Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Summer Fun

Wow! What a crazy, busy, fun summer! So many things going on, there are TONS of pictures on this post.
First off... Mylee turned 1 about a month and a half ago. I don't think I have ever seen a more spoiled baby. The gift pile was higher than her head. Thank you everyone! She loves her toys!



I made a cake for her. She seemed to enjoy it, although she was a little more dainty with it than I expected.
Just after her birthday I headed down to Utah for a week and a half of fun and relaxation and a marathon. It was my first, and it was fun! A super special thanks to Emily for running it with me. She had me laughing the whole time. I don't know how I would have done it without her!
I won't make you look at the ugly after pictures... Here's a crazy before pic instead. =)
While in Utah, I got to visit with Grandma Rowley AND Grandpa Francom. It was so fun! Sometimes it seems like forever in between visits. I love you guys!
We also got to go see the ?Oquirrh? (I can't remember how to spell it) Temple and go through the Open House with Mom and Dad and Grandpa Francom. What a beautiful temple! I love temples so much! Mylee was in awe of the chandeliers, and I can't blame her... I think they were one of my favorite things, they were so pretty and shiny! =)
Oh darn, I misplaced the pictures, and it's getting really late, so oh well... but here are some before shots when we were getting ready to leave. I think Mylee looks really pretty. Even if she is showing her little attitude...
Afterwards, Mom and Dad treated us to Olive Garden, and of course, Mylee got spoiled by her Grandpa...Mylee still loves Dad's dog, Sly, and she really enjoyed the nice weather so she could play outside with Grandma. I was surprised by how much she loved the trampoline.


Mylee really missed her dad since we were gone for a week and a half. I caught her and Side kick looking out the front door for him to get home from work. Those to are such good buds. I'll have to get a video of her teasing him with his toys. She is such a tease and laughs so hard.
Mylee's new favorite thing is climbing, and she doesn't give much thought to how she will get down.
I guess I'm not feeding her enough, cause she couldn't wait for me to peel the banana...
In the midst of all the summer fun, my new car got totalled. We had only had it for 4 months. The car was parked outside our house, and a couple of other cars collided in the intersection. One of them ended up crashed against our tree, the other crashed into our car. The insurance (surprise) gave us a good deal though, so it worked out well, and we now have a new, new car. =) A Nissan Pathfinder this time. We like it.Luckily, Justin's (my cute nephew) birthday party was that day, so I had something to take my mind off the accident. We went to a bounce house, and the kids had a blast. Mylee sure loves her cousins, aunts, and uncles. I feel very blessed to be living so close to family.
Here is Mylee enjoying the bouncing.
Her uncle CJ took her down a slide. It might not look like she enjoyed it, but she kept making us take her down the slide over and over.Mylee's cousin Katie also enjoyed the slide. Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of the birthday boy sliding. Grandma Walker also got her turn on the slide with Mylee and Karissa. Thanks for giving me a break and taking Mylee!
And Thank You Steph for the batteries! Otherwise, I wouldn't have all these cute pictures of Mylee!There was a little bounce house for toddlers where Mylee spent most of her time. Her favorite was the dog. She kept biting his tongue. =)
And Mylee LOVES her cousin Karissa!
And of course, all that fun wore her out. But not for long =)
A few weeks ago, we took Mylee on her first campout. Her uncle CJ came with us, and it was a TON of fun. During one of his business trips, Grandpa Walker got Mylee some cute camo overalls, and they were perfect (and cute! =)) Mylee followed RJ and CJ around everywhere.

I guess she really just wanted to help out.
Mylee and I chillin' while the boys did all the work =) She has this cheesy face she makes now where whe juts her chin out and tries not to smile. It's really cute.In the morning, we went for a nice long hike. There wasn't anyone around for miles, so we just let the dogs run. We were all surprised at Side Kick. When we arrived at the camp, he was a prissy pup walking delicately around the weeds. During the hike, he let loose and took off bouncing through tall grasses and splashing through mud holes. You can see how dirty he is in our family picture. It was fun to see the dogs have so much fun. RJ gave Mylee a long piece of grass while we were walking. Something kept tickling my arm, and I thought it was a bug, I kept swatting at it. I finally realized it was Mylee tickling me. I swear she was doing it on purpose too cause when I caught her she gave me a huge grin and started giggling. RJ's rubbing off on her! What am I going to do?

Tiffany has been an awesome aunt, and takes really good care of Mylee. Mylee loves swimming with her.

She also loves Tiffany's playhouse...
And playing peek-a-boo with our French doors...
There's that cheesy grin again...
Mylee's favorite birthday present (this is so random!) was a toy shark her uncle Josh and Aunt Maca gave her. She chewed on it and played with it for forever. You can kind of see her picking it up here in this picture...
Due to her fascination with her toy shark, I was really excited when Steph invited us to go to the Denver aquarium with her and her kids. Mylee had a blast despite her lack of naps during the day. There was too much going on to sleep!


She got to pet the sting rays. I have cool videos of Tiffany feeding them, as well as some other fun videos, but it is getting late, so they will have to wait for a later post.
Mylee walks away, just as a big shark swims past.
Mylee and her cousin Katie waiting to watch them feed the sharks.

Mylee got to touch a star fish too! She seemed more interested in licking the salt water off her fingers though. Gross!

They had these cool bubbles under the tanks where you could climb under and get "in" the tank. Fun, You can see the fin of a big fish by my head!
Mylee watching another shark swim past...
My favorite... the sea horses. They are so cute and little!
Eating in the restaurant. It was awesome! The whole wall behind the table (you can't see it in this picture) was a giant fish tank, so you could watch all the fish swimming by while you ate.
Last week was frontier days here in Cheyenne and we had tons of fun with that too. I didn't take any pictures cause I got a little lazy with the camera, but it was fun nonetheless. I got to go to the rodeo with Stephanie and her husband Kasey and their friend Mike. We went to Water World. And swimming at the Rec center in Longmont. RJ and I got to go see Rodney Atkins perform, and I for my birthday Steph got me a ticket to the Taylor Swift concert. I got to go with Tiffany and her friend Mariah and Steph's niece Callista. It was AWESOME! =) And we took Mylee to a parade. Her favorite thing was the horses, which was cool since there were tons of horses in the parade. A fun video of her excitement coming soon... but not tonight... =) Finally, this long post is over. If you read it all you are awesome!!!! Mostly I just want to make sure I can remember all the fun we had this summer.