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Showing posts with label ice fishing. Show all posts

it's not a mommy blog...

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I am taking a break this week from "Wordless Wednesday" to try something new. The other day I realized that this blog was quickly becoming a "mommy blog" which is not a bad thing if that had been my original intention. It's not...


It is easy for me to find inspiration and story there. To recap a day or take a beautiful picture. It is comfortable and safe. Of course, any of you who know the REAL me, the dreamer, the traveler, the risk taker, know that "Comfortable and Safe" have never been aspirations of mine.


So, what is my intention for this blog? I want it to be a place that reminds me of where I have been and where I am going. A space to file inspiration. Time carved out to recreate the things I miss about myself. Things like this...




One of the most vivid memories of my childhood is of this little church in Eden, Wyoming on a Sunday morning when my Daddy was the fill in pastor. We would get up at the crack of dawn and drive snowy roads so that he could open it up and get ready for the days services. The smell of the damp logs and dirt, the old hymnals and the hard wooden pews. And it was drafty... I can't decide which part of the memory I love most, the feeling that we were being transported right into the pioneer days or the ice cream in Farson Mercantile afterward... these days inspired my faith in God in such a simple and profound way that I have never stopped pursuing Him.

I have always loved the mountains. I am pretty sure this love was not present at birth because I was born in the Arizona desert. It grew over time...but one particular summer is etched in my mind. Daddy worked in a coal mine and his schedule was insane. Day shift, night shift, swing shift... for 20+ years, whatever The Man asked my Dad to do, he pretty much did. And he NEVER took a sick day, EVER. My Mama stayed home so whenever my Dad's "weekend" was we would head to the mountains to go camping.
Our favorite place was Bondurant, Wyoming and this is a picture of our mountains. We camped for the entire summer it seemed, coming home only long enough for my Mama to do laundry, grocery shop, and pack it all up again. I think back on all the hikes and early morning fishing just me and my Dad. Coming back to camp where my sister and my Mom were fixing breakfast (biscuts and gravy or corned beef hash) and it is no wonder that I live in Montana and my sister is one of the best cooks on the planet. I want this for my family too. I want the adventure and the smell of a fresh caught fish cooking on the fire. And I think we are off to a good start!















i am a real montana woman... or so says my dad!


Yesterday I became a REAL Montana woman. I went ice fishing. Okay, so I went to watch Tod ice fish. And... while he went up at 4 am... I didn't leave the house until about 11 am.

When I called to let him know I was leaving he miserably (as only a man scorned could) informed me that they hadn't caught a single fish...something was wrong with "the fish" according to his friend. Those fisherman... I tell ya!

Maybe they needed more poles in the water?


Oh, hey... look I forgot to lable one. Okay, that makes 10!

And, well little boys apparently learn young how to master the
"scorned fisherman" face.

Shortly after this picture, Maddox gave up and went to his happy place... thank you Papa for passing on the joy of tractors!!















Maisie had a great time learning to ice skate on her new skates!!! For $2 bucks at the thrift store. These beauties almost beat out the bargain of 2008 - but not quite... I got Maddox a little pair of Sorrels for $1.00. YEP!!! I love the little ladies at New To You our local thrift store. They sell everything for a buck and donate it all to charity while chit-chatting over coffee and snacks 2 days a week. It is almost the best place in Deer Lodge.

Back to skating. She loved it and except for a few squabbles with her friend Emily about unsolicited advice (she is VERY much like her parents that way... competitive and stubborn. Poor baby, her fate was sealed the day she was born the first born of 2 first borns.) Once the girls agreed to skate at their own pace and just have fun... they did.





It was the most beautiful day! One last picture for you Mama...

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I am a working mom who is learning all about Grace... living simply, giving freely, without judgement of myself or others. After spending 10 years in the city I have finally found the balance I crave here in this one stop light town... who knew?