Allison is 4!

Goodnight to our 3 year old sleeping angel. We love you.

 

 

For Allison's 4th birthday Dave and I took her to Cowabunga Bay. This was her first time going and she was just tall enough (40", when stretched) to go on the waterslides by herself. She was so excited and we all had so much fun! We took turns taking her on the blue and green open slides and then she wanted to go on them by herself.....she did awesome! This brave little girl then wanted to go on the tallest slide, the pink tunnel slide. Turns out you can't ride with anyone on the inclosed waterslides so she would have to go on it alone. We told her it would be dark in there but then she would come out and see the sunshine and to just sit on her bum. We watched a lot of people go on it as we waited in line and she seemed to be okay. Then it was her turn. Daddy went first to be at the bottom and I nervously sent her down from the top. Tears, screams, crying.....no way! She came flying out like a scared wet cat quickly followed by "that was so fun!, can we go again?"!!!

We are so proud of her! Way to go big kid!

 A new big girl bike was waiting for her when she woke up.

 Benson stayed with G&G S while we were at the waterslide park. When we went to go pick him up they surprised Alli with her presents and a beautiful cupcake.

 Love you Papa and Labu!

 The red flyer has been passed on to a new owner and now it's bike time for all!

 The next day we had a birthday party for Allison. Care Bears and pizza: her two favorite things. Well....pizza, maybe; Care Bears, definitely! 

 We loved getting together and being able to celebrate Alli's birthday.

Happy Birthday Allison! We love you more and more every second!

 

Stats:
almost 40"
35 lbs

Loves:
care bears, wow wow wubzy, nightgowns, her green night night, mr. lion, princesses, barbies, baking cookies, making presents, fruit snacks, drawing, playing outside, picking pickle berries, swings, drinking cool kids, chicken nuggets and french fries, pink and purple, Benson, dancing, Grizz, the library, dolls, and reading stories.

Our love: YOU!

a summer evening

Summer Camping

We went up to the canyon to spend a day at the Sanders family camping trip. It was nice to be up there enjoying some fresh air. We went for a long walk, smelled the flowers, and threw rocks and sticks in the river. Todd and Susan were in change of dinner that night and they made a delicious feast. Dutch oven ribs and au gratin potatoes. Yummy! The saying still stands, food always tastes better in the mountains, even if it is raining.... But the rain eventually stopped and Alli was able to spend some time playing and exploring with her cousins. We love the mountains! Maybe next year the kids will be old enough to camp over night. I hope.

This is my favorite picture EVER!

We had a fantastic 4th of July!

Allison went on lots of fun rides. She had double the fun riding rides with her friend Keira.

 The food was yummy and the band entertaining. We were having a great time dancing around!

 Benson loved it and was dancing right along. He is the world's most awesome baby boy!

Happy 4th of July!

Benson's 1st Birthday

Our sleeping baby, the last night before turning one.

Good morning cute boy.

We told Benson that today was his special day! It was his FIRST BIRTHDAY!

We had a fun little party that evening at a park. It was lots of fun!

Benson is the cake eating champion of the world, in case you didn't know. He ate his ENTIRE cake. He just kept eating and eating and eating. Love the last picture: what you're telling me it is gone, how. dare. you.

 Daddy helped our birthday boy open his presents.

They were all so great and fun, thank you!

 ...Benny's Birthday Crew...

We love you!!!!!

Tiny Dancer

Allison had her first dance recital today. She did great and looked ADORABLE! The theme was Beauty and the Beast. She did two dances. Her first dance was tap to the "Gaston" song and then her ballet dance was to "Beauty and the Beast". It was fun that Alli was able to take dance with her good friend Lauren this year. Those girls are too cute and always share a lot of laughs together. She also had a wonderful teacher (Miss Julie). Most of all we love that Allison is loving dance.

Good job Alli girl! We love you, tiny dancer!