Little Hoot

Monday morning, in the midst of a massive snowstorm, I returned from my run to find this little guy hanging out on our back step.

I'm not sure where he came from, but he was gone within the hour.

The storm also brought down a big branch from one of our trees, completely took out one of the trashy trees (that I hate!) which then took out one of our garden sprinklers and flattened most of my raspberries. Also, my lilacs succumbed to the weight of the snow and are still bent over, almost touching the ground. I hope my little tomato and squash plants survive!

Darn Utah weather!

State Track

A couple of weeks ago was State Track. The Boy and I went down both days and watched us some HS track. The Boy did like to watch the runners, but he was more interested in running up and down the little hill and the gun going off, which he loved! MVHS had some impressive performances, including a state record in the girls' 800m!

The Coaches Andrus

The Boy luvs his sunscreen.

The Car Boy

The Boy has had this cool Plasma Car for a while now, but this was the first day we brought it outside. Next vehicle to master: the trike.

Welcome to Paradox, CO

home of the annual Redd Ranches Bull Sale. And probably one of my favorite places to be.

Some come for the bulls, others come for the meat. And beans. And BBQ sauce.

There are plenty of cute cowboys around.

The Boy preferred to stay in Papa's truck. I think he would have stayed in there forever if he hadn't seen this......

I literally had to pry his fingers from the steering wheel while bribing him with a brownie to get him off.

Don't worry that fence is 100% bull-proof.

Almost.

When I was a little kid at the Bull Sale I used to sit right where The Boy is and play in the sawdust with big plastic cups.

What is so fun about sawdust and cups anyway?

There is only one thing The Boy loves more than Papa's truck. Papa.

The "New" Boy

Before......


After........

About a month ago, we did it. I was just getting sick of the "bowl cut" look. Aunt Holly did the deed and did a great job! The Boy was really good too. The sucker helped. I wish I would have taken a picture of the floor, there was so much hair! Poor kid has his mama's hair.

Tato, sorry it took me so long to get these pictures up. (Our computer got sick)

Birthday Party #2

Last month we had birthday party #2 for my side of the family.

The Boy got his first pair of cowboy boots, a rite of passage in my family.

Uncle Brad doing the honors.

He also got his first belt buckle! And a cute cowboy shirt and some wranglers!

We also celebrated Aspen's birthday and she got these beautiful chaps. So lucky!


The Boy and Jack on his new plasma car!

Birthday Bash

The Boy turned two!

Truck Cake (I am not a professional cake decorator)

Unfortunately The Boy failed to blow out his candles. He had to have a little help. (Grandpa) I'm sure he'll get 'em next year!

The Boy opened his second present and refused to open any more. He just wanted to play with his new truck book. Luckily, we convinced him to continue opening his other presents.

Future keeper? I'd like to think so.

Possible Halloween costume? Letter Boy, Alphaboy?

Along with turning 2, The Boy has really turned on his language skills. He actually tries to say words now and can say lots of words including, but not limited to: more, car (of course), fan, heat, hot, two, sit, Papa A and Papa B, Paul, Tate, blue (boo), eat, me, mine, pee, poo and potty, and my personal favorite and most recent, sauce.