Catch Up

I have totally dropped the ball on blogging, but it is so much easier to enjoy the present when I am not trying to keep up with documenting the past. However, to keep my loved ones posted and because someday I know my kiddos will thank me for this, I am going to try and press on. Okay, so to play some catch up from August. My beautiful sister and my lovely niece came to visit. We got to celebrate Attie turning 5. I can hardly believe it has been 5 years since I helped my sister with night duty, making sure that sweet little 5 pound baby was getting enough to eat every 3 hours.

She was feisty as a baby, but Attie is now probably the kindest, most considerate little girl I know. My sister is an amazing mommy. We had an awesome time and stayed extremely busy hanging out together for 9 days. Did I mention, I love that I got to share this time with my family. We explored the backyard and the kids found playing in the creek to be a blast.

This brought back such fond memories of making mud pies in the creek at the ranch in Thermopolis. While, it may not be a ranch with hundreds of acres. I am thankful my kids get to explore the outdoors right here at home. I love where we live. They definitely got decitified. At first, Caleb and Makaylee couldn't stand the slimy mud squishing in their toes or dirty hands, but with a little encouragement from their wilderness experienced, born and raised in the big WY cousin, they were having fun covered in dirt.