Happy Halloween . . .

  I can't believe it's the end of October already. Fall is my favorite season and it always seems to go by so fast. We have been spending most of our time at Lone Pine lately. We love it there. It never gets old (for us anyways). It's awesome to have unlimited rides on the cow trains and the hay rides, and free ice cream when ever we want it. But Jordan and I were talking and thought it would be nice to have a place like Lone Pine for us to go visit as guests and not employees. So we went to Bauman's Farm just North of Salem. It was awesome. There was so much to do there and we both acted like all the people that come to Lone Pine that we make fun of. I guess we understand now!
  Jordan is now off for a little over three weeks. He's going to help finish up the season at Lone Pine and then go Elk Hunting for a week. He hasn't cut his hair for who knows how long and he is growing out his mustache and I'm sure he won't do too much shaving for the duration of his vacation. So he will look like a genuine mountain man when he comes home from hunting. He looks so scruffy.
  Austyn is now running around everywhere. We are in the stage of bumps and bruises. I hate it when she gets hurt, but I guess it's just part of the stage. She ran directly into a metal door the other day and it was so awful. There was a one inch bump and it turned black and blue immediately. She is one tough cookie though. She doesn't let it slow her down for very long. She is doing a lot more jibber jabber that is almost making sense. It's exciting to see her learning all the time. She is so much fun right now, and it's only getting better.
  I've had to start Physical Therapy back up for my back. I am having a little leg pain again, but nothing like before. It's just muscular though, so that's good. I need to do a few more stretches and exercises and I should be back on track. The therapist said I was just a little swollen on the left side of my incision, and we can get it worked out pretty easily. Work is still going great. My surgeon told me he wants to give me more responsibilities at work which was really exciting. Meaning he'll teach me how to suture and I'll be doing more things that he would normally do. When I got out of school my goal was to become a First Assist and that is basically what I'll be doing. I made it my five year career goal and it looks like it might happen.
  Here are a few recent pictures of us. Enjoy!

This is Austyn in her redneck outfit. Pink camo coat and

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation overalls.

Austyn and Grandpa

Here are our pumpkins this year. I tried

to make Austyn's have a pacifier.

Us in the pumpkin patch

Austyn is in one of those rides in the stores.

She thought that was so much fun.

Look at that cute little girl

Austyn had two Halloween costumes this year.

Since we were at Lone Pine I thought I'd dress her

up for a few different nights. It was so cute.

  I hope everyone had a great Halloween. We took Austyn to a few stops and then to Lone Pine for the last night. It sure is fun to have a cute little baby to parade around. Hope all is well with everyone.