America the Beautiful

Colorado: Pike's Peak and Garden of the Gods

A Little Girl and Her Pink Boots: A Love Story

More Adventures: from Hot to Cold

Our Adventure: Part I

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We have arrived!

We reached our destination last night!
We don't have internet access all the time, but we will try to post some pictures soon of all the fun we have been having: prairie dog farm, badlands, Mt. Rushmore, Custer National Forest, Black Hills State Park, Pre-historic Indian village, eating homemade doughnuts, digging for arrow heads, & finding wild turkey eggs! :-)

Wild, Wild, West ...

We will be heading out tomorrow for the wild west!

I'm not sure if we will be able to blog much while we are away, but we will post lots of fun pictures when we get back!

love,

the O family

Happy Mother's Day Grammie & Grandma!

We love you both so much!

Thank you for all you do!

- Love, Ada Marie & Benjamin

More Party Ideas I Want to Steal:

Isn't this Western town cute?

I am saving my boxes ...

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I've also been working on these horses...

I think I'll be sewing & stuffing them on our road trip!

Cowboy Birthday Preparations by Kate

This is what I have managed to get done so far:

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Invitations:

(We moved the party to our house in order to take

advantage of our kiddie pool if the weather is nice!)

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Decorations:

Name Pennant

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Work in Progress: each kid will get a cowboy hat, bandanna, & sheriff star!

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Door Sign!

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Cupcake Toppers!

I had so much fun making these ... I may never mess with piping icing again!

Ok ... icing is fun too, but this was a nice change of pace!

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9, 10, 11 Months: Monkey Business

After nine months, he refused to recline!

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Family Pictures & Several Trips to the Lake!

Out of our "dress-up" clothes & back in the backyard!

Everyone got a turn in the wagon ...

Lots of fun feeding the ducks!

... even Uncle Joel got a ride!

& Uncle David to ...

So many fun times ...

Thanks for coming!

more cousin fun!

backyard fun ... swing set & pool! :-)

& a fun trip to the playground as well!

& a few more Museum pictures for good measure ...

(Marie took a few babysteps here!)

So many fun memories!