my blue eyed boy!!

Tay Tay's 1st Burfday party!

Taylor's Birthday Party!

Ollie's first time going on a swing. He loved it!

All Good Things Must Come To An End...

Ya know, being an unemployed bum isn't necessarily a bad thing is it?

We have had a pretty fun last few weeks. I have been able to spend a lot of good quality time with the fam. Every summer until this year, I inconveniently missed a lot of fun family events and get togethers because I was traveling being selfish and playing paintball. This year has been very much a year of change.

I don't travel and play paintball anymore, not because I all of the sudden decided to become responsible or anything like that, its because we had a kid (kind of a big deal), and now a new direction for my career. Sad that I call it a career, I'm just a blue collar grunt, but hey, its my calling I suppose. Now summer is wrapping up, I am going to go back to work blahhh, and fall will hit us soon. It was a good run while it lasted, here is some of the stuff we did...

Today we went out to play with the dogs, it was pretty cool. They do really well with grabby little Oliver, and he doesn't mind a lick in the face either so it all works out pretty well. Everyone got slobbery and muddy and had a good bonding moment.

We went to Seven Peaks a bunch of times. We got season passes and went there with Julie and her girls and took my little brother and sisters a bunch. Everyone got good tans and had great fun. I got burnt. It was still pretty fun. Turns out Ollie loves swimming, he would go down all the big slides and not even bat an eye. When it was nap time we would take him out on the tube in the wave pool and he was out within minutes. If only we had one at home...

We had a fun little Pioneer day BBQ at Tami's parents house. Everyone came over and we all had a smashing good time. Oliver got to hold his 1st sparkler. Judging by his mesmerized gaze, I think it was a hit. Luckily no one got burnt, although little Jordyn did get a wicked bad wedgie. I guess dancing around with a stick on fire will cause your knickers to hike. Who knew?

Danielle and Brock invited the whole gang up to Brock's families cabin up in Birdseye for an overnighter. It was really fun. We did manly stuff like fishing and shooting guns. I even got to break in my new shotgun shooting some skeet. When it came to bedtime the fun came to a screeching halt! Oliver was the biggest pain in the butt ever. Luckily his lack of sleep distracted me from the completely flat uncomfortable pillow I got to set my fat bald dome on. So thanks buddy, your a real team player.

We also got invited to Hailey and Brinley's 3rd birthday party in the park! That was really fun, so thanks Twinners for the invite. We had some delectable princess cake, watched the little diva's have their fun in the sun, then topped it off with some fishing in the little pond. Grandpa and uncle Jason are a couple of fly fishing Guru's. Ollie and I got our first lessons doing that. I think Oliver will pass me up in no time.

Tami almost pulled in a whopper Blue Gill probably a scale breaking 1 or 2 oz's, but the little bugger wiggled off before I could snap the pick. Better luck next time Honey.