You won't be disappointed!

My first look... WOW!

look at the pretty red mountains near by

of course I have to take pictures of the signs... it's a must for all good scrapbooks!

Prairie Dog Farm

Adie wanted her picture taken with the Prairie Dog... do you see him in the background?

getting closer, so cool!

Inside the visitor's center there was this picture. It told of an old fable about how the Tower was made. The tale is that an Indian boy was running from a bear and arose from the ground was this tower than lifted him up toward the sky keeping the bear from being able to get him. As the bear climbed up the tower it's claws caused the striations in the rock. Interesting what people came up with!

I know you've already seen a few pictures of Devil's Tower, but it's beauty and grander just amazed me I kept having to take more shots!

the rock bed at the bottom of Devil's Tower.... you can see how huge it is with Colby, Adie and Jeremy sitting near the bottom.

and yet another picture

Colby atop a rock... this is a great place for the kids to climb! and they love it at any age!

The tower up close... see the striations in the rock, they go from top to bottom

so cool!

Climbing Adie... she was so proud of herself!

What an awesome day!

Wyomming & Montana - Part 2 - All Things Biddle!

Sunday morning we headed to Biddle, Montana (south east corner). A wide spot in the road where Jeremy's dad grew up. It is a place all it's own for sure! No cell service and all things country, ranching and farming!

This is the store in Biddle. The local place to get all of your needs as well as the hangout. Jeremy's Uncle Owen and Aunt Connie are the proud owners of it!

front of store

We had to have our picture taken in the store... after all there are plenty of chairs for visiting and posing for your next family picture! The kids really enjoyed getting treats and "putting it on Grandjan's tab"

Granjan treated Catherine and Adie to a tour of the refrigerator... complete with chill! burr!

I really love the wide open out doors! Beautiful!

It's haying time in Biddle so we joined in... tractor rides and all!

Do you see the size of this tractor? Crazy huh!

Cousin Cole and Colby bailing hay. It's really very interesting how it's done.

Grandma Erma & Grandpa Rollie's House

Adeline, Catherine, Grandma, Emery & Colby

Colby, Adeline, Emery, Grandpa and Catherine

Adie and Papa on his birthday

Adie renamed "Grandpa" to "Papa" and he Love's it so we're working hard to keep her calling him Papa... too cute!

Pretty!

3 deer running in front of Owen & Connie's house... so cool! God's creatures are absolutely amazing even more so when you see them in the wild.

Little Powder River runs through Biddle

And a trip to Biddle just wouldn't be complete without a Horse ride!

Colby and Lazy Charlie

Once again our entire family in a picture... really amazing seeing as how this requires me finding someone else to take the picture and Colby to be in town!

Adie riding Charlie

And one more adventure for our Biddle trip....

Colby drives! Can't you tell he's excited? Not really we had to make him drive... crazy huh!

Wyomming & Montana - Part 1 Kelsey's Wedding

One of Jeremy's many Rumph cousins got married last weekend in Gillette, WY. We rounded up the kids and headed North to join all of the Rumph uncles and cousins. It had been quite a while since we had seen almost everyone so it was great to catch up! We always have a great time with everyone!

I wish I had a great picture of the bride and groom - Kelsey and Chris but I didn't manage that one! But I do have great pictures of the kids at the wedding! They had a great time dancing and playing with each other. Catherine and Adie were so happy to unite again this summer! They have both been talking in anticipation of when they would get to play this summer!