At Home in the Mountains

Aaron will send out an AFletcher update soon.

 We finally bought another fish tank. We'd promised Maddy she could have the money from selling the old fish tank. that got sort of wreck in the fire. to buy a new fish tank. We finally got around to doing it this past weekend. Maddy picked out all the decorations and the fish (a purplish pinkish looking beta). She got a little over enthusiastic about taking care of him. While we were getting the tank set up she decided to pour the water in his plastic bowl out into the tank and then dump an entire bottle of beta food on top of him. In my haste to get the fish into some water, I didn't notice the beta food until it was too late. Thus the brown, cloudy water in the brand new tank. We changed it once and it's looking better but I thin we'll have to change it again. Lately, Maddy has been into telling stories. Her story from yesterday: "One time when I was a baby we were outside in the snow. A snow monster came. I was holding a puppy that was Abbey and we ran i...

 I told Maddy that Bethany was coming to visit her about a week before the Halls were coming. I knew I would hear about it non-stop, but part of the fun of someone coming to see you is the anticipation. Maddy immediately started making all kinds of plans for Bethany's visit. She got a piece of paper and had me write out her list. One day I had to trim the oregano because it was trying to seed out. Maddy decided that we should save it and make oregano ice cream when Bethany came. Not one of her best ideas. They didn't get everything done that was on Maddy's list, but they accomplished an amazing amount of activity in a very short time.  One of the things on Maddy's list to do with Bethany was "make". This is what she calls cooking.  Maddy really liked spending time with baby Jude. She mostly wanted to cover him up with a blanket. Not sure he was a fan.  One day the girls got to play in the water. They had fun but I think Bethany was a little cold. ...