how i love my baby

even if he isn't a baby anymore.

We finally got his current stats.

weight 24 lbs (50-something %)
height 33 inches (99%)

he's taller than some of the two years olds i know, but he's a skinny, yet stalky boy! :)

labor day

We spent the weekend camping.

It was perfect (minus the wind). I am glad we got one more camping trip in before it is too cold to go. This was only our second camping trip of the year. Definitely not normal behavior for us. :)

Gage loves being outside so it was definitely a hit with him.

He did a lot of giggling.

A lot of sleeping.

And made a lot of goofy faces.

We sure love spending time with him.

Wife's Day Weekend!

Yes, around here we have Wife's Day. No sense wasting a perfectly good holiday just because we don't have kids, right? We totally take advantage of the gift giving holiday! And, we do love our moms!

This is my mom on the Mexican Riviera Cruise that we took in February.

Dustyn's mom with her 20th grandchild (December 08)

We really have some great support systems that help us get through the tough times. It's great to have mom's. Happy Mother's Day!

For Wife's Day, Dustyn went to Goldsmith Jewelry and bought me a Pandora bracelet.  It did help that the fab Leisha gave away a gift certificate! (he would have bought me one anyways, but that just made it a bit easier to start! Thanks Leisha!)

(p.s. if you haven't seen the pandora bracelets, they are charms that you collect - they are super cute when you have a full charm bracelet! Here is an example:)

Dustyn also took some really nice pictures of flowers and had them printed for me. Now we just need to frame them and hang them, then I will post a picture.

He really is the best husband ever.

We went to Piute over the weekend and went camping. It was great as usual. Of course we went camping, since it was my choice on what to do for the weekend!
I think I took 5 pictures the whole trip...

Nope... SIX!
I have no idea what is up with the blue picture. It's lovely.
I was trying to get a picture of Dustyn painting.

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend is seriously one of my most favorite weekend of the year. (why yes, I do have a lot of favorite weekends) ;)
We always go camping with family. Easter weekend kinda kicks off the camping season for us. I love it. Our school district always has spring break the Thursday and Friday before Easter. Long weekends are always nice! (It does help that both of us are currently in the Education field).

On Thursday morning we started packing and getting ready to go. We didn't actually leave town until 5:00PM. Seems like we had a million little errands to run, but we finally got out of town.

We went to Piute Reservoir. We packed up the truck and loaded up Bruce and hit the road.

We set up camp (with some great helpers) and had a fabulous weekend.
(oh wait, I forgot one tiny small detail - on the way Bruce had an accident. Diarrhea everywhere. Poor Dustyn. Poor Bruce. Poor noses.)

Bruce got some burrs in his paws so Dustyn let Bruce lay on his lap (not that Dustyn had any choice in the matter) so he could get them out. His fur is so matted from the trip. Guess it's time for Bruce to visit a beautician. :)

We did some fishing and caught two fish. We had quite a few more that were almost in, but didn't actually make it.

Everyone else obviously caught more than we did.

We cooked some fish.

Roasted hot dogs and marshmallows.

Spent lots of time by the fire.
(it rained a lot)

We played in the fire a lot. (Not in front of the kids, of course)
I love being an adult. lol

We played with Bruce.
He smelt like a wet dog. Ew.

Wish you could see how big he really is. But you would have to see him in person.

 We rode 4-wheelers and froze to death while doing it. (it was raining)

We played with the kiddos and some silly bunnies that came by.

We loved hanging out with family.

Admired the beautiful scenery.

(that is our camp on the other side of the lake)
Good times, good times.

I love me a nice vacay.