Friday was Kidapalooza in Missoula, a fundraiser to benefit the Children's Museum and all the programs they put on. Jessie rode her first real pony, which she insisted was a horse, not a pony. She seemed to like the ride in spite of the required helmet and the upper 90 temperatures. After that we hit the gymnastics course and sand pit before Mom and Dad insisted on some AC in a restaurant. On Saturday we went to a co-worker of Greg's place on Flathead Lake. Jessie loved swimming in her boat. The dogs got completely worn out too fetching and swimming all afternoon.
Jessie and I went up to Bigfork, MT last Friday to hang out with Heather and Hanna. We also got to spend some time with the newest addition to the Konen family, April. Jessie was fine with April and long as I wasn't holding her. We spent Friday on the shores of Flathead Lake and then had dinner at Burgerville. By Saturday the girls had had enough of sharing and were getting a bit cranky after their big day the day before. Here are a few pictures Heather and Keith took.
We have been busy the last week doing some major (for us) landscaping. Our setback is HUGE (~ 1300 sq. ft.) and every square inch covered with thirsty grass. So last Friday we rented a sod cutter and in 1.5 hours Greg got it all cut up. He could hardly move on the 4th, it worked him over so badly. After that we went to town piling up all the grass to create center raised beds. We have friends that did this and it looks great, you just have to be patient. The idea is you let it breakdown over a year and then next year you have nice rich soil to plant stuff in. We're rocking in the rest of it and making a little walkway out front (the sidewalk ends at our neighbor's house). Next year we'll plant some aspen and drought-tolerant shrubs and flowers in the beds and have them on drip irrigation. We've got one side pretty much completed. Just need to go on some rock hunting trips to line the walkway and bed with bigger rocks. Unfortunately our camera just officially bit the dust as you can see from the last photos, and just when we had spent $50 bucks on a new battery! Figures. I'll have to go get another one immedialmete.
