'naps' chain

Sadie gauges things she looks forward to by how many naps she has left. Naps include sleeping at night too. So we made a chain of how many 'naps' she has left before we go to Grandma's.

get ready for a lot of pictures

We went to Utah a week ago for Tyler's brothers wedding. It was a great wedding and we are so happy for Curtis and Dorothy. They are great together. We had a good week there hanging out with family and friends.

Sadie and Reise at the temple for the wedding. They are such great friends!

Sadie has always called Jeff uncle puppy because she didn't like him when she was little, but we told her he was a puppy and she started to like him. But Jeff is refusing to let Parker call him that too...I wonder why? It isn't too bad of a name.

Jeff and Parker


We hung out with our good friends Tanya and Erik and their cute little dog, Khloe

Sadie walking Khloe

Parker walking Sadie


Grandpa Rasmussen's favorite thing to do when he holds a baby


This picture makes me laugh because it looks like those funny glasses with the big nose hooked on them. (not that parker has a big nose or anything)


Sadie and her cousin Coleman riding a horse at the Greer's house


We went swimming quite a bit while we were there. The weather was great!!


Whitney and Parker

Sadie jumping off the diving board

happy birthday to me

It was my birthday a week ago and I really had a great birthday. Me, Sadie and Parker went to lunch with Tyler to Panera. My car wouldn't start when we were leaving to go have lunch so I had to have a neighbor come over and jump start it (thanks Casey). It hasn't started since that day. I think it is time for a new car. Birthday present?? Maybe next year!
It was such a nice day...really it was the only day that week that didn't have a tornado warning or severe thunderstorms. We all hung out outside all day and then we went to dinner with some good friends the Leany's and the Boss's. We went to one of my favorite restaurants, Texas Roadhouse. Have you had their rolls with the cinnamon butter? Oh man, they are delightful. And their ribs? They are to die for. Our waitress comped our meal because it was my birthday. Tyler ordered my favorite cake form Costco and we had cake and ice cream later with our friends. We have such great friends out here. Thanks to everyone who helped make my birthday so wonderful!!

some of our great friends out here

Sadie claimed the whole princess part of the cake

singing happy birthday

the girls were just sitting around the table talking and the cake was sitting there in front of us, so Melissa had a great idea to see who could eat the most cake with out their hands

a few got their faces smashed into their cake. Sadie actually joined in too, it was cute!!

Tiff, Natalie, Sadie, Me, Melissa and Becca

oh i wish i were an oscar meyer weiner

It's not every day that an oscar meyer weiner truck pulls into the parking lot to pick you up for dinner. We actually weren't able to go because Tyler was being a good guy and he went to Iowa to help a single mom move. (I'll admit, I was a little annoyed that he was there). Here are some pictures of the weiner....

the weinermobile. my favorite part was that it played the theme song!

Tiff and Tyler Boss, Kylie and Targee and their friend.



they gave all the kids little weiner truck whistles.
Shelby, Jansten, Aiyden and Sadie

'blue steel'

This morning I opened my door to look outside and see how wonderful of a day it was and when I opened my door this is what was looking me...

It totally freaked me out and the first thought was that some freak was standing at my door waiting for it to open. Parker walked up and stopped dead in his tracks and just stared at it for a minute and then he started laughing. Sadie was upstairs and so I shut the door and told her to come down. I swung the door open when she got downstairs and it scared her too. They were laughing so hard at it. Parker was hilarious. I was holding him and he was laughing at it and as soon as I got closer to it, he started to grab on to me tighter. Thanks Boss's for the funny joke and the good laugh!!