Melissa Walking

Well Melissa has started really walking this week. She was taking a few steps here and there but now she can make her way across the room. She has no fear of falling down. I think William has cured her of being scared of getting hurt. She has to defend herself from him. He was so good with her when she was real young...well not that he was real good with her, he just left her alone. Now he pushes her down, kicks her, takes things away from her, etc. She is pretty tough. She'll fight back and climb on top of him. I don't know if it's good she's learning how to fight this young but at least William gets a dose of his own medicine:) All three kids play pretty well. They all love to be outside. Melissa heads for the door whenever it's open. She does her best to get out before someone closes it. Then once she's out she crawls out to the asphalt and stands up next to the 4-wheeler barefoot. I guess she has Bunker feet. They sure aren't tender. That poses a problem because that's the only way I keep William on the front porch. He has tender feet and doesn't venture too far without shoes. I'm sure she'll just take off. We're having a nice, busy summer. People are coming all the time to stay in the cabins or ride horses. Nathan is extremely busy with all of that plus scouts. He leaves at sun up and comes home usually at or after dark. I can't wait for winter when I can spend more time with him again. I won't complain because I feel extremely blessed to live here in Marysvale.

We're looking forward to the festivities on the 23rd and 24th. I think people from both sides of our families are planning to come here. There's a scout dinner and fireworks on the 23rd and the parade, rodeo, and trout rodeo on the 24th. It was a lot of fun last year and I'm sure will be even more fun this year. We'll see some of you then.