Great Picture

No, I'm not pregnant. Just wanted to clear those thoughts from your mind when you see this awesome picture.

Isn't it great? I stoll this from Sadie's (a gal I work with) FB profile picture. Thanks Sadie!

4 X's The Fun

We had a lot of fun this 4th of July weekend. It started off with my in-laws huge annual BBQ and karaoke Friday night. Then it picked back up right where it left off Saturday morning for buttermilk pancakes and the works for breakfast. We did a "Happy Independence Day" parade around my Grandma in-law's house, we raised the flag and chit chatted. It was a lot of fun. And there are a ton of kids for Drake to play with. Saturday afternoon we went swimming with Shaylee and Bryce (my sister in-law and her husband). That night we went to Shay and Brayce's for another BBQ and fireworks. They live pretty close to where PG City did their fireworks so we watched those and then put on a show of our own. Sunday morning I had to wake up early and make sugar cookies (if I might add, it's the BEST recipe in the world, serious! It's my sister Jen's recipe) and a festive cake. I worked from noon to 4 p.m. that afternoon and then at 4 we celebrated my Grandparents 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!! 60 years folks! That's a life time! Congrats to them. I ate more food and chit chatted just a bit more :) Then, (that's right, there is more) at 8 p.m. we went over to Ryan and Whitney's place to hang out and enjoy some more good food, games and fireworks. I had to be to work at 3 a.m. Monday morning so the night ended at 11 p.m.
We had a lot of fun all weekend long but it's one of those weekends that you need a weekend from your weekend. So we have a lot of house cleaning to be done and that will keep us busy all week long.
We had a blast with all our family, and we feel blessed to live in such a beautiful place. We enjoy a lot of freedoms and they would not be possible with out our soldiers, present and past. GOD BLESS THE USA!

My First

.... time ever going to Yuba Lake. We went down there with CJ's family and some of his cousin's. We had a lot of fun and Drake had even more fun! He was in the sun the entire time but we managed to keep him from getting sun burt, he actually got a little tan. There were a ton of little kids for him to play with too. He would call them his "Friends" he'd say "Where'd my friends go?", then one time he was playing in the sand with two of the little girls and he looked up at them and said "Oh guys, we're best friends!" He was so much fun! And he was making everyone laugh, as usual.

Me and my babe

And my other babe

*revised version* "I got my toes in the water, toes in the sand, not a worry in the world a cold bottle of water in my hand" -Zac Brown Band

This is Drake with one of his "friends" Gabby. She is one of the cutest little girls I know!


Shaylee, Angie and me

This is the sand castle that CJ and Bryce helped some of the kids make. They had more fun than I think the kids did :) The next day Bryce built one 3 stories high. Sorry, no pictures of that one.

Drake is the most messy Twinkie eater I know!

All About Drake

We got Drake's two year pictures taken by CJ's Aunt Shanna and like always, she did a great job! We love them! I was going to pick just a few of my favorite picutres to post on here but there are just too many of them. I have family members who want to see all these pictures so that's another reason why I posted so many. You might not enjoy them as much as I do but I thought I'd share.

Holla if you're ready for them Summer nights.

HOLLA!
We've been having a lot of fun ever since Summer graced us with her presence. For Memorial day we went camping with CJ's sister, Shaylee and her husband Bryce, and CJ's little brother Austin and his girlfriend Nita. We all had a blast!

Don't laugh at how horrible and homeless I look. No makeup + No contacts + No
shower = a gay 'ol time out camping!



Drake; the little trooper. He had more fun then I think anyone else in camp did. He helped put wood on the fire (with close supervision that is) and he made us laugh, a lot! He loves camping!

Then we got invited to the Tracy Lawrence and Mark Owens concert with Shaylee and Bryce and it was a lot of fun! Two singers, a skydiver, and fireworks, oh and a hotdog (that I paid 3 freakin' bucks for) made for a fun night!




Ok so this lady just about stole the show. She's the one in the white skirt, pink top, leaning back. Ya she was crazy. It was so funny, she was up dancing the WHOLE time! Too funny! She was making up dance moves that I've NEVER EVER seen before. She did the booty shake, the fist pump, you name it, this lady did it. And it was always just slightly off, which made it that more great to watch HAHA
Mark Owens


Tracy Lawrence

I'm In Love

So the other night I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, just taking out my contacts and brushing my teeth, the usual. CJ was in Drake's room helping Drake get ready for bed and goofing off. CJ can make Drake laugh over anything and I LOVE Drake's laugh. It makes me melt! Well after 5 minutes of CJ saying "I'm gonna get you!" and tickling Drake to death (I was laughing during those entire 5 minutes because I get so happy to hear Drake laugh), I heard Drake gasp for air and he said "Oh, I love you daddy." and then CJ told me that Drake leaned in and gave him a hug. I think that is so sweet! I had the best feeling of my whole life! It was almost overwhelming. I realized right then and there in the bathroom just how happy I am! I have the worlds most perfect man (for me that is, because some woman would not put up with his excesive hunting hobby lol) and an awesome little boy! They are so great and I'm just not sure how I would survive without them! This is my life and I'm loving it!

26 Reasons

I once saw a blog post like this from my Aunt-In-Law Shanna and I love it so I thought I'd try it out.
CJ just turned 26 on May 13th so here are
26 Reasons why I love CJ (in no particular order)
1: Great family provider
2: He always makes me laugh
3: There's not a mean bone in his body
4: The way we "fight" (we don't fight, we just get over it)
5: Amazing husband
6: I love his crooked cowboy smile
7: He shows a lot of respect to his family and to mine
8: Extremely hard worker
9: Makes a mean crock pot roast
10: He has the worlds best looking behind
11: He's a great cuddler
12: He laughs at all my jokes, even when we both know how lame they were
13: The random txt msg's he send me just to say he loves and misses me
14: I just plain love him!
15: He has a hobby that he is extremely passionate about
16: He thinks he's a good singer, Nickname: Powdered Suga
17: He supports any and all of my decisions
18: His sweet, sweet, horrible sense of style
19: He looks good in them wrangler jeans
20: He makes me happy
21: He's a great teacher to Drake
22: Great role model
23: His callused hands
24: Fabulous father
25: His long eye lashes that he so gracefully passed on to Drake
26: The way he holds my hand