Baby Oliver Update

Pictures of baby Oliver. He is so sweet when he is sleeping. He likes to take naps on daddy or any one who is willing to hold him for hours. His fancy bassinet isn't getting used much since he prefers to sleep in our arms or on our chest. Grandma helped us give him a bath, he was in desperate need of one because mommy was afraid to give him one, she is new to all this. Well hope you enjoyed our pictures. We will post more later.

Mighty Hunters!

A yearling cow elk walked in front of Mike Wade, (aka, One Shot Charlie), last week when he called it in ("meow, meow", he said). After flinging his arrow it ran around and jumped in a lake. His trusty hunting partner Glen Smith (with the tan) helped pack the elk back to camp. Kilby, Pa Tingley, Nick and Mikey Wade got elk and Nick doubled getting the only deer in camp. All was well this year and the weather was hot. Alan needed a bath said Mikey, TWO WEEKS!!

Meat cutting and packaging night is tommorrow at Alan's shop.

Good times!

How Does Your Garden Grow?

How is your garden doing? We have been eating so many green beans, tomatoes, radishes and lots of zuchinni. We are getting ready to eat corn on the cob too! Notice the new fence in the background. It is a tall one. We also got a new metal roof this week! (Stepped on a rusty nail!) Ouch! I had to go get a tetnus shot! Lots of home improvements going on here!!! We don't have much time for gardening now that school has started and Terry is working more hours also. We are staying busy and having fun fixing up our house (spending the $ is not so fun but watching the houses appearance improve is!)

Flowers and Friends

These are some of the beautiful

array this summer and our friend Lakota. More to follow

A New Bridgman has arrived

Oliver Daniel Bridgman has arrived today at about 6:30 pm (I believe) at 6lbs and 11oz. Congratulations to Tyler and Amber and the rest of the Bridgman clan.

Summer Is Ending

Fair season is over with the Puyallup Fair coming in a couple of weeks, Foster and Cameron had some great times showing their cows and chickens. The Evergreen Fair last week in Monroe was great and Fosters rooster won the Crowing Contest with 9 crows in 5 minutes. HA!!!

Cameron had the Reserve Champion Female Simmental Heifer. Dillon is still in Kodiak and hasn't been fishing much since the beginning of August. The skipper of his boat has had him weed whacking at his house there and so he thinks he'll come home soon since fishing prospects haven't panned out so good this month. All in all his Alaska summer made him some pretty good cash.

Mike is getting ready to go to Elk camp for two weeks with a bunch of hunting buddies down near Mount Ranier. Foster is going there for his birthday weekend. I am heading over the Cascades with a 4-H family, ( Betsy Benson Christianson)accross Cascade Pass to Stehekin. (21 miles in two days) This is a great trip that one shouldn't miss. And you must stay a night at the Stehekin Valley Ranch owned by the Courtney Family.

Forgot. Help!

I forgot how to post pictures. Old age, I suppose.