College Station

About half way through our trip we finally made it to College Station (our hometown). Here's Owen having fun with his Aunt Madison.


Colby took me for a spin on his motorcycle.


I finally met Colby's daughter Jordynn, who is now 3 months old. She is precious, but Owen sure got jealous when I held her.


Here we all are with my dad.


Owen enjoyed some corn-on-the-cob with his Olfa.



Owen was begging for food from his Uncle Mark (right along with the dogs)

We got to watch Madison play in a volleyball tourney.....she got 2nd place!

Lake Conroe

We spent an afternoon on Lake Conroe and had a blast! The first time we stopped the boat to swim, Owen just walked to the edge of the boat ready to jump in....no hesitation. He loved swimming around the lake with his life jacket on! Then he jumped from the boat over and over again. This boy loves the water!

Friends

We made time last week to visit with a few of our best friends in Texas. I was finally able to meet my friend Alyssa's new baby boy, Cade. Cade was born on April 23rd and Alyssa and I have already had many phone conversations about him. It was so great to meet him in person!


We visited Tracy and Matt in Harker Heights and got to see Tracy's baby bump. Even Owen wanted a bump.

Matt will be deployed to Iraq in the next month, so it was great to see him before he leaves.

Then we visited the Anderson family in Round Rock. Their youngest child, Kai, is almost 1 year old and this was the first time we'd met him. The Anderson household was probably Owen's favorite place we visited all week long......because they had TONS of toys! Here are Owen, Kai, and Kira.

That's a BIG book....

I walked into the living room a few days ago and this is what I saw. He loves to look at all the pictures!

WORMS!

We have a little helper in the yard this year! Last weekend we planted our vegetable garden and Owen just LOVED getting in the middle of things. He also liked all the worms we found in the soil.

Owen's new 'do'

I followed Owen around the house this afternoon and got some cute pictures of him with his new hair cut.

He's yelling at the dogs through the fence.





Owen loves his new stool.....it allows him to to reach everything he shouldn't play with......thanks Grandma!

Last weekend....

Last weekend we had record highs and Owen played in the backyard naked. This weekend, there's new snow in the mountains and we're wearing winter clothes again. We are so ready for summer to get here for good!

Here's Owen at Ethan's birthday party last weekend.



Right after this picture was taken, there was a crash on the slide!




Owen loves hats!


Owen loves to be pushed around the house in the laundry basket. Notice his baby is along for the ride.




Owen and Ethan

I'm not 20 anymore.....

Last weekend I partied it up more than I have in years....seriously. It was my friend Kim's bachelorette party and a group of us rented a house in South Lake Tahoe for the weekend. I only stayed for one night (and as it turned out, that was about all I could handle anyways). We had a blast though and danced all night long. Now we can look forward to the wedding!

Bike to Work Week 2008

So this last week was bike to work week and the two of us both rode our bikes one day. It was fun to leave the car in drive way and let our legs get us to work. It took Kelly about 20 minutes to get across Carson and it took Micah about 240 minutes to get across the mountain. Kelly is just much faster! After it was all said and done I think Kelly has decided to ride her bike to work more often and Micah has decided that he does not want to even look at his bike again until next years bike to work week!

Buddies and Boats

Earlier this week Micah watched Owen and his buddy Ryder while I went with Ryder's parents to see a documentary film, The Business of Being Born. Owen and Ryder had fun playing in the bath together and it looks like Micah enjoyed giving them mohawks! The film was also quite interesting for anyone thinking about having a baby.


I have been attending a conference in South Lake Tahoe this week and last night we all went on the MS Dixie dinner cruise with the conference. Owen went on the boat last year too, but definitely enjoyed it more this time around. The weather was gorgeous and he loved looking at the water. But I think his favorite thing was the band! He would just stand on the dance floor and stare at the band members.....completely entranced.


Here we are in Emerald Bay

Funny Face

Last weekend we celebrated our anniversary by getting a babysitter for the night and having dinner at the Melting Pot in Reno.....we heart fondue. As much as we enjoyed our adult night out, we sat there talking about Owen the entire time and tried to imitate his funny face. It's much cuter on him.