Wednesday, August 17, 2011

FERTILITY GIFT

Meet our newest adoptee.
Huey


He was given to me as a good luck fertility gift.


He's sweet and loves to hide in the plants around the house.


Here is Connor holding his brother Buford who was adopted by my brother.
Connor is of course crazy about the bunny.  He can't stop kissing it.



Saturday, August 6, 2011

K'NAAN - Wavin' Flag

I know this song has been out for a while, but we happen to LOVE it!  So if you haven't seen the music video, watch it! Remember to pause the music player. This song will make you happy :)

Thursday, July 28, 2011

SUMMER FUN

 I've been terrible at taking photos this summer, but we've sure been having a lot of fun!!!
I'm so lucky to have my cute neighbor girls who are always up for park days, movies, the zoo.  Here are some photos I have taken.


My parents are remodeling their house this summer, so we've been seeing an extra lot of Christian and Matt and it's been so fun having them around!  Connor loves when his uncles sleep over! 



If you know Connor well you know he is head over hills in love with Riley!  The whole time at the zoo he was yelling Riley, Rhett, Riley, Rhett!!!!!  Some of our best friends in the whole world, what would we do without the Merrills?



I also couldn't ask for better neighbors!!!  Here is Connor with our next door neighbor Shannon at the movies.  Whenever we go outside he points to Shannon's house and asks me where the "pretty girl" is.  Shannon is known to laugh hysterically, like stop breathing she's laughing so hard, we love having her around! 


We headed up to Eden over the 24th of July.  My little brother Matt got his Eagle in scouts so my grandparents took the extended family to the Red Moose Lodge to celebrate.  We had about seventy people, it was a BLAST!!!!





Connor had so much fun, he loves nothing more than to be around kids! 
I really wish I would have taken more photos.  
We went on a pretty fun mountain bike trail.  My poor cousin Jenifer fell on her bike and got a pretty swollen eye.  When we asked if she was okay she had blood dripping from her eye put her hands in the air and told us it was the funnest bike ride she's ever been on!  
I can't thank my grandparents enough for the years and years of trips they've taken us on.  
Some of my best memories will always be with my Grandparents and cousins :)


Connor has also been upgraded from his crib to a twin bed.  The puppies sleep with him every night, Connor loves Elle and Bruiser, who needs stuffed animals when you have the real things?


Hope you're all having a wonderful Summer too!

Sunday, June 26, 2011

I LOVE NOT CAMPING :)

If there's one thing I LOVE about my Dad, 
it's the fact that when we go on vacation we always have a reservation somewhere with comfy beds, a nice pool and clean shower!  
I've never been much of a camper.

We spent all of last week in Lake Tahoe and had a wonderful time!  
We rode a lot of bike trails and Justin and Matt did a lot of mountain biking.
Connor had a permanent grin glued to his face for the week.  



Lake Tahoe is so fun.  There is a lot to do and most of it is within walking distance or a short car ride :)
We like to walk around the "Heavenly Village" which is a ski resort-similar to park city. 
They have a mini golf in the center of all the shops and of course 
Connor thought it was the greatest thing ever!



He also loved throwing pennies and yelling "wish" into this fountain!


One day we rented a boat.  Lake Tahoe is the most beautiful lake and it's great because you feel like you have the whole lake to yourself.  Connor fell asleep in about thirty seconds.




We saw this eagles nest and could actually see and hear the baby eagles in it.  It was too hard to get a good picture, but so fun to see!


Connor woke up and decided he wanted to be the flag boy, until he dropped it 1,000 feet into the lake, eek!


We did a little wakeboarding.


Next year we'll be getting a wet suit, 
yes that's snow on the mountains and yes the water was freezing!
Still a lot of fun though.


Justin and I took Connor of the tube, he thought it was a fun time.




Here's the boys on the tube.  
We all took turns riding with everyone trying not to fall off!  


We spent lots of time eating at the Red Hut!  Best diner food EVER!  
We especially love their ice cream parlor.



We traveled up to the old west Virginia City.  It was the heart of the Gold Rush!  
Lots of fun shops to look at...especially the candy stores.


We travled into an old mine.



On Thursday we had plans to go parasailing and jet skiing.  The wind picked up and we had to cancel our parasailing trip.  Remember last years photos when Justin went up 1200 feet?  you can see those pics CLICK HERE.  We were going to go up with Connor this year and were a little sad when it got canceled so we 
decided to take him fishing instead.


Of course Christian caught the catch of the day!  


He decided to donate his fish to a cub bear who had recently been orphaned and rescued. 


We're so grateful to my family for taking us up to Tahoe.  It's a fun family tradition, and  we're especially grateful we didn't have to stay in a tent! 

Thursday, June 16, 2011

CONNOR'S 2ND BIRTHDAY

Our sweet little Connor boy is two years old today!
We had a baseball Birthday BBQ to celebrate!





We played water balloon Hot Potato, if the ball stopped on your lap 
you were sure to get soaked!






There were a lot of kids and a lot of fun, 
but it definitely got a little crazy.

Connor makes life at our house good!
 I could go on and on about how much we love him!
He is EVERYTHING to us! 
 Happy Birthday Connor!  

p.s. Did you know we've still never cut Connor's hair? 
There is superstition about cutting black hair before the child is two.  
At least that's what the girls at Hair Haven tell me!


Saturday, June 4, 2011

BRIDAL SHOWER

My DARLING cousin Marianne is getting married in July.  
We decided to do a twist on the Royal Wedding for her bridal shower.

"We'll get dressed up and have some tea,
what fun this royal shower will be, 
get dressed up in your tea party best, 
hat or headband is a must!"


There isn't a more beautiful place in the world to be than Grandmother Elaine's house.
I had my wedding reception along with lots of Birthday parties here.


Here is my headpiece and cocktail ring I found at TaiPan.


 Isn't this yard fantastic?
My sweet cousin Rachel helped hang the banner made of doiles
 and Justin and Connor helped with the pom poms.


We had Grandma Elaine's tea cups and saucers on the tables,
 they were gorgeous!



But not as gorgeous as the beautiful bride Marianne!




We had cookies, lemonade, tea, ribbon sandwiches, 
veggie and egg sandwiches and had a great time!

It was especially great to be with all our family on this beautiful day!
Best wishes to Marianne! XOXO!!!



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