Friday, October 2, 2009

Happy Birthday Charlie

Charlie's 4th Birthday Curious George Style!
This shirt seemed fitting for my little birthday boy! he he he......it says The World Revolves Around Me! Hey when he is this adorable what can I say; it's true it's true!
These are his Curious George birthday invitations! Created with photo shop; this will definitely be a new and fun tradition for birthday invitations!

The Cake!
The monkey cake! I had so much fun making this cake. Every time I look at it......well it makes me smile! I was pleased with the results!

Birthday party at the lake with family!
We had Charlie's birthday at the lake and we camped for four days. It was so much fun! One of Charlie's favorite things to do is camp; in fact every night when he prays before going to bed he prays that we can go camping! So this was the ultimate for our little birthday boy......camping, cousins, presents, and birthday cake!
Charlie and his Great Grandma Knowles!
Charlie and his cousins. Emmie, Charlie and Ben
Charlie adores his cousins . They take such good care of him and are so kind!Water balloon toss game........my hopeful intentions.......
and this is how it ended........a water balloon fight! The kids had so much fun
The prizes
Musical chairs
The food baby! BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs with all the trimmings! Everything tasted fabulous....goodness it was mouth watering. Something about cooking in the great outdoors and the food tasting divine!
The master BBQers

Uncle Dave and his Mommy
Flying airplanes

Robert getting things set up with Oovoo so Grandma and Grandpa Boulter can join the party! We were having some technical difficulties; too much band width.
Our baby is 4!

Poor Monkey!
Present time!
Giving loves to Aunt Lynn
The big surprise!

Charlie got an iTouch for his birthday! His reaction was priceless!

Birthday presents
Boys and their toys
The birthday package from Grandma, Grandpa, Hillary and Sarah
Charlie got the most adorable clothes! He is one stylin' boy. Thank you guys; your the best!


Wedding!

The Wedding of Lynn and Maxine Boulter
This is the gift basket we made for Robert's Grandfather's wedding present! If you can see there is two dozen famous Boulter chocolate chip cookies!
Charlie taking a break and playing a game of Bingo! What else would you do when visiting a retirement home.
Guests at the reception
Mariah.....I guess she could be considered the flower girl! Mariah gave Maxine ear rings.

The handsome groom
Robert and his Grandfather, Lynn
Charlie loving the wedding cake! It was very delicious
Robert and his Aunt Nancy
Robert's Uncle Steve and Chad
Maxine and Nancy

The Happy Newly Weds!
My little scarecrow


Tuesday, September 8, 2009

FHE

Family Home Evening

Charlie is such a joy to teach. He looks forward to FHE and loves participating; he gets so excited. I love having this special time set aside each Monday evening for teaching our son about his Savior, Jesus. I hope to instill in him the importance of a strong testimony of the gospel.
Our little coloring project.




The Surprise of all surprises.

My sweetheart is the most thoughtful husband in the world!

Here is the package that came in the mail for me. I have an Amazon smile!

Opening oh the anticipation
WOW!!! He surprised me with Mastering the Art of French Cooking and Adobe Photo Shop Elements 7! I am in heaven...on cloud nine. I am so thrilled and excited to learn the skills presented in these gifts.



Fort Brigder Wyoming

Mountain Man Rendezvous

Do I look like a pioneer in this bonnet?

How many people does it take to put up a tent? Well all of us; it goes a lot quicker with more helpers.
After all of his help, he got to rest in the tent. This tent we set up for cooking outside and relaxing in. Sometimes it is nice not to always be in the trailer.
The truck tent. Modern accessories. However we were dry camping.....meaning no water or electric hookups. The joy of all joys Porta potties...I detest!

We saw Hugo, Robert's friend from Omniture. What are the chances?

Black Smith making a chain. A very tedious and time consuming process.
Lincoln logs in the museum. Charlie was in heaven; last time Charlie played with Lincoln Logs was at Grandma and Grandpa Boulter's house.
Natalie is one of Steven's friends that was at the event and came to visit our camp site. She was so cute and read Charlie Skippy Jon Jones. Charlie's favorite book! Charlie shucking the corn for dinner and doing a fine job.
Jessica, Steven's friend came for dinner and we all had a fun time talking and fixing dinner together.
Cooking with the Volcano!
We had corn bread and fish Steven caught at the Snake River. A very authentic pioneer meal!
It was so nice to have the boys make breakfast. Robert the head chef making farmers omlet.
Mountain man spotted. Good thing, after all it was a Mountain Man Rendezvous!
It is said that for the three days this event is held 30, 000 people attend.
With that being said that is why our little Charlie is always put in bright shirts when we go to events with large crowds of people. He stands out!
School time

The Native American dancing was fascinating. The Regalia was breath taking. There were so many people that dressed amazingly accurate for the era being depicted. It felt as though we stepped through a portal into the past. Everything was accurate and authentic.


Becca!

Cousin Becca
Last week was very stressful and interesting. As many of you know my Grandma Annie was life flighted to Boise Idaho because she has septicemia. She spent a week in the hospital and had a dangerously high fever. Before this all transpired my cousin Becca and Aunt Shirley were going to come visit. Alas Becca came for one day and it was so good to see her. She was driving to Nebraska for an outage job at the Nuclear power plant.
We went and enjoyed a delicious meal at Pizza Factory!
It was fun to visit and I look forward to when she returns on her way home from this job!