Bored and lonely....

This week has been busy and lonely. Hubby has been in Wyoming looking for work and hunting for elk. Didn't find either one. Bummer. He did land a temporary job though. I'll post about it later.

Grands have been wonderful (as usual). The Shoopman grands sure enjoyed having Papa there with them for awhile. They had their Primary Program at church yesterday and did an awesome job. Robin is feeling better and Travis is back to his normal activities of doing way too much and working way too hard!

Baylee 'fixing' Papa's hair for church

They have been getting ready for Halloween and painted some pumpkins the other day.

I have to share a funny Taylor story with you. She was playing in the bathroom and knocked something off the counter and it hit her arm. So she ran out and told her mom, "Mom, your house is falling on me!" What a nut! She sure makes a cute Eeyore!

I guess Kolby thought it was too noisy in the truck for his liking.

He had to wear Papa's ear protection!

Queen Kallie working on puzzles in her mom's bed.

The Stuckis have been battling upset tummies and flu bugs at their house. Maybe Papa will have to go visit them and take care of them for awhile. Kallie has been having some pretty funny conversations lately. She has imaginary friends named Woody and Jessie (watch a little Toy Story do we?) and has other 'pretend friends' who live in the dungeon (but it's okay, they like it there!). She was very sad one day and her mom asked her what was the matter. She told her that Jessie didn't want to play with her, and she said, well who said she doesn't want to play with you? and Kallie said, Woody told her that Jessie didn't want to play with her. She was very sad about the whole thing too! Imaginary drama! Oh my!

Tama's the one in the green shirt.

Tama ran a 10K race and did amazing! She was even smiling after it was over! She trained hard and battled an upset tummy all week and STILL managed to run the entire way without walking or stopping! She even had enough energy to sprint at the end! We are very proud of her!

Amber has been pretty sick with swine flu at our house. Sorry, no pictures to share. She would hurt me if I did! She is on the mend now, but still not getting over the cough (She has never had healthy lungs) . She is going back to the dr. today to see about some more meds. It's always something....

Other than that, all is well at our house. I hope my hubby will find a job soon and I REALLY hope it will be one in Arizona! The news is very grim however. I heard on the radio this morning that there are 47,000 (yes THOUSAND) construction workers out of work in Arizona in the last six months. So we just keep on keepin' on and something will turn our way....eventually.

Just wanted to share a random picture. Now WHY would anyone want to play high school football in Wyoming?? This was from a game TWO WEEKS AGO!

They ended up getting 8 inches of snow.

Until next time, keep your face to the sun and bloom where you're planted!