Rapid City Visit

Hey All! I got into Rapid around 930am Wednesday, July 4th. The trip over went good and Cooper was good, just not a whole lot of sleeping! I left from Missoula at 7pm and got into Billings around midnight. I didn't want to get a hotel so was going to sleep in the car - well didn't feel comfortable anywhere around there and went on to a rest stop about 20 miles out of Billings. Finally laid down around 1am and slept on and off till 5am. I then hopped back on the interstate and kept going.

Brian worked me like crazy yesterday digging post holes with a two man auger! Sucked Big time! The ground is clay and there are rocks and it didn't work that great... 31 holes! I think he is going to have someone come and finish 15 or so of them - make them a little deeper... We went to the lake yesterday too! It was really nice - we are actually heading back over there in about an hour. Brian is at work till 9am, then we will go get the doggies and head to the lake. I am hoping to shoot the guns a few times and then we will swim again. Bear loves to swim. He just jumps in and swims nonstop. Cooper only goes in to fetch things.

This is a picture of Sheridan Lake where we were yesterday and heading back today!

Best of Friends

These boys drink so much water!!! They play so hard that they can easily empty two or three bowls of water in an hour! It is crazy. Cooper loves having Bear around. They get along so well and just really enjoy each other. I have really come to love Bear too. At first, the whole puppy thing was a little annoying, but Bear is such a great dog! I will definitely miss him when he has to return to his daddy!! - But I am sure his daddy will be happy to have him back!

Bear and Coop

Bear and Cooper have become great friends! This past weekend was there second time hanging out and they wore each other out again!

Bear is in Missoula now with Cooper and I. We are going to take really good care of him until

April 20th. Brian is going to Cincinnati for some training for work. Bear is almost 5 months old!

Living the Life

Almost! This is my kitchen counter I built. The sink just needs put in as it is just sitting there right now. I then will attach the plumbing. It went pretty good. I will most likely be building another one eventually for the wall to the left of this picture. I still need to finish the walls in the kitchen and then tile to the back of this picture. There are a couple of tiles I will replace while I am tiling. The bathroom still needs some work and I hope to eventually tile the shower. Still need to trim throughout and put some transitions down between rooms. At least there will be a kitchen sink if all goes well with the plumbing stuff!!!

The Tiling Project

Check out the before and after of the hallway! This was pretty easy today. I need to work on the bathroom tile and then add the partial tiles- all I have done is the full tiles...

Dogs and Bruises

Wow, two nights in a row I blog!!! Played softball tonight. We have a double header tomorrow night and then the season is over. I am ready for softball season to be over. I told a guy today I was not going to play on their team this year... Too much going on!
Sierra and Zion will be leaving soon. Scott is coming back Wednesday night, so I will probably get rid of them Thursday - maybe Wednesday night... I love them to death but it's tough taking care of three dogs - especially when they are all capable of different amounts of exercise and eat different foods and want to eat the other dogs food, they bark three times more, and they are harder to keep track of when at Kelly Island or wherever! It will be nice just to have Cooper and get to spend more one on one time with him.
If you look through the blog pics (mom) you will see one of my high stomach area - the bruises from all the work I have been doing - we will just say that sometimes I choose to do things the hard way! Right MOM??? :-)
Good night!

New Truck and New Shower!!

I had a busy weekend. Worked a lot and got a good amount of stuff done. Got the hardibacker up on the shower wall and then put up the wall surround. It was a lot of work and I didn't do it exactly the way others might (mom!) but I got it done and that is all that matters - right Mom??? :-) I also cut a bunch of hardibacker for the bathroom floor, painted the bathroom and got a couple of things brought over from my apartment. I have to be moved out of there next week - the end of August. My house will definitely not be where I had hoped, but I will but everything in the garage and continue...
I also have a new truck! I love it, the dogs love it too - as I have been keeping Zion and Sierra for the last couple of weeks.
Well, I must try to get a picture loaded on here and head to bed!!! Good night!