#150-May 30th

The weather is so nice today, and we were able to get some yard work done.

#149-May 29th

#148-May 28th

This is a view of the inside of the Public Drug building from their upper floor window. We were on our roof with the insurance adjuster when I took this shot.

#147-May 27th

Tonight I got to photograph a mini fashion show for the Young Women's at church.

#146-May 26th

This is the inside of one of the apartments. I have spent the last two days taking tons of photos for insurance purposes, and we have had to escort tenants in to pick up their belongings. Since there is no doors on the aprtments (they were all kicked in by the firemen), we have to have someone to watch the building all the time it is open during the day.

#145-May 25th

This is our skylight that melted. When the fire was raging, the windows overlooking our building had 15-20 foot flames shooting out of them onto our building roof.

#144-May 24th

We have had one of the worst weekends. Dan and I were called at one am Sunday morning and told that the building that my apartment building shares a wall with was on fire. It was a historic building we bought with my parents three years ago so I would have somewhere larger to move my scrapbook store into. I ended up selling the store about a year ago, but the new owner still has the store there, and we have 16 apartments above the store, with about 20 tenants.

Our building never caught fire (except for a little on the roof), but we now have almost 20 people with no homes due to the extensive water and smoke damge. Red Cross will put them up for three days and that expires soon, then they will have nowhere to go. So far we have been so blessed by people stepping forward to help and donations. We have managed to find temporary home for everyone, and will try to help them all find permanent new residents. Most of these people are low income, elderly, and have no means to get by without ending up on the street.

It was the most heartwrenching thing to watch all Saturday night. If you could mind sending prayers up that we can get help for our tenants to get them through, help them find homes. I am still a bit in shock. It just about did me in to watch my dad cry over this. Thanks for just listening. I needed to get it out.

This picture is from the Tribune from during the night. This is my actual picture of the day taken Sunday afternoon while they continued to hose the building down. Our building starts where the black 4 story one ends. Ours is the three story Hastings apartments.

#143-May 23rd

#142-May 22nd

The school's year end award ceremony was today.

#141-May 21st

Trent's Spring concert

#140-May 20th

My mom and Kati at the Montana Cancer Coalition meetings.

#139-May 19th

It was the spring concert for Blake today, and he just loved it. He loves playing his baritone.

#138-May 18th

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#136-May 16th

Kati spent the day at a baton twirling camp. She loved it, and wants to start taking baton classes.

#135-May 15th

This is the cutest, yet saddest, face ever. This is what happens every time Cole watches the Disney movie Bolt. He starts crying "Fire, Bolt, no, fire". He bawls over it, yet he loves the movie, and wants to watch it a lot. Poor boy.

#134-May 14th

#133-May 13th

Kati has been getting tutored by Miss Deena and is learning so much. She seems to be doing so much better with her reading now.

#132-May 12th

I have been doing some editing for my website, and this is a picture I added to it today.

#131-May 11th

Kati's second tooth is getting really loose. She is wiggling it so much it was bleeding.

#130-May 10th

These are the great gifts the kids got me for Mother's Day.

#129-May 9th

My mom brought me back this cute little turtle fridge magnet for part of my Mother's day gift. It is too cute.

#128-May 8th

We went to a "circus" for the kids at Maggie's house today. This was the "canon" the kids got to jump out of.

#127-May 7th

I had to take this because as the yard is greening up I seem to be getting over taken by them. I need to get out there with some serious weed killer.

#126-May 6th

This is from Kati's tutoring session with Miss Deena. She is a certified dyslexia tutor.

#125-May 5th

I was watching Rylee, and when I put Cole down for his nap, I came out to the living room to see Rylee like this with the dogs. Too cute!

#124-May 4th

#123-May 3rd

Blake just loves this silly alligator that is in the church nursery playroom. He plays with it every week.

#122-May 2nd

We got to enjoy the annual downtown car show. Dan and Blake just loved getting to check out all the cool classics.

#121-May 1st

I had a great night out with friends tonight enjoying dinner, a movie, and then dessert. I had such a blast! Thank you all for a great time!

#120-April 30th

#119-April 29th

The snowfall is just incredible that we got this week. It was over a record 24 inches!!! The kids just loved it though.

#118-April 28th

The floors are done. We just love the difference it has made. They turned out great.

#117-April 27th

They started on the hardwood floors, and I couldn't resist taking pictures of all the tools needed.

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#113-April 23rd

Kati's class at school read a book about Moon Pies, so we brought them in for class snack time, and they just love them.