Celebrating Mom & Dad....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU BOTH! Our family is lucky enough to have to wonderful parents in our lives that get to celebrate their birthdays 3 days apart...I can only think of a couple times in my life when we didn't celebrate them together!
I just wanted to wish Mom and Dad a Happy Happy Birthday and hope they have had a great birthday so far!(I know they have...they have been celebrating their birthday week in Georgia with Ryan, Windy, Caitlin, and Brittany...and they sure do know how to party!) I love you both! We all of love you! Thank you for making our lives a great adventure and being there for us all a long the way! Love you!


Young and crazy in love...and they still are crazy in love!


Chilling on the favorite swing to sit on...one of their favorite things to do in the summer!


Playing on the 4-wheeler...still like to do all kinds of fun things together!


This last summer camping in the mountains, they took the horses and rode all over the mountains...another favorite thing to do together!

We love you! Have a great Birthday!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIGHTEN!!!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIGHTEN DEAR! HAPPY DAYS WILL COME TO YOU ALL YEAR! IF I HAD A WISH THAT IT WOULD BE, A HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU FROM ME!!!
WE LOVE YOU BRIGHTEN! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT BIRTHDAY! WISH WE COULD BE THERE TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU!!! YOU ARE SO STINKING CUTE!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

The Importance of Thank You...

Since Thanksgiving is just around the corner we decided that we would teach Zoey to be thankful! So for a couple hours she wore this sticker around the house...it worked great! She said thank you for everything we did for her!

Zoey's first Snow...

So Zoey experienced her first snow. She loved it! And you can't see her...it's like playing hide and seek...and only one person is playing...Zoey!


Zoey posing for the picture!


Where's Zoey...can you see her? She thought if she didn't move I wouldn't see her...lucky for me I used to love the Where's Waldo books...I'm a pro at finding things in hard places!

The GREATEST Generation!!!

Cody & I are lucky...we had 3 Grandpa's serve in World War II...the 4th grandpa wasn't old enough. We just wanted to thank them and all of the other men that served in the Wars to keep this land free! We owe so much to them for their sacrifices for us and for their country!

Each have influenced our lives for the better! How blessed we are to have grown up with such wonderful men in our lives. They truly are the GREATEST generation!

Grandpa Phillips & Grandpa Jay are gone now, we miss them everyday! But thankful for the time we had them and can't wait to see them again! Grandpa Garrett, is with us still and we are thankful for that! He is a man of integrity and love! We are thankful for your example to us! You truly are an amazing man! Our hearts are full of gratitude for all you have done for us in our lives...you and our other Grandpa's!

Thank you for serving our country and sacrificing for us that we may be FREE!!!


Grandpa Phillips, served in the Airforce, flew in a B-17 as a top gunner & engineer. Served in Germany. Grandpa Phillips was also a POW for three months in Germany, went on a bombing mission and was shot down, this was his 13th mission.


Grandpa Garrett, served in the Navy, Served in the Corona and San Diego Naval Hospitals as the Nuero Psychiatric Technician...he was in charge of typing up all "interviews" that the doctors had with the patients. He also served on board the USS Columbus on the medical staff, the USS Columbus patroled the west coast.


Grandpa Jay, served in the Navy, fought in the pacific, served on a mine sweeper boat and was a gunman (because he was such a good shot).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUBBA!!!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUBBA DEAR! HAPPY DAYS WILL COME TO YEAR ALL YEAR! IF I HAD A WISH THAT IT WOULD BE...A HAPPY HAPPY BIRHTDAY TO YOU FROM US!!!
WE LOVE YOU BUBBA! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

The Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame

So this was and has been the coolest thing I have done in Colorado! I loved The Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame...talk about a neat place! It's huge too! Kortsen and I had so much fun in there...I think we were in there for like 2 hours just looking at pictures and goofing off in the clown barrel area...to much fun! And really it isn't expensive at all! 6 whole dollars to go inside! If you are country in any way...and I know some of you are...you gotta come out and see this sometime! It is fun to see all the cowboys who are legends in the United States for riding horses, cows, roping, and being clowns! America is great!