Up in Smoke!

We thought we would miss the annual summer fires in the area, and apparently spoke too soon! Last week a very large fire (now at over 15,000 acres) took off about 20 miles south of Livingston. Being the fire freaks taht we realized we are, we drove out to see it on SUnday when it was only 500 acres. So, the pics you see are VERY SMALL clouds... They look alot like a nuclear mushroom cloud. Really cool to see. Now it is not as much fun b/c what used to be blue skies is now all gray and there is tons of ash in the air and the air quality - very poor. We are all walking around like zombie with headaches, hard to breath, blah blah blah. The little old ladies wear masks all over town... Tried to get a picture of that, but realized i was being rude.

On the positive. Peter finally had 2 whole days off in a row and we went to Dillon to see Amy and Eric and their new house. I leave next week for a fun week long girls river trip on the snake river in Idaho. Will be a blast! Micca is flying up from OK to do the trip... I really can't imagine a better way to spend a week. I will post the G-rated pictures when we return.

It is a countdown to the wedding and we are getting so excited... Many great friends and family coming. We are doing some small details and planning, but mainly just counting the days till the party!

Peter and I got a new truck. We are selling the Civic (boo hoo- had her since college). I love that old car, but we have outgrown it with the 3 dogs. I was constantly living in dog hair / mud. We bought a 96' Tacoma from a friend and I love it!

We have some great friends living with us right now as they are building their yurt. The one pic is of Billy sleeping in the yard one night. We really did give them a room to stay in... he just thought it would be fun to sleep outside.

Dad, Clark and Doug came to visit a few weeks ago. We had a great time! Fishing, sightseeing, golf, dinner out, etc. 4 Cottongims in one small town- spells trouble!