Rodeo parade time!

My mom and I took Bailey, Maddi, and my nieces Makayla, Alexis and Jordynn to the rodeo parade. I hadn't been in years and we all had a really good time. The girls loved seeing all the horses, ponies and donkeys. I enjoyed plugging my nose while pretty much every animal conveniently pooped on the road in front of us. It was a fun day.

This was just a cute sign

foxy ladies

They really did dye this poor horse pink. Animal cruelty anyone?

Border patrol bagpipes!

This one is the border patrol

Grandma and the girls

you can't see him but Ronald McDonald was on this one

The Mormon Batallion (look it up if you don't know about it) That's our bishop with the rifle in the front!

EW! Creepy!

If any of you think Stephen works hard while he's at work. This shows you the kind of sick things he's really up to. My poor kids.

bailey's first braids

So they're super small cause her hair is so thin and fine but they're braids and they're adorable!

Yummmm

I've been craving banana bread really bad lately. So last night I finally made some. And oh yes it is delicioso!! I know you're thinking I put poop in the one on the right but it's chocolate chips. :)

Bonding Time

Ethan told Stephen tonight that he needed to bond with him. So what better bonding activity for a father and son...PS3. They sat down and defeated some villains playing lego batman on the ps3. It was really cute.

A Day at the Lake

We were having a rough morning today and by that I mean that my daughters were driving me cRaZy. So, to save all our lives, we went out to get lunch and had a picnic at the lake in our neighborhood. It was really fun and it was the perfect day for a picpnic. Bailey got to try out her fishing pole that she got for Christmas. It's a Spongebob pole with Plankton as the bait so she got to practice casting it into the water. She even caught a fish!!! Well.....ok so she didn't really catch a fish but this nice old man that was fishing near us had caught one earlier and he kindly let Bailey take a picture with it so she could claim the glory. Maddi was really trying to walk right into the lake and didn't like that mean ol' mom kept saving her life. Man I'm boring. PS, I love having a lake down the street. :) hahahaha

Maddi's 1st Birthday

My little Maddison turned 1 today. I can't believe how fast this year went by. She really looks huge all of a sudden. We had a busy day today. Our friends' daughter, Brooke turned 1 about a week ago and they were celebrating her birthday today too so we had her party this afternoon and then Maddi's party this evening at Peter Piper - I didn't want everyone to have to drive all the way to our house and it's easier if I don't have to do any of the cleaning or cooking. We had a lot of fun. Maddi got to ride the rides in the arcade and she had her own giant cupcake to eat-even though she didn't really care to. I ran out of battery on my camera during the party, naturally, so I had to videotape the rest so that's why there aren't very many pictures. But here's a few of our day and our big one year old!