Happy Birthday Jeff!!

So we have reached the end of birthday season at our house with the big 30 for Jeff. It was a pretty low key day (just how he likes it) but he did get a coveted TCBY fro-yo cake. Of which Alex ate most of. The balloon boquet was a huge hit..... for about 30 seconds until Rhianna popped one and had a meltdown. Then they were a huge hit for Alex. The second picture has nothing to do with Jeff's bday other than the fact that I took it on his birthday... but COME ON!! Every time I look at it it makes me laugh out loud. It's rad. So happy 30th birthday to Jeff yesterday!

Farewell to Chocolate Bear

Today my darling stoopid dog decided it would be a good idea to snap at Alex for seemingly no good reason. So alas, we must all say goodbuy to Bear, as tomorrow she is headed for the pound. I am pretty sad 'cuz for all her faults I sure did like her. Jeff however, is waiting with keys in hand to drive her away. Poor Cami just can't seem to keep a friend. I wonder if she will be happy or sad.....

Happy Birthday Rhianna!!!

So today was Rhianna's 6th birthday! And what a day it was. Her friend Kyla came over this morning about 9am (rhi was still in bed...) and we had pink chocolate chip pancakes, eggs and bacon for breakfast. Then the two girls chased each other and the dogs around the yard for a while until we went swimming at a place called Sandy Point. It is a little runoff from Lucky Peak reservoir made up with grills & picnic tables and sandy beaches and a fountain in the center you can swim out to. Our friends Mandy and Adam and their kids came along and we had a picnic and swam for the afternoon. After we were done with that we had some more friends come over and we had a BBQ then pink cake and opened presents. Thanks to both the Grandparents and Mama Duff for the sweet gifts, she loved ALL of them. Grandma Price... ask me later and I'll tell you what you bought her.. ;0) Now she is outside in the tent with Kyla having a sleepover and staying up WAY too late playing with all her new gifts. It was a pretty awesome (and exhausting) birthday, sorry everyone couldn't be here to share it with us.

Catch Up

So here it all is. First and most important, Alex and his new favorite treat, apple cores. He LOVES them, as you can see by the huge grin on his face. On Monday we went to Island Park to the cabin, and my dad decided it would be a good idea to drive to the top of the world. Or the top of sawtelle mountain as it were. Pretty amazing site, i must say. But I have never driven a scarier road then the tiny little dirt path that winds up the side of that mountain. Oh, and if you are wondering where Rhianna is in all those beautiful scenery pictures, she is hiding in the car 'cuz the California girl can't handle the cold! ;0) But she did find some snow and played in it for the first time in her life. She ate some and said it tasted like "um....... water."

Last friday he finally had his own first birthday cake, so of course we stuck his face in it. Although honestly he put his face in it by himself, we just had to shove it down a little bit further so the frosting would stick. He shared his party with Nellie who's birthday is the day after his, so we bbq'd and had cake and opened presents, all the usual stuff.

Leanne took his 1 year pictures this weekend as well, so a s soon as I get them I will post a few so you can all see how amazing they are!

Fireworks Rule

Happy 6th of July everyone! The 4th was pretty awesome. We did a million things, and had a blast doing them. The fireworks were pretty amazing, and Alex loved them for about the first 5 minutes. Then he got real mad about them, then he fell asleep. Due to tired grumpy kids we lit off most of our fireworks the next day with just a few of us. The smoke bombs were a huge hit because you could hold them and you could dance in the smoke. All in all it was a pretty good celebration of freedom!!