A Day in the Life...

This weekend was very eventful. We were housesitting for some friends of ours that live on a small farm about 45 minutes away. They were on vacation and invited us to come and stay and take care of the animals. Now you know I am not an animal person to say the least, but this turned out to be a lot of fun. Zack of course was in heaven, although I'm not sure he has what it takes to be a real farmer all the time. We took care of chickens, turkeys, geese, rabbits, cows, horses, goats and of course cats and a dog. There was also a fish that went to fish heaven on our watch...I wonder if the kids will notice the fish in the tank is a different color than when they left? Zack and I were quite freaked out by the chickens but I think they were Lily's favorite. She had a blast-the books I read her came to life! Although, she was plastered to us the whole time. She wanted to look from afar. We also jumped on the trampoline, skated and Lily actually took a few steps on her own while we were there! Very busy weekend, but very fun to experience yet another Wyoming first...enjoy the pics! 
 
 
 

Recent Moments

Loving Lily...

I absolutely love this little girl. Everyday with her is better than the last and I'm so thankful to have her. By the way, I think she's finally noticed me too-even when her daddy is around... 
 
 

Swim Lessons

Lily has been in the pool since we moved here, but now she is taking actual swim lessons. This is so cute! Swimming is huge here. She's in a class of ten little ones. They teach different lessons everyday and she LOVES it. Thats my little mermaid.  
 
 
 

Camping Trip

This was our second attempt at camping. The first ended in rain and being so cold I could see my breath (which took all of about a half hour and we were done). However, it is the end of July and Zack has been dying to go so I put away my reservations and we went. After all, the fall in Wyoming is just around the corner. We decided on a spot and settled in. I tried to make the sleeping arrangements as homey as possible-I even had an air mattress-but looks are deceiving. Zack of course had to be a man and make a fire as soon as possible. Which was fine with us because the ONLY good part of camping to me (and Lily) is smores. So it was all fun and games until Lily decided she wasn't going to sleep in that thing and had a meltdown (or two). Zack was shh-ing her (because the bear we thought we heard earlier may not like crying babies) and she started shh-ing him back. It was so funny we all had to laugh. Needless to say, none of us got much sleep and were glad to kiss the campsite goodbye the next morning (if you would even call it morning). It was definately an experience... 
 
 
 

12 Month Update

Here's the stats:
Weight: 19 lbs 7 oz (20th percentile)
Length: 30 1/2 inches (90th percentile)
Teeth: 4 on top, 4 on bottom
Tricks: gives high fives, points at everything (especially dogs and Sawyer), talks ALL the time-even though we don't understand all of it-she does and she's serious about it, signs "all gone", LOVES the itsy bitsy spider and does her little hand motions, blows kisses, and waves bye-bye (and waves at me when shes ready for a nap-so cute!)
~still not walking but we're working on that!
All in all, its been the greatest year of our lives. Love you Lily!
 

Summer Fun

Just a few little pics to show you what we've been up to...We inherited these bikes (long story) and Zack has been busy fixing them up. Lily got this seat for her birthday so this is what we do most every night after dinner. She oohs and ahhs and points at all the dogs we pass. Oh, the summer nights here-I hope they stick around for a while.