Camping, Puppies, and Bears

Gabe has been obsessed with putting blankets on himself like capes. He usually puts the blanket over his head too like a hood.

Driving up to Rollins Lake --- Jill and me

I still can't get over how weird Jill looks in this picture. She looks like a Brat doll that mated with a Chihuahua hahahaha. So funny.

Jill and Dad hanging by the campfire

Two of my favorite boys -- Zander and Keaton (love K's smile)

Chillin' with Keaton .... this was after he recovered from holding a flamin hot briquet  from the campfire. He was crying and screaming for about an hour and a half. Thankfully his dad was able to give him a father's blessing to help speed up the recovery :(

Gabe cannot sleep without all his buddies ...and yes, he is usually having this good of a time when he's going to bed! 

We went up to Rollins Lake last weekend for a little camping trip. Well, actually, Gabe and I didn't actually camp. We just went up for a couple of hours. I moved into a new apartment the day before, so it wasn't really feasible for us to stay over night. I should've taken a picture of how much he was covered in dirt when we left. He LOVED touching, eating, and throwing the dirt and rocks. What a boy! :)

Lake Tahoe

Over Labor Day weekend my family headed up to South Lake Tahoe to celebrate my mom's parents 50th wedding anniversary. My uncle rented a house that was right on the lake. It was so pretty and such a gigantic house! It was such a nice treat to do something like that. On Saturday we went to the lake for the whole day and it was so pretty and nice {except for my sunburn}. Gabe loved the water, but he was obsessed with the sand. He was squeezing it in his little hands all day long. I think he even sampled some too. :)

My mom and soon to be brother in law, Drew, rented a jet ski for us to take out on the lake. It was in the late afternoon, so the water was really choppy and cold. Me, Jill, and my bro in law, Ben, took it out together, and I was scared of falling off the whole time. I guess its that I have a little guy to take care of, but I was so freaked out. Well, at one point, Ben's hat falls into the water, so we drive back to get it. We stop to grab it, and Ben and I fall into the lake. Jill somehow manages to cling on for dear life and doesn't get an inch of herself wet! It was pretty funny.

We also celebrated my  mom's birthday (which was on Saturday), and we had a cake for Gabe's birthday. There was tons of food, laughing, playing, reminiscing ..... I loved it!

Mom and Gabe at the lake

Loving the sand & sunshine!

Jill and I just chillin'

This was on Sunday -- we went to this nice park by the lake to take family pictures.

The cousins. You can tell the babies were not happy about this. Little cuties.

My family went on a little walk Sunday evening. Here is Jill & Keaton.

Keaton, Jill, Zander, Me -- at this little park Sunday evening.

Sisters -- Me, Stacie, Jill, Tiffany. I love being with my family.

Jill had this idea to take pictures of us drinking water and this is the one I took of her. I love how it looks like she's drinking sunshine.

Zander and Keaton are pretty much infatuated with racing people. Here is grandma (or my mom) racing Zander. I'm pretty sure I caught my mom is just the right moment, what do you think?

Rigby Lake/Utah Trip

Sorry -- this will be a post with lots of pictures!

Pictures from my dad, Jill, Gabe, and I's visit to Rigby Lake the night before we left for Utah.

First time on the sand (a little wary at first, but then he loved it)

Mud bath, anyone?

Just plain cute.

He found a stick.

Getting all warm n' snuggly after swimming!

Jill and my pops

Second half of pictures are from our weekend trip to Utah (we met my mom down there):

Gabe loved visiting the SLC temple.

Pioneers don't smile

He loves eyelashes (that's my mom, btw)

Mom, Gabe, and Jill chillin' in the mega Deseret Book in downtown SLC

Gabe's first haircut courtesy of Grandma O

{he was a pretty good boy during all of this, just a little wiggly}

This is from the wedding reception we attended Saturday night.

Gabe is with little Jace DeWitt, who is the son of a family friend of ours. He is about a month older than Gabe. It was pretty funny because Jace loves hair and eyes and was constantly poking and pulling Gabe's hair and eyes. The top picture kinda shows where Gabe is starting to get annoyed by this. Cute little boys.

Dancing with Jilly.

The reception was in a friend's backyard; it was so pretty -- just had to take a picture with Gabe in it.

And just a side note here -- while we were getting ready to leave the hotel on Sunday morning (yesterday), Jill and my mom started getting really sick with stomach issues {if you know what I mean}. I was fine the whole drive home until right before Rexburg, and then my stomach really started hurting. We figured since all three of us got sick, it was probably something we ate. I have never been that sick in my life! All I know is that I never want to eat at fast food again!! Especially McDonald's, they are so disgusting. Okay that's it. :)

Utah Trip, June 2010

Gabe and I went down to Utah earlier this week to attend one of my good friends and former roommate, Sara's wedding. She was such a beautiful bride and we had an enjoyable time visiting with friends and my sister Stacie (who flew in from California; we were all roomies together). We were able to stay with our other roommate, Danielle for our stay. I am getting used to this new blogger design, so please excuse the weird set up of pictures. They are not in order and it's really bugging me, but just enjoy the pictures, no matter what order they're in!

The day of the reception a bunch of the girls got together for pedicures and manicures. Soooo nice and relaxing!

We went to visit my good friend Michelle one night {she made us the most delicious spaghetti -- thank you!!}

That's Michelle's dog Molly. Gabe and her were obsessed with each other, but only at the wrong times. They would simultaneously get scared of each other, then love each other again.

Stacie, Molly, and Gabe. Gabe's face says a million things. Molly was the sweetest dog by the way.

The picture above and the pictures below are of our trip to Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City. Gabe was sleeping most of the time, so that's why he's not in many of them. It was such a beautiful, sunny day and we got some nice pictures around the temple grounds.

The picture above is a replica of the SLC temple in one of the visitor centers. If you are ever on temple square, you need to check this out. It looks exactly like the temple, but with openings to show what is inside this temple. So cool and interesting. I never had any clue what is on the top floors of the temple and you get to find out by looking at this display. Plus there were tons of people there asking questions about temples and I was excited to see that!

What a gorgeous & holy building!

The following pictures are from Sara's reception. It was well-put together and beautiful.

This is actually from tonight as Gabe took his welcome home bath. He really missed his bath tub.

Utah & Such

I went down to Utah on October 29 to November 2. My mom and younger sis Jill flew out there to go to our friends, the Allred's, daughter's wedding. So we hung out all weekend, but more importantly, we helped with the whole wedding. It was a lot of work, but I am glad I was able to spend time with my family. The groom's family is from Brazil, and may I just say that South Americans sure know how to throw a party! It was so much fun!! I know if we had all of Alejandro's relatives from Uruguay at our wedding, it would have been one big PARTY. Anyway, enjoy the update!

Hangin' at the reception. It was so much fun dancing with all the Brazilians!!

I love the temple! Here with my pretty mama!

Shalay (Allred) Cano and her new husband Gus. She looked beautiful


Jill with her sexy pants on in Target

Jill's artistic picture of me on the temple grounds.

We were waiting for the bride and groom to come out, so we took some pics around the temple

Me and Jilly out and about town