Ranger Days

Sometimes Ranger Nate goes to do a simple task and disappears for much longer than expected. This happened a few days ago when he went to meet a young lady at our gate. I thought he would be about 20 minutes. I was adding in a few minutes just in case he got chatty. After about 40 minutes I started to wonder, but figured he just started fixing something or was back and just hadn't come home. 

Upon arriving home he tells me that he was oiling the gate when a parasailor landed by him.  Being the nice guy that he is he decided to give the man a ride to the top of Guardsman Pass. Of course that's where he was! Why didn't I think of that?! 

Love this picture! I'm missing this mans long hair. 

6 months

 I snapped a few pictures of Alf to document his 6 month milestone. Sometimes I call him Alf because it reminds me of my grandpa. I sure do miss him. 

Scary Mommy

I'm reading this book, Confessions of a Scary Mommy by Jill Smokler.  It's full of hilarious stories about the secrets of motherhood.  It's also full of the not so glamorous moments of being a mom.  Which leads me to my next bit; I didn't want to forget my own not so glamorous moments in motherhood.  A few days ago I was reading the above mentioned book while I "cooked' Millie some lunch.  Okay, it was Ramen noodles.  I poured some boiling water over the noodles and put foil on it as I didn't have a clean pan.  I probably should have done dishes but instead decided to read!  Anyway I was having a grand time with my book laughing out loud and before I knew it 20 mins had passed.  Oops!  Totally spaced her noodles!  Lucky for me my three year old doesn't mind overcooked Ramen. 

Later that day we arrived home from a trip to town with loads of groceries and a starving baby.  I knew the baby needed to eat soon and rather then nurse him (which I should have done) I decided to make rice cereal.  In a hurry digging through my cupboards, I dropped a few things.  The counter onto which the items fell was not clean. A can of beef consommé went all over me and my counter, oven and drawers.  Lovely!  The baby was frantic by this point so in an effort to hurry I removed my clothes and used them to clean up the mess.  So here I am in my underwear heating up rice cereal in the world’s messiest kitchen.  Motherhood doesn't get much more glamorous than this.

Just a reminder about how glamorous birth can be. 

Mountain fun in July

 July has been great here in the mountains. We have had lots of family around and I must say I'm sure it is the highlight of Millie's summer.  She is CRAZY about her cousins.  She asks about them daily and if I even mention going to "town" she thinks it must be to play with her cousins.  Alfie is officially 6 months old.  He is such a fun baby. I could sit and smile at him for hours, in fact I often find my face hurting after being around him. 

Millie with the cousins. Pure heaven for this girl. 

It's been fun to be in the kitchen here @ camp and I'm learning a lot about what it takes to feed a group of hungry girls. No easy task I might add and the kitchen staff here is awesome! 

 Millie always asking for an oil to enhance her mood.

 S'mores from the kitchen, about 150 of them. By far my biggest achievement in the camp kitchen.

Driving to work the "Midway way" I always give Ranger Nate a hard time for taking photos and driving, so this one's for him. XO

I recently had a Beef Consomme accident... that story for next time. 

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