they could be the BEST of friends if only they lived a LITTLE

 closer!!!

My Kids were unusually happy in the car today so of course i snapped a few pic's

I was scaring them while pumping gas!!  They were lovin' it!!  Too bad they are strapped in there carseats not some where pretty because these pictures all were so good!!  I love this little girl too pieces!!

I wish you could hear her happy little laughter!! This is one of those radom wonderful moments you wish you could bottle up and freeze! 

So i have finally figured out the trick, if you want a good picture of Ry that's' not a big blur-strap him in his carseat!

so bashful!  pure delight!

 I took these last couple of pic's after we left the museum for the day, we were stopped at a light and i was trying to keep Ryan awake until we got home-after I took this last picture he was SOUND asleep with in 3 seconds...it was crazy fast and he was really out i tried tempting him with all sorts of treats!

Ryan's 3rd Birthday Bash 

Cowboy Round Up!!!

We has a fabulous birthday bash!!  

It got a little bit out of hand, I am so glad that all of my friends were able to come, it made the day so much fun!  

I thought that a party on a Tuesday in the middle of the day after a major holiday would result in low attendance, to my shock and great suprise everyone was able to make it except one family, that resulted in over 50 people rounded up at our house!!

We started with the full cowboy git-up, which included chaps(that katie and i stayed up until 3:30am the night before the party making),paper bag vests, hat, bandana, and sheriffs badges, the whole costume was less then $2.00 per kid.

we ended up with way more pictures of Caroline then Ry, oh well!  She's pretty darn cute!

The stick horses were found at the Dollar Tree-that's what spur this crazy idea!!

Of course today he wasn't interested at all in weraing his cowboy clothes!!  so he was shirtless most of the day.  On friday he said he wanted a Lighting Mcqueen party instead-sorry dude!!

Cute Ciasa

The Horse cupcakes were definitely a labor of love-but they turned out so cute and were HUGE hit!

Panning for gold was the biggest hit of all-I made little bags for them to put their gold in, and they turned out so cute!  I think some of the kids played in their the whole time.

the sandwiches were pure luck, i was looking for a star cookie cutter in my gigantic bag of cookie cutters and i just happen to find a boot and hat cookie cutter.  They were perfect!

Jordan in her Cowgirl Glory!!!  Behind her is the cardboard jail that i made and the kids destroyed in about 10 minutes!!!

A bunch of my wonderful friends! and i for sure couldn't have done this without the help of my sister, shalene, and jessica-thanks so much for all your help!

 Four generations of the King family!

Enjoying all my hard work!

The posse

The best Mimi ever!  She made the bbq beef sandwiches and the baked beans, they were fabulous! 

Sandy Girl!!

The chocolate face says it all!!

I had a ton of games planned but the kids had a blast in the panning for gold and just running around I didn't even bother with it-oh well next time.

It was so much fun, i would do it all again....just not tomorrow!!

We love you little buckaroo,  i can't believe you are 3 already-you have brought so much joy to our lives!

Our night time routine....

 a soothing ice cream

 she needed the spoon because she kept trying to dig the ice cream out with her fingers and then they kept freezing and then she would cry in pain.

next a little naked ride around the yard

(he snuck into the backyard while i was trying to dry Caroline off after their bath)

looks like he is really sleepy right???

winding down with dad!! 

little night cap

it was just water

now it's off to bed....

makes me sleepy just looking at pictures and knowing this all happened with in a span of about an hour!

nighty night

Dear Mimi and Gramps,

Thank you so much for a wonderful, sweaty, hot, fun filled, wiped out,fabulous, patience filled, memory filled, camping trip!!  Here are a few more pictures of the highlights.

Gramps chillaxn'

 He may or may not be trying to catch a ride from Reese

she was a lucky girl!  look at that mess!

Ryan's new best friend Beau!!  He was the best cowboy, so kind and great with the kids!  We went on an hour ride just Katie, Delaney, me and Ryan!  It was the  best ever and one of my favorite memories with Ry so far.   Beau let us run the horses and Ryan couldn't get enough!

Me and my sicky girl-she had Hand Foot and Mouth Disease(not fun, blisters in her mouth, bottoms of her feet, bum, and lips)she was a mess!!

Mimi and Liney Girl

Ryan and I swam all the way out to the buoy-swimming out was the easy part, swimming in a little more difficult!

playing in the sand

feet in the water + gubbie in the mouth = perfect afternoon

wanted to swim all by herself!

hands in the sand!