October 2015

The golden field on the way to Cottonwood Montessori. It took Ella about 6 weeks to adjust but now she loves Cottonwood & Bozeman. The other day she said, "I love Bozeman because you always find nice people to talk to." So true!  

My cousin Tyler got married in Wisconsin so we made the trip to celebrate with them! 

The kids were insane after 18 hours in the car so they weren't cooperating for a family photo. 

My cousin Tate & his wife Katie 

Ella danced all night 

Cousins! Aliza, David, Melissa, Amber 

The Deming cousins minus Arianna, Kelia & Max

Mountains after many hours of boredom on the way home 

We love the neighborhoods in downtown Bozeman. We are determined to buy or build a house here in the next year or two. 

Rocky Creek Farm 

Gordon finally sat through an entire dentist appointment. No cavities! He has had a defect in his enamel since his front 4 teeth came in. A dentist in Evergreen told us they needed to be filled but we trusted our gut and left them. She wanted to strap him down, knock him out and fill them at age 2!!! This dentist here said there are no soft spots and it's just a defect, nothing to worry about. Glad we trusted our gut and left them alone. 

Statue hands 

Dinner with friends 

Clouds covering the Bridgers 

Snow in Big Sky 

Granny's donuts -I'm addicted 

Face size lollipop from Aunt Melissa 

Museum of the Rockies is so close, we will be spending a lot of time there. It's less than 2 miles from our house. 

Hiking Drinking Horse Trail

Halloween Party at Cottonwood

The whole school K-5 and their 2 teachers 

Cottonwood had Historical Halloween. They all dressed up as someone famous from the past and said a little bit about them. Ella was Pocahontas and she volunteered to go first to read her speech! 

Main Street Bozeman Trick or Treating 

Astrid & Hiccup from "How to Train Your Dragon"

Gordon wanted to take some selfies

Day 2 of Trick or Treating in the Bozeman neighborhoods 

Miss Lauren was Thing 1 and came Trick or Treating with us! Miss Lauren is the kid's clay teacher. She doesn't have kids but is great with them so we like to hang out with her ; ) 

The houses were decked out! It was by far the best Trick or Treating we have ever experienced. 

Big announcement! Melissa & Jeff moved to Montana on Halloween! Melissa accepted a job as the Events Conference Manager at Big Sky Resort in Big Sky, MT.  Jeff accepted a job as a property Manager at the Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, MT. They will be living about 30 miles from us. This is the closest I have lived to my sister in about 14 years. I see a lot of Auntie sleep overs for the kids in the future! 

My mom moved with us to Bozeman in August.

My dad moved from Northfield, MN to Minocqua, WI at the end of October. A lot of moves lately! 

Surrogacy update: Surrobaby is very active! I'm feeling a lot of kicks and flips. There isn't a lot to report since we are in growing phase now and only having monthly appointments. I ended the month at 19 weeks.