YIKES! It's Heidi-zilla raiding the picninc basket (I took this laying on the blanket). 

There's Heidi, our big one-year-and-one-day-old girl, eating a cookie in the sunshine. She's a babydoll. 

This is the mighty Yellowstone River right in front the barn, looking north east-ish. See Rich and Addie throwing rocks in the river? Addie LOVES doing that. 

Here's a shot of the barn and Heidi Lynn rummaging through the picnic refuse. 

That's me and my girls, as the sun was setting. Shortly thereafter, we had to pack it in because the bugs started coming out! What a nice evening at the ranch!

House Progress

Everyday well-meaning people innocently ask us about the most sensitive topic in our lives right now--The House. Asking us about the house is like walking up to a 41-week pregnant woman and saying, "So when are ya gonna have that baby? Huh? Yuk, yuk...". We don't talk about it much because it's become a little painful, but we thought we'd give you a peek at the progress as of Friday.

Yet another front view of the house, this time in afternoon sun and cloudless skies...which means it's spring, and we STILL don't live there...*sigh* 

This is our view form the front porch. The "V" in the mountains opens to Paradise Valley. Our family ranch is about 12 miles in that direction, and Yellowstone park is about 50 miles. 

Looking in from the sliding glass door and deck, the kitchen is to the right (with alcoves for fridge and pantry, and a doorway to the back bedroom), and the back door is to the right, too; to the front and left is the stairway to the basement and the door to the garage. The red box is sitting on the wall that will soon be a breakfast bar. The kitchen is laid out exactly like Jill's if you've been there...it even measures the same. 

The basement, looking to the right from the bottom of the stairs...it's the family room and the door to the master bad and bath...the laundry room is on the immediate right. 

The once and future master bathroom, complete with jacuzzi tub and tiled shower divided by a glass brick wall (at least it WILL be soon).