On The Move

Our transition from life in Montana to life in Honduras has involved several steps so far. Almost a month ago, we moved out of the house we had been living in in Circle so Josh could finish laying some tile and moved the 9 miles out to what we lovingly refer to as The Jensen House. We lived there for about six months in 2009, so the girls remember it well. It has a great yard, lots of vintage toys in the basement, and the neighborhood isn't too bad:o)

The Grigg boys came to visit us one day. Tunney and Hadley are about the same age.... And Guildy and Gibson are like peas on a pod:o) We only stayed at Jensen's for about a week before heading to Bozeman. We needed to do some work on our house there and get some insurance stuff straightened out after the hail storm in June. Along with a few other projects, Josh built a fence around the backyard. Guildy and Hadley 'helped.' We got to see lots of friends in Bozeman and had some great play dates. Below are Adelyn and Hadley at the super fancy dinosaur park.

After wrapping things up in Bozeman, we drove the 11 hours to my brother Lee's place in eastern Oregon. We only got to stay one night with him, but got in a good visit and enjoyed the greater eastern Oregon high desert landscape as we drove. The next day we drove the 12 hours to Josh's family's place in California. The girls did really well considering the less-than-desirable travel schedule.

When we got to CA, the whole Browning clan plus many extras were busy getting ready for their annual bull sale, which was Oct. 2nd. It always reminds me alot of wedding preparation....tons of details to take care of, resulting in a nice show for the masses and complete exhaustion for those most closely involved. The sale went really well, with nobody getting hurt and the bulls fetching a nice, high average price.

Josh's brother Zech and his family were here from Miles City to help with the sale, so the cousins got lots of play time. Below are Guildy, Hadley, and Owen in Aunt Syd and Aunt Cade's old play house, which is pretty much like heaven for girls Guildy and Hadley's ages. Owen is less impressed with the play house, but he'll spend a little time with the girls before he sets off on more manly endeavors. Now, with the bull sale over, things are much quieter around here. Bulls are being picked up and delivered and things are still being cleaned up and put away. We will be here through the end of this week, and then we head to the Dominican Republic for a family reunion with the extended Browning family. I think there are 60-some total convening for the event, which should be tons of fun and yield a variety of blog-worthy photos! From there, we all head to Honduras to get settled back into life there. We're looking forward to unpacking our suitcases and not going anywhere for awhile!!