Sassie

My best friend. 100% unconditional love and support. My constant companion through 15 years of ups and downs. She went through it all with me and was always there. The bad times were only bearable because she was there with me. The good times were even better because she was there with me. Absolutely irreplaceable.

I love you forever and ever, always.

Happy 15th Birthday, Sassie!

We celebrated Sassie's 15th birthday!!!

She got her most favorite treat in the world - an entire Sweet Potato & Fish cake!

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy!!!

The cats got to enjoy the party, too. They all got some of their own wet food!

Happy Birthday, Sassie. We all love you so much!

Lake Mary - July 31, 2011

We have just loved hiking this summer with the boys! One weekend, we went up to Lake Mary. It was so beautiful and we had so much fun again!

Gibson found a few friends - good thing he had some peanuts to feed them!

Gibson - our mountain climber!

The wildflowers were just starting to open - they were beautiful! When we went up again 3 weeks later, there were even more!!

Happy 1st Birthday, Caleb and Gage! July 19, 2011

Happy Birthday to Caleb and Gage!!! We can't believe how fast the first year went! We love our boys so much!

We had a fun day of activities! We just kept it simple and did some fun stuff with just the 5 of us!

Opening our presents from Aunt Chelsea.

Grandma and Grandpa were gone on our birthday, so they came over before they left town and gave us our presents.

Our birthday morning! Look at all of these fun new toys!!!

Caleb opening up a present!

Gage opening up a present!

Gage loves his new walker!

Caleb likes his, too!

Then we all went swimming. We went to the Murray pool and had so much fun!!!

For dinner, mom made us all of our favorite foods: BBQ steak, potatoes, pasta salad and fresh fruit. Mmmmmmmm!

Here's our super-cute birthday cakes! This is what they looked like BEFORE we got to them!

And now... time to attack the cakes!!!!

What's left of the cakes... Now time for cleanup!

What an awesome birthday!!!

Donut Falls July 2011

We finally got 2 Keltys so we can all go hiking together!! We decided to go up to Donut Falls since it had been several years since we'd been there. The boys absolutely LOVED the hike! They just had a blast in their backpacks! I especially enjoyed Gage talking and singing in my ear the entire time! We had a lot of fun and can't wait to go hiking again!

We made it to the falls! It was 100+ degrees down in the valley, so the hike felt really nice! When we came down the last part and started hiking along the river, it felt like you were in an air-conditioned room!

Hi Caleb!!

Hi Gage!

What a good-looking hiker!

Snack time!

Gage and Mom at the falls.

Gibson, Brady & Caleb!

The wildflowers were just starting to bloom - beautiful!