Happy Birthday!

My little man turned 5!!  This year we had his Birthday party at Chuck E Cheese, and he wanted a NASCAR cake.  

Chris and his "Best Buddie" Scotty

Cheeser!

Best Buddies

for some reason he didn't like how loud everyone got when they were singing "Happy Birthday" to him

Getting a high five from Chuck E Cheese

My Birthday Boy

cousins

cousins & Chris' buddies Jenna & Annika

Geting ready to do the ticket blaster

He wanted to do the ticket blaster so bad, but then he just stood there and didn't try to get any tickets.  What a goof ball

Cutie Ashley with Uncle Rol

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

We took a little trip out to Colorado Springs to say good bye to my brother & sister-in-law who were moving to Georgia, see our niece and her family, and to pick the little guy up from his dad.

We just had to go to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo while we were out there. Little Man has been to the zoo with his dad before, and talked it up a lot, so I really wanted to go while we were out there.

Heading up the skyride

At the top of the skyride.....looking down over Colorado Springs

Jared on the rock wall

Heather helping Chris out on the wall

"Look Mom....all by myself!.....hurry and take the picture!"

playing on the bars

going back down the skyride

our shadow on the skyride....with mountain sheep

looking towards the giraffes

"If this kid would just move a little closer...."

"Almost got it"

Well Hello there

All the boys stopping for a quick photo

grizzly bear playing in the water

a close up of the cougar

another quick photo

my favorite....the komodo Dragon

some penguins

close up of the Hippos

thought this was cool with the reflection of Chris and the chimp

comparing hands

another close up....just some random kid

We had a good time at the zoo. We were very impressed with their exhibits, and how well you could see all the animals. Chris says he looks forward to going there next time he goes to visit his dad. I can't wait to go back either!

For My Little Guy

Got this picture on Facebook, and I had to share it. Along with some pictures of my little guy.

My newborn little guy....

who was very little

4lb 15oz

17in

a few weeks old

18 months old

I love this picture

a nice hug in Kauai

4 yrs old

I love this little guy more than he knows!

Trip to the Desert

We needed a little get away... so out to the West Desert to the Bates' Homestead we went.... we always have such a great time out there!

learning how to tune the guitar with Caitlin

getting a guitar lesson from Caitlin

trying out Caitlin's guitar

MM MM.... crawdads!....he didn't really eat it. It was dead, but it really freaked him out when I first showed it to him. He wouldn't get close to it until Caitlin held it for him, he pretended to be going to eat it so I could take this picture.

We got a new automatic pigeon thrower, and had to try it out this weekend!

Taylor, Evan and Jared

Jared and his 12 gauge

Evan, Caitlin & me with the 12 gauge

Caitlin & Taylor

you can see a bit of smoke from Caitlin's barrel

Caitlin trying out Taylor's new gun

gotta have the ear protection!

Taylor showing us how to do it

what a QT!!

Jerald even gave it a try!

Our Colts and Fillies are getting so big! They are about 7-9 months old now, and we separated them from their mom's this weekend to ween them.

Jr

Jr, Tiny & Eddy

Tiny, Oreo, Jr & Eddy

Tiny, Jr & Oreo

Tiny, she's the youngest

Eddy, the oldest

Little man in action on the guitar