September!

Wow! What a September we have had. Kimball and I started off the month going to Las Vegas to spend Labor Day with Cassidy and their sweet family. While we were there we got to celebrate James' 2nd birthday. Since I had just had my birthday a few days before, Cassidy made us a bithday cake to share with James' new favorite activity - fishing!

James' other favorite thing to do is swimming so on the morning of his birthday I took him back to our hotel and the two of us spent the day just hanging out at the pool.
Loving the luxury of this place! James is my favorite little "Cabana Boy"

That weekend sweet little Eloise was also blessed. I love this picture of her smiling up at her Grandma Mickelsen wearing the beautiful blessing dress her grandma made her.
As we drove home, we stopped in Utah for the night and my mom had a birthday celebration planned for me and my sister, Marilee, who also shares a September birthday. Ralph had fixed some amazing bar-b-que ribs with all the fixings and my mom had decorated for the two of us.
She had pictures from both of our lives and fun facts about us. It really made us feel special (and not quite so old to have our mom do a party for us - except for the 50(!) on the birthday sign.)
My beautiful little sister - pretty special to get to share our birthdays together. We haven't got to do that since we were little (and then I hated it that my mom had us have our party together!)
Next up was Kaytee's birthday on September 12 - Can't believe that my baby is 18! We got her a way cool bike to cruise around town (and maybe next year to cruise around college.)
Everyone we saw on our first bike ride told us how much the bike looked like her! Pretty colorful! Then a bunch of her friends came over bearing gifts and here she is blowing out the candles on the strawberry chocolate icecream cake she requested. Mmmmm it was good!

Next up . . . October will be bringing Homecoming and lots and lots and lots of volleyball. Go Kaytee and the Lady Warriors!