Since I know that I am not the only Trax fan out there I thought I would share his new found notoriety with everyone.  The antenna project that he has been working much of the time he has been back in Bozeman is proving commercially viable and sounds like something I could use.  Click here is see a copy of the article.  The original artical can be also be viewed on the Montana State website at http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=8548.

Last weekend was the baby shower.  We are forever greatful to all of the friends and family that insist there is still hope for us and helped us prepare for the next chapter.  Kristin and Tamara, two of Beth's fellow classmates did an amazing job and the shower was reported to be a blast.  It was a wonderful weekend including swimming, lots of time with our niece Audrey, and an off road adventure in the torn up street in front of the house.  Thanks there goes to Jon for the generous use of his freshly washed vehicle for the fun.  We have no clue where any of that mud came from....   

Well the rain and snow finally looks like it headed north for the winter and the temperature this past weekend climbed from the 40's to 70's overnight.  We are loving it and to quell some of our cabin fever we decided to do a little more exploring.  With Beth temporarily out of the running for mtn biking (now 36 weeks pregnant) we decided to head for the national park since their silly rules against bicycles and dogs normally send us elsewhere.  We saw some cool new things including a sunken area filled with natural brick that was baked by a lightning ignited natural coal seam that burned underground for over twenty years.  Didn't know that was possible.  There were also lots of wild horses and buffalo, many with very young calves.  We concluded that the views in the park (with silly rules) were nice but no better than those we had seen previously along the Maah Daah Hey Trail where dogs go nut and bikes roll free.  Anyways beautiful day with a beautiful wife.  So far everything ls going well with the pregnancy and Beth is hoping he sits tight until she can finish up third year in another month... so we expect him any day.  Here are some pictures.  

With Beth working in Beulah this month I got the opportunity to bring the dogs along on my weekly commutes.  To make it more fun I was blessed with the opportunity to stay at a friends farm outside of town which the dogs love.  Max has been re honing his hunting instinct and Roo just wanders heading know-where in particular for hours at a time.  It is a bit like staying at my parents old cabin.  Luke warm bathing water, and lots of peace and quiet.  It has been a wonderful time and here are a couple pictures.  Last year at this time the cabin and barn were both still under several feet of water so I picked a perfect year.