Tu-na-na-na-nana, they say it's your birthday!

Monroe's Father, these photos reassure me that I am related to my son. See the resemblance?

Happy Birthday Kirky! To the most amazing husband, father and friend.  Here are some things I can brag about you being who you are:

• You're always so happy.
• You make the best jokes, regardless of your audience.
• Monroe told me that you always find anyway to make him smile and feel loved.
• You never yell, much less raise your voice.
• You're a phenomenal provider for our family.
• Everyone that meets you wants to get to know you better. Even that weird guy in the ward said you were a pretty cool guy, even though we lost every volleyball match on his team.
• You make bolo ties cool.
• You make a #1 with clippers look pretty hot.

We love you so much and can't wait to celebrate this day with you! Happy birthday!

Birthday Trio

mama, rachel and elvis

Happy Birthday you three! Hope your year is wonderful and know that you're loved.

Cops & Robbers

Colors, collage invitation, welcome sign with identities, 

gun rack (complete with cap guns and bullets), 

larger than life collage of Monroe, #1 loot party favors, 

cockroach cake (he loves toy cockroaches)

I had Kirk choose what the theme should be for Monroe's first birthday. It was a challenge at first but after picking a palette, the rest fell into place. It was a lot of fun. Monroe was mainly just happy to have all his family and friends around him!

Year One

Happy Birthday my little one. We couldn't have been blessed with a better 1st!

Monroe the Matador + LV Halloween

It's been a while since I've posted. Even though Halloween is three weeks past, I needed to archive our adventures. This year Monroe was a Matador. He was the cutest matador possible, all he was missing was his mustache (I stopped trying after three disasters with liquid eyeliner). Some confused him with Michael Jackson, but for the most part his red cape under his arm let people know that he meant business as a matador. We spent Halloween in Las Vegas with our families. Here are some pictures of what went on:

Going from the top left to right, row by row, here's what we did. 1-Family Halloween Photo, 2-Monroe with his cousins (Rylee, Monroe & Ellie), 3-Andre Agassi, Monroe & Kirk dressed as Andre Agassi (yes, the black Mr. T is really Andre Agassi!), 4- Dirty Old Man as Cupid on Fremont Street, 5- Superman on Stilts (most amazing constume), 6- Fremont Experience with Family/Friends

It was so much fun! I had forgotten why Halloween was so much fun in Las Vegas, and now I remember. I think it has to be the best place to spend Halloween, if you haven't been, schedule it sometime.

First Fourth

We spent the Fourth of July in Idaho Falls. We had the honor of getting to clean out my grandparents home, (honestly a day I've been dreading my whole life) and then watch the Idaho Falls fireworks show. It's the biggest firework show west of the Mississippi if you've never made it up it's worth it.

While we were up in Idaho Falls we visited our friend Ruchi at the mall. She works doing hair removal with threading. The boys didn't believe that it hurt as bad as our facial expressions depicted so they gave it a go. It was so entertaining for everyone, including them. We were all giggling so hard. Happy Fourth!