Just to make you laugh...

I don't know what it is about this video, but it cracks me up! There's just something about a small human walking around in a very large hat. This was in Nordstrom and everyone was laughing, not just me and Amber - oh Coleman!

Amby came to visit!

We are so lucky! My sister, Amber, came to visit for a week a few weeks ago and we had a great time! I wish she could've stayed longer! She took Coleman on bike rides, fed the ducks, helped with the cleaning, hung out, swam, cooked dinner with me - she did it all! It was so nice to have the extra help with Coleman, but it was especially nice to spend more quality time with my little sister. She and Coleman really hit it off and he LOVED how much she played with him! He was totally spoiled. These pictures are from her camera, since I was bad about taking pics while she was here...

Another great day!

Today...

Coleman let me sleep in as his birthday gift to me.
Phone ringing off the hook with birthday wishes.
Edible arrangement of FRUIT with chocolate covered pineapple delivered to my house - thanks Mom!
Some great girl friends took me to lunch, my choice.
I have another lunch date with a friend tomorrow!
Phone STILL ringing off the hook...
Quit my job as my birthday gift to myself...Scott Studios HERE I COME!!
David surprised me and left work at 3 pm.
Came home to a birthday surprise present on my doorstep
Phone still ringing & texting - so many people showed me love!
Dropped Coleman off at our friends for a dinner date at PF Changs with my sweetie.
Rainbow sandals + the new Rascal Flatts CD + Rascal Flatts Concert tickets = SO EXCITED!!
Checked Facebook and noted the awesome fanfare of friends wishing me a happy birthday.
Got compliments all day on the sweet feather earrings Jenn gave me.

All in all, I had a great day! Thanks for all the love, I'm a lucky lady!

Lake Powell never lets you down!

We went to Lake Powell last week with some of my family and had a blast. Coleman loved swimming and loved the boat, of course, as well as playing with his fun cousins! It is always fun to see him interact with kids who are older and bigger than him, I wish he had someone older to play with all the time!! We got there a day late and when my family picked us up at the marina, they were bound and determined to get a houseboat because the wind and rain was pretty bad the night before staying in tents. So we ended up staying in a houseboat after all and had a great time! We went cliff jumping, took a boat ride to rainbow bridge, watched the 4th of July fireworks from the Dam in our boat, learned how to wake surf, and David even cleared the wake on the wakeboard doing a 360*! What a great summer trip!

All grown up - Coleman turned 1!!

Since Coleman has always been a little monster, what better theme for his
1st BIRTHDAY
than a Monster Theme!
Apparently Party stores don't carry monster decorations or paper goods
because it isn't popular right now, so we had to make do,
but I still think it turned out okay. Also, it was rainy with thunder and lightening,
so our backyard birthday BBQ turned into a house party...oh well.

We made homemade BBQ Pizza for all the quests, played
Monster bean bag toss, opened presents and ate a bright green monster
cake and homemade ice cream. Thanks to everyone who came
and helped make Coleman's 1st Birthday memorable!
We love all our friends and family who came or sent gifts - THANK YOU!!

Let's see your BEST
MONSTER FACE!