Awww Man!!

I decided that having had 5 haircuts by the time you are 10 months was outrageous. And that by taking him to the salon everytime was much more work than having a little girl with pigtails. So for the 6th haircut I had a great idea. How bout I just get the clippers out and give him a cute little baby buzz cut myself? Even though I've never used them, those things are foolproof right? Turns out no. Cute from the front.
Cute on the side.

DANG!!

Aviary

The Bird Aviary has always been a fearful place for me considering I have an extreme bird phobia. I never wanted Rylee to share my fear so I try and "pretend" that I like, and am fascinated by birds. This bird here terrifies me but I try and say to Rylee, "Ooh look how big and strong he looks" all while not getting tooo close. We had a good time and I only got freaked out one time at the bird show when the falcon they were showing almost skimmed my head flying down from his perch.

Everyone at the Aviary

This grin lights up my life

Rylee and her aunt Court-Court

Rylee looks so depressed while Parker is doing his famous backbend.

Ahhhh!..so close to 30

I had a super fun birthday, but also the very first birthday that I kinda dreaded. I don't want to be 30 and being 29 now means I'm a little too close for comfort. Oh well, besides that- I woke up to Jared cooking me breakfast and folding clothes! Whoa--it MUST be my birthday. Jared took both kids downstairs so that I could...wait for it.....wait for it.....SLEEP IN!!! It was amazing considering I have been dealing with sick and teething kids for the last 3 months. Then---I actually got to take a long, hot soothing shower!!! I also got a pedicure and my family came over for pizza and cake. It was so much fun. I just love my family and in-laws, they are so good to me. Thanks everyone for such a great birthday and making me feel so loved!

More pics to come to round out the rest of summer. I am really going to start being a more consistent blogger.

2nd try at the camping thing

After the last time camping can you believe that we tried it again? Well we did. It was sooo much easier this time. We were a lot more prepared, had a MUCH bigger tent, my kids slept better, it was warmer, and biggest thing of all...there was no river. This time my dad drove over in his 5th wheel and we camped at Anderson's cove with my side of the family. We were a quick walk away from the Pineview Resevoir. We had a blast in the lake, we blew up all the innertubes and floated for hours, set up a volleyball net on our site and had a couple of mean, VERY competitive games, and just had an overall good time hanging out. Rylee and Parker were so good and I had lots of help with them. We stayed both nights and slept relatively well! If camping is this easy now..sign me up! This is Ry in her very own personalized tube
First time having s'mores! Can you guess what she thought of them?


Love love love these girls!

Even though I have my "camping do" I thought this was a beautiful background

Today they loved eachother.

Sister-in-law romance shot

Chillin round the campfire

Are these kids related?

The kids had way too good of a time jumping on the tubes. Please excuse my poor little orphan looking daughter. We WERE just camping y'know.

Parker and Granddad on his last day here

Finally the 4th of July

Okay, I've been really slow to update, kinda lame- I know. So if you care, I think I last left off on the 4th- so here's a little of what we did. We had a good time with our friends at the West Point parade. Rylee is finally getting the hang of scrambling to get candy. She had a really good time and actually got a lot of candy for her mom to eat. We then went to a little festival type thing where we watched the kids play games and get face paintings. It was a fun day, but we ended up not seeing a single professional firework for the third year in a row. Why? Because Rylee has exhausted parents. By the time 9:30 rolls around there is no way I'm delaying bedtime ANY longer. Sorry kids, maybe next year. However...we did do some in our backyard and Parker is going to a pyromaniac I fear. That kid couldn't contain himself at the sight of fire. It was a good 4th!
Eatin corn at the bbq!

Cheesin it with my hottie

Rylee waving to get candy

Rylee not getting any candy

Rylee and our good friend's little boy, Carter at the parade

Sacked out