FINALLY... Birthday Pictures!!

So I got my pictures from my trip to Las Vegas for my birthday!! Its taken me a couple weeks to get to it but I'm finally posting them. (Thanks, Jenny for making a disc and sending them.) So those of you anxiously awaiting them... TA DA!! (and for those of you who already saw some of them on Jenny's Blog, sorry for the repeat.)

Camping with the McKay Family

Last weekend we went camping with my sister, Noelle and her family. It turned out to be quite an adventure. We left late Friday afternoon to head to cottonwood canyon on the east side of Salt Lake but when we got up in the canyon, all their campsites were full. So we discussed it and decided to try a place that Travis, my brother in law, had camped at before. It was halarious. We went from the east side to way, way out on the west side. We finally set up camp and got a fire going for hotdogs and marshmellos at around 8 or 8:30pm. On top of our late evening the dirt there was the way dark, super powdery stuff. The kind that gets in and on everything without effort. We were all coated after about 5min there, so I'm sure that we ate a ton of it cause there was just no escaping it. But despite all the set backs we had a great time. In fact for the rest of the week Shayne asked to go back camping! Thanks for a great time McKay family. :)

Payton in the front pack... he didn't wanna be put down at all.

This was Gabe's dirty face after I'd washed it like 100 times.

Here's Shayne's face in the cleaner stage. Right after

this she got sooo dirty that you could hardly see her face

under the dirt. We would just laugh anytime we looked

at her it was such a funny sight.

All the dirty little kids... they had alot of fun!!

Here's Noelle and Travis taking down the tents.

They did most of the work thanks to my whiney Payton.

Thanks again guys!

25 in Vegas!!

I turned 25...

This last weekend I went to Las Vegas to celebrate my 25th Birthday with my sisters and like a total airhead I forgot my camera!! Luckily my sisters took lots of fun pictures so I'll try to get some from them and post them later. I had such a fun time! My birthday was on Sunday so we didn't go out that day. We went to church and came back and took naps (naps rock!!) then that evening Jenny and Mike made an awesome dinner. Mike grilled some way yummy steaks and Jen did the rest, including yummy cheesecake for dessert. It was all sooo good. Then on Tuesday night we had a girls night out with my two sisters, Lindsay and Jenny, and I. We went to P.F. Chang's (a first for me... and it was Mmmm) then went down to the strip in Las Vegas. We watched the water show outside the Bellagio and then just walked around for a while. We grabbed shakes on the way home and overall it was an awesome night. Thanks so much sisters!! I feel like I had two birthdays. Lucky me!

Gabe turns 2!!

Happy Birthday Gabe!!

Gabriel was born on July 29th 2006. He was two months early, though you'd never know now by looking at him or talking to him. He's such a big boy and so smart. I remember when he was in the N.I.C.U. he had such a strong spirit about him. He seemed so small and even frail in his little earthly body but his spirit was so strong. He is so fun to be around and brightens everyones day. He's so full of life even from one extreme to the next. I wouldn't trade him for anything.

Gabe's Birthday Party

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Ok so I spent hours last night trying to get my slide show from Gabe's birthday party added to my blog but to no avail! So the best I can do is post the link on here and if you wanna see it just click on the link. :)
On the Sunday before Gabe's birthday I had a spontaneous moment and threw together a bag, loaded the kids in the car, and drove to my sister Kayleen's house in central Utah. So thats where we spent his birthday. We played and hung out all day then in the evening we took the kids bowling. It was my kids first time and they loved it, at least they did for the first 5 minutes. We had pizza before we bowled and after bowling Gabe opened presents and then we had cupcakes and played the arcades. They even had one of those three horse carousels, you know, the ones that are outside stores, only they had it inside and it was Shayne's favorite part of the night. Over all it was a good birthday and I think all the kids had a good time. Happy Birthday Gabe! I love you!

Payton and momma

I decided to put this one on here seperate from the slide show cause I was told that I hardly ever put pictures of myself on here. So... ta da. This is Payton and I at the bowling alley for Gabe's birthday. I think he was trying to say something when the picture was taken... we all have those pictures huh.

Never too tired for cupcakes...

On the day that we left my sisters I kind of lost track of time. I wasn't sure that I wanted to leave that day or stay a little longer or which direction I wanted to head from there for that matter. I had planned on leaving around naptime so the kids would sleep in the car. But, naptime came and went and we still hadn't left. Finally I was to the point of loading the car and I opened all the doors to the car to let the hot air out before I loaded the kids. Gabe, seeing an opportunity, had followed me out and was playing in the car, which he's not usually allowed to do. I went back inside to finalize my leaving (you know, grab the water bottles, do a quick sweep to make sure we didn't forget anything, and start the goodbyes) and realized that he was still out there so I went out to check on him. When I first walked out the door and didn't see his blonde head in the car I started to worry and pictured myself on the 6 o'clock news, but as I walked by the car I looked in and found the above sight. He had found the last of the cupcakes from his birthday and pryed open the container and started in on one just prior to falling asleep. The rest of the cupcakes were tipped over on the floor (as you can see in the picture) and he was asleep with the cupcake still pressed to his face... silly boy. We all had a good laugh peeking in at him though.