We Call them Puggy Tails in our House!

And we think Gabbie looks super cute in her Puggy Tails!

Here is some fun video of her from yesterday as well. Warning: it is a little long, but I created it with the long distance Grandma's in mind.

Here is some additional random video from the summer so far...

4th of July 2010

We had a pretty mellow 4th of July this year. We hung out with my parents and had my niece and nephew, Brooke and Andrew, show up. We didn't have anything planned, but it turned out to be a very fun evening.

I had bought sparklers for Gabbie, and she could have cared less.

She much preferred opening and closing Grandma Dianne's door.

She absolutely loved playing with Parker and Makenna. They had a great time on the swings.

Overall, it was a great day!

Daddy may be more fun...

But mommy definitely has a better sense of fashion...

A Day at the Fair!

This was our first year attending the Lamoille County Fair. We had heard that they had animals and a train, so we figured we would take Gabbie and see what it was all about.

It was really more a craft fair with lots of booths selling crafty items. They also had a lot of food booths. We didn't know this and had a big breakfast prior to going, so we settled for an ice cream cone --

Gabbies first!

She liked it!

We were a little surprised to find that the train was only suitable for little kids. We thought it would be something we could ride with her.

We debated and decided that we would give it a go. We weren't sure if she would like it or try and climb out.

She loved it!

And rode it twice. She would have ridden it all day, had we let her!

Here she is below. I don't know how well you can see the smile on her face, but she was loving the train! She is getting so big and grown up!

For the record, there were no animals!

Well, except for the horses we saw walking from our car to the fair.

I also think we will go again next year!

Relay for Life 2010

Yesterday was the Relay for Life here in Elko held at the high school. It is a relay event where teams ensure that at least one member of the team is on the track walking from 4:00 pm on Saturday to

9:00 am Sunday.

Teams also have different fundraisers going on throughout the event. Kiley, Gabbie and I got there right about 4:00 yesterday and walked for a little bit. We also took advantage of the different fundraisers and let Gabbie play some of the games. She had a great time! Then we headed home.

My scheduled time to walk was at 2:00 am. So, after sleeping a little, I got back up and was back at the track at 2:00 am. My good friend Karen Harris was kind enough to walk with me. So from 2:00 am to 3:00 am, we walked the Elko High School track. Lots of people just make a night of it and pitch tents on the football field. One guy was literally sleeping on the inside lane of the track! Have no idea how he managed that... no way I could actually sleep with people walking by me and the lights on all night. But it was fun to participate and I actually enjoyed my middle of the night time slot.

Best part is that we raised a lot of money for cancer research! Newmont had 2 teams and together we raised over $14,000.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED TO SUPPORT ME!

Gabbie and I raised over $700!

Heres to you Steph! We walked in your honor!