Our house is looking bare. I expect to pack box #100 today.

Ayden has 5 teeth breaking through at once. Thankfully he's not too put off by it all ~ though we did find him chewing on his toes yesterday!

Addison has renamed herself. She now goes by Jillian. This has been going on all week.

Earlier this month I celebrated my 30th b-day! JD threw me an early surprise party that was indeed a surprise and so fun! He also made the real day very special. The homemade pizza he made me was awesome!!

We had a great trip to Idaho for Kellen & Jessie's wedding (friends through GoodSeed & GreenTent). Addie's first flower girl experience was a success! I'll do a separate post with pictures of that.

On the way down to ID, Jim shot a grizzly bear! Okay, I should clarify...he used his camera to get the shot We couldn't have been more than 30 feet away from the bear, but he was so intent on his wild berry snacking that he paid us no attention ~ which was fine by me! Grrrr!

After Idaho we headed to Fairmont for a few days for some much needed R&R. Visits to the local coffee shop, playground, and the great outdoors does a person good. A short hike up the mountain led us to waterfall and natural pool. It was awesome and surprisingly warm!

On the way home we stopped off at Moraine Lake to say goodbye to one of our favorite spots. We also love Emerald Lake and had hoped to get over there sometime this summer to do some canoeing, but that never worked out. Oh well, we'll be back.

We saw another grizzly on the way home from Moraine Lake. Sweet!

The downside to all our packing and traveling around is that JD & I both have been having back problems. Jim's issues involved a pinched nerve, several trips to the ER for pain relief, and 3 chiropractic visits to date. Thankfully he's finally found some relief. According to the doc, his inflammation was off the charts. Poor guy! I saw the chiropractor 3 times as well.

The moving truck arrives on Monday. We have to be out by next Friday. BUSY DAYS behind us and BUSY DAYS ahead.