Bouncing Baby

We're getting really high tech now. Russ figured out how to add

a blog list and now we're trying our hand at videos. We chose for

our first one, our cute little bouncing beauty.

Gracie has been staying up way too late and this is what she does

while we are trying to stay awake to keep an eye on her. This is

what we do to wear her out so we can try to get a couple hours of

sleep before the rest of the gang wakes up.

Handsome Hudson

Here are Hudson's First Grade Pictures.

He's very cute and knows it. It was too funny.

We put his pictures in for him. He got all excited,

saying things like, "Wow what a cute kid." "I just love

that handsome kid." "I'm so excited to see me."

Let me tell you. This boy is a Mini Me of RUSSELL

BRENT BASSETT. I went to help at his school last

Friday to volunteer. I stayed for lunch and recess.

I swear I was hangin' with my husband 27 years ago.

First, he was so slow eating that he ended up eating with

the next grade of kids. ( Sound Familiar?)

Then, if that wasn't enough to convince you, we went out

to recess and I asked him if he had a group of friends he hung

out with. He said that a girl in his class named Haily

sometimes finds him. I mentioned that we should go

find her. He informed me that he mostly just likes to

hang out by himself. We were playing and sure enough

here came sweet cute little miss Haily. Of course he barley

even payed attention to her. ( again this reminded me of a

few experiences in mine and is dads courtship.

Russ' friends had to tell him I was interested.)

Better yet!! His favorite ice cream is vanilla.

He gets side tracked going potty while doing

the I gotta go dance.

The other day I asked him to grab something

right in front of him. He kept saying he couldn't find

it as he was touching it. ( this again reminded me of

something his dad did. ) So I yelled are you kidding me

Russell Brent. The real Russell came in confused. I

pointed out what he was doing and we all laughed.

His teachers all say he is a very smart boy. He

is still very artistic. He just blows his teachers

away at all the things he comes up with. I

will try to scan some of his stories he has written.

We are very proud of him. I love that he is

so much like his dad. It makes me smile.

Daddy's Little Sweetheart!!

Gracie is now 6 minths old. She just Got over the

H1N1 flu. It was very scary at first. With all the stuff

on the news about it. She was sick for a couple of weeks.

She even had the stomache flu to go with it. During all this

she managed to get her daddy wrapped tightly around her

cute little finger. He was up all hours of the night and he would

go down stairs and sleep on our hide-a-bed. Even when she got

better she had him jumpimg throuh lots of hoops. He sure loves

his pretty little Gracie.

Kelcie's Hair Cut

BEFORE


AFTER

Kelcie was having major tangles, so I took

off about four inches. Her Vampire picture

was the only one I had to show how long her

hair was before. This is her second year being

a Vampire Princess. Last year she couldn't make

up her mind what she wanted to be. My mom got

her a pretty dress to be a princess and all the props

to be Dorthy from The Wizard of Oz. Then she decided

she wanted to be something scary. So I asked if she wanted

to be a Vampire Princess. She loved it. It was cute. Last year

as I was painting her face Hudson was getting scared. Kelcie said

"It's okay Hudson I know it's scary, but it is still just me Kelcie."
We lost the pictures from last year. But she really enjoys being scary.

So wanted to repeat it this year. I always forget she is only

4 years old. It was fuuny taking her to head start. She scared all of

her friends. She was the most dressed up kid there. The whole family

was the Skooby Doo Gang, but of course we have no pictures. Kelcie is

such a pretty girl, and she knows it. After her hair cut I was

telling her she was such a cute girl and she would reply,

"Yes I am!! It was finny. Last year when we first moved back to MT

she would say "Mom tell me that I am Pretty." So I would,

and she would reply. "Yes I am."

Snow in September

We got six inches of snow in the middle of

September. The kids were very excited.

They took full advantage of it. It lasted for

a couple of weeks.

Wild Horse Island

Here is one of the 5 wild horses left on the Island. It is very

rare to see one. My sister has been going here for

years and never seen one. Russ and my dad went for a

walk and found the wild horse. Dad and Jeannie took

their boats out and took us out to Wild horse Island.

According to a guy I work with. The Blackfoot Indian

liked to come in the spring and steal the Salish Indians

woman and horses. So one winter the Salish brought

their woman and horses to this island because the

Blackfeet do not like to swim. So now their are still

horses on the island. (But their are no Salish woman.

The Salish must have retrieved their woman

and left their horses.) :)

Here are some of the sights from the Island.

Russ tryed water skiing. He was awesome. Even

my dad was impressed at how long and far he skied.

My sister Jeannie's son James he is 17

and a senior in HS. He works at Pizza Hut.

He also enjoys cheer leading and football.

My sister Jeannie's son Robert. He is 9 years old.

He is a very busy kid.

Grandpa's Girls!!

In Augest my mom and dad came over for dinner. My dad was cute! He is very smitten with our little Gracie. She is named after his mother who passed away 8 years ago. She was a very special woman. We lived next to her most of my childhood. I even lived with her for a couple of years after my grandpa died. She was a very big part of my life. It was an honer to pass her name on to my little girl. As you can see my dad is trying to tease my husband. Russ went to MSU which is the Bobcats. We live near Uof M which are the Griz . So my dad is always teasing my husband that he is going to make my kids Griz fans. He even took Hudson to a griz game. He loved it. So after a while of my dad spoiling Gracie, Kelcie wanted to get in on the snuggles. She sure is Grandpas girl. When we lived with him she always climed up on his lap to get her dose of grandpa snuggles. A time or two she even let him snuggle her blanket. That is HUGE you know she loves you when she is willing to part with her blanket for you.

Uncle Stacy's Boat

Uncle Stacy

On the 4th of July my sister Jeannie's husband Stacy took us out on his boat. The kids were super excited. Russ and I even decited to be brave and try out their tube. Russ did awsome. It took me forever to get on and then I didn't make it very far. As you can see I hardly made waves. Oh well I can still say I did it. The kids were very proud of me.

Bathing Beauty

We moved into our own house on mine and Hudsons' Birthday July 17th. It is a large three bedroom home. It has a large loft, we turned it into a library. We also have a very large garden tub in our bathroom. The kids love it, they call it their indoor pool. Gracie was the first one to try out our tub. It is so large that the kids could use their floaties that my mom got them. Gracie is only three months here. She is such a big girl with lots of hair.

Story Time With G & G Bassett

Mom and Dad Bassett came to visit us in July. They took the kids to the library here in Polson. I was greatfull they took pictures because I was at work. The kids had a blast. They really enjoy their time with their Grandma and Grandpa Bassett.