Cowboys and Cupcakes

My first little niece ever, Allie, had her birthday party this weekend in St. George. It was so stinkin' adorable I couldn't help but get a little snap happy with my camera. They had everything...

ridin'

prizes

The birthday girl, rodeo queen, miss Allie cat

horses and ropin'

Of course my little guy had to dress the part... what a studly little cowboy I have.

Checking for eggs...

more ropin'

Breezy, Allie and their pretty Mamma, Sharla

adorable decor

villains...

good food

Oh so much fun!! Sharla always says her parties will be "no big deal". I beg to differ. It was a perfect afternoon and a very happy 8th birthday for my Allie! Love you all, thanks so much for letting us come to your big day!

Love

Happy Valentines Day friends

A laugh

This is from the early fall last year and I just found it...
and I can't stop laughing at myself.

So have a laugh, on me :)

(you need sound for this)

I was about 1/2 an inch from running into that tree and falling down the mountain.
I am a dork.
This is proof.

Private

So sorry friends... due to a lot of hits on my blog from places like Nigeria where I do not know a soul, I have decided to make the ol' blog private. I hate to do that because I like for ALL my friends and family and friends of friends and friends of family or whoever has any kind of connection with me to be able to see it, SO, if you ever read my blog and you would like to continue, please leave your name and email address so I can add you! :)

Thanks all!

Here's a picture of my handsome little dude
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Oh sorry, that's my big handsome dude with a creepy look on his face.
Just as good :)

Ollie walks

I guess you are supposed to let people know when your kid does this...



So there ya go. He walks. It's adorable. It's trouble.

Merry Christmas

Christmas day will no doubt be a whirlwind so I thought I would post this now.

I'm so excited for Christmas this year. So excited to spend time with my family. SO grateful for my family. This last year as been by far the best year of my life. I have never felt so much joy and happiness and content in all my life. I'm just so happy. And to thank for it all... the man we are celebrating this Christmas season. My Savior. Without whom, I would have none of the things that make me so happy. I'm so grateful for him. For his birth. For his sacrifice for me and for you. For his absolutely endless love.

Have a great holiday everyone!

Binky Blankee Boy

I really want to start recording all of the funny little things Ollie does. So I'm gonna. This will probably not entertain anyone else but me, but that's ok.

Ollie loves his binky and his blankee. A lot.

Every day, at some point, I will be busy doing something and Ollie will sneak into his room and when I find him, he has his blankee and his binky in hand (or mouth), and he is happy. He thinks he is so smart and clever because he figured out how to get them out of his crib without me. Sometimes I think he really is pretty smart because I'm not sure how he gets them sometimes when the bink seems to me to be out of reach... sneaky sneaky.

Anyway, when he gets his treasures, he put the bink in his mouth and snuggles his blankee and it's just so cute... it usually looks something like this

(he is cuddling... not crying)

or this

or both.

See. Not that entertaining huh? But that's my boy, and he entertains me :) I love him.