nationally certified!

Hey everyone! I passed my NCBTM. That means I'm a nationally board certified massage therapist. YAY! I studied soo soo much for the test, so it was quite exciting when I passed (I took it last wednesday at 8 am).

Were looking forward to seeing everyone at Christmas!

kelsie & luke

The patient!

Today was a big day. Luke got his two top wisdom teeth pulled. He just went to our dentist rather than going to an oral surgeon. They said he did a great job and that everything went well. Luke is in pain (and looks like a chipmunk) but luckily was prescribed some good drugs to help him deal with that. So I got him some ice cream (neopolitan and spumoni), some yogurt, and some gatorade and settled him in, even though hes not eating or drinking much at the moment. He deserves a few days off, too. He works so hard and lately he has been super husband around the house. I'll keep you posted if anything major happens, but it sounds like it should be an okay recovery.

Beef - It's what's for dinner

Okay so the picture is for the last blog. It's Mr. homecoming with the president of the university, Geoff Gambe. Onto the beef story.

So last Wednesday Tom is tooling up to Kalispell for the weekly paper run when he hit a black cow at 5:30 in the a.m. (What's the joke about it's darker than the inside of a cow with its mouth closed and tail shut?) Still waiting to hear but think the truck is totalled. You can't imagine how many people have come up and asked "Where's the beef?" Most of you know he is fine and the unfortunate bovine is at the food bank. Guess we'll be truck shopping this week. Looking forward to Thanksgiving at the Lake. Kels & Luke are going to his mom's but Scott is bringing his roommate.

The man who would be king

Alas, Mark was not made homecoming king but we all know he is royalty anyway. He looked really great in his blue vest and gold tie - very bobcatty. I'll see if I can figure out how to post a picture later. Of course with the snow and no hat he also looked like a blonde by the time the halftime presentation was over. We all about froze. Gotta love Montana. You will all be happy to know that even though he wasnt crowned king he did win a scholarship and more importantly the dance off at the Pi Kap alumni banquet. Tom and I and Scott and Kels and Luke went in to see him because he was DJing for the party and caught the contest. His big move was to slide between the other finalists legs when he wasn't expecting it. All that talent and I didnt have to pay for lessons (unless you count the emergency room fees after the breakdance club incident!)

Bina

Little Girls

Well I just got back from visiting those precious little girls in Billings.  I will update you since the parents seem to be too busy.  ;)

Miss Kennedy is just busy as ever and saying all kinds of words, her favorites being bebe (for baby), bye bye, dada, mommy, papa (for grandpa), more, all done, side (for outside), night night...that usually is preceded by bebe, and pete, especially if you say coco (for Courtnie) first.  I did get her to say my name twice on the last day, but I was the only one to hear it, so I'm not sure anyone believes me.   And she uses much enthusiasm saying "bless you" after someone sneezes...very cute! 

Little Kaylen is sweet as can be and makes all kinds of little noises with her mouth.  I took her in my room one night so mom & dad could get a good night sleep...I'm still recovering, ha ha!!  I have once again pulled in to first place for favorite aunt, sorry Coco!  (The trophy is nice and shiny on my mantle)!

Now for my family.  You may have heard that Jeff ruptured his Achilles Tendon playing tennis with Pete the other weekend.  So he is off for surgery on Thursday- no fun!  Kendall and Alec are back to school and liking their new school.  Kendall is in swim and Alec is still doing basketball along with skateboarding any chance he can get.  Cooper is growing like a weed and keeping us entertained.  He starts obedience classes (again) in a couple weeks.  I start my yoga teacher training on Oct 11th, but it will still be awhile to get a studio up & going.

Here are some pictures.  Enjoy!

saw numerous bday wished for michael -unfortunately Michael new nothing about the blog when I mentioned it to him this weekend.

Welcome to the Hotel California!

Hey there family! Just a quick note to tell you that Luke and I are jet setting off to Chicago to see the EAGLES LIVE tonight. WITH my parents! woo hoo! This was a suprise trip for my dad and they were supposed to meet up with Cheffy and Lori but Cheffy is in the hospital so dad called yesterday at 4:30 and said they have two tickets and if we can get to Chicago we can go with them to the concert. Then Mom called and said she has enough miles to fly us and here were are, in Seattle, a mere 16 hours later. Aren't you all jealous?