Great Reno Balloon Races

I always know fall has arrived when it's time for the Great Reno Balloon Races! This is the one morning every year that I willingly get out of bed before the sun rises! This event amazes me every year....I LOVE IT! My mom flew out here to for the Balloon Races and I think she was equally impressed.

Grandma's Here!

Grandma Willems is here visiting! Owen loves all the extra attention she is giving him!


Owen loves to play on the computer.....which means we're on the computer way too much. He likes to watch his videos and see his pictures.

Owen's First Camping Trip

Owen experienced his first camping trip this weekend! We camped 2 nights at Blue Lakes in Hope Valley, CA. We purchased a pop-up camper from some friends and this was our first time to try it out.....luxury compared to tent camping!

Camping wouldn't be complete without SMORES!

Playing in the river.

Sleeping peacefully in his new sleeping bag.

Hot Wheels

Owen has a new obsession......HOT WHEELS! He carries them all over the house, baths with them, plays with them outside, and takes them in the car. As you can see he likes to line them up in a very orderly manner, then he'll crash into them knocking them all over the place. Such a BOY!

Tracy's Baby Shower

I flew to Texas this past weekend (all by myself) for Tracy's baby shower and to hang out with Lacey. Tracy is due October 1st and we are all anxiously awaiting Baby Douglas' arrival! It was a fun, but quick trip and the shower was a success (Tracy took home a packed carload of gifts)! I also got to relax with Lacey in Austin, my favorite Texas city. I did miss my boys though and Owen seemed pretty happy to see me Monday morning when he woke up....that made me feel good.

The Mama-to-be and Me



The Crib (a.k.a. College Roomies: Tracy, Melissa, and Lacey)
With Melissa living in Washington DC and me in Nevada, the 4 of us don't get together very often.


My Mom and Me

Wild Island

We met our friends Enid and Brock at Wild Island this past weekend for a fun swim day. Wild Island is the local water park in Reno (nothing compared to Schlitterbahn, but perfect for Owen). The boys LOVED it! They have a nice toddler pool with slides that Owen and I could go down together. He would giggle the whole way down and then sign "more, more."

Beach Day

We spent a little time at Tahoe last weekend where Micah got to show off his skills.....

Our Little Cowboy

Owen loves his red boots, and now every time he puts on his boots he MUST also wear his red cowboy hat.....no other hat will do. He's such a crack up!

Bears!

We went to a BBQ at the beach on Friday night and look what we saw.....a mama bear and her 2 cubs. They were rummaging through the dumpster searching for food and then they walked along the beach and even climbed on a picnic table to eat the human food. I was thrilled to see bears, but also hated to see them in the dumpster....kind of sad.

Owen's new favorite thing to do is......

That's what friends are for

We spent this past weekend with good friends! We visited our friends Enid, Corey and Brock on Saturday morning. We hadn't seen Brock in months, so that was fun. Notice the turtle on the rock in the picture.....the boys watched it for some time.



Happy 3rd Birthday to Jack! We went to his party on Saturday and Owen had a blast playing with all of his toys!


Here's Kristin and me with all of our boys! Kristin has her hands FULL with a toddler and a baby. YESH!

Spoiled Rotten!

Owen was spoiled this past week by his grandparent's visit! I know he's really going to miss them.

Owen and Olfa like to wear matching hats!

Have I mentioned that Owen wears his hat ALL the time???? Even to bed on occasion!

My boys......ahhhhhhhh. Not a bad thing to wake up to every morning.