I know it's been a while...

So I can't really remember the last time I posted up here and I don't really have a very good excuse other than I was abducted by aliens and because none of you will believe that you'll just have to get mad and get over it. Here's 5 mins for you to do so......................................................

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are you done? Good! Now I can move on. The past 5 months have been a blur but I'll try and catch you up on some of the fun things that have been going on.

1. We took a vacation to Yellowstone.

This is us at at stop on the Beartooth Highway from Red Lodge to Yellowstone. It was the most beautiful (and scary) drives I've ever been on and I recommend that you try it if you ever have the chance.

This is us at a really cool waterfall that we found on the way into Yellowstone.

Self-explanatory....

We just couldn't resist getting these photos... whoever left them was a huge animal... or Lucas.

Dad and the kids in front of Yellowstone Lake.

We saw this on the side of the road on the way from Cody into Yellowstone. It was just sitting up on the top of a hillside. I thought it looked so interesting so I grabbed a photo. If you know what this is, please let me know.

This is Kennedy in the hotel catching up on her current events.

We had a good time there even though we didn't get to see it all. We thought we could fit everything in in 2 days but you really need 3 or 4. We bought an annual pass so I guess we'll go back and do it again when it gets nice.

2. Kennedy started 1st grade.

This is her with her new haircut. She wanted it to look like "Trixie" from Speed Racer and I'd say it's pretty close. She loves it short and so do I because now she can do it every morning. My little girl is growing up just too fast.

3. Grandma came home.

Grandma Rena finally got to come home from Germany. She came up to see us as soon as she did. Boy did the kids miss her. Let's just hope this is the last time she has to leave us.

4. Kennedy had her 7th birthday... and Halloween.

Little Miss Kennedy was none other that Hannah Montana for Halloween. Here she is with her best friend Addee who was the same thing. They just looked too cute for words.

And here is Rowan... Yoda of course. He hated the ears we put on his head but I managed to get a picture before he figured out how to rip them off.

Here she is showing off her skills from one of her birthday presents.... her Easy Bake oven. It doesn't even seem to phase her that it takes us 30 minutes to make a cake the size of a cookie. She even made Dad one while he was home.

These are some photos we took one fall afternoon her in Billings. I wanted to try out my new camera so we went down by the river and took some pictures. I don't think the kids enjoyed it as much as me since it was really cold.

This afternoon Lucas and I took the kids to feed the ducks down at the duck pond. You're not actually supposed to feed them but everyone does so we do too. There were so many and they stuck around even with Rowan chasing them everywhere.

Rowan loves his John Deere boots. Thanks Grammy Tammy. He'll even wear them with his PJs.

We always wonder what it's like on Rowan to have Lucas be gone for three weeks at a time but everytime we pick him up at the airport Rowan still remembers him and it's back to business as usual in no time... like here. He loves his Daddy.

There are two things that Rowan absolutely loves around the house. Laundry and dishwashers. Whenever I do laundry I dump it all out in a large load in the living room and he immediately runs and jumps into it. Then he takes turns getting in and out of all the baskets as they are getting filled. It makes my job a little tougher but it always makes me laugh.

This is him hanging out in Ang's dishwasher. You have to be careful because anytime you open it up he immediately is going for anything and everything he can grab. He'll even stop and have a visit if you let him...

I know that this really doesn't cover the last few months very well but it's a good try. I promise to keep up on this more often so I don't get harassed anymore. Love you all!