Owen

This kid stole my heart from the moment he arrived...well the moment he came rushing into this world before anyone could be here to catch him. When it was just me, Kristofer and him. Still rather unbelievable a year later.

We have one year pictures coming -- so I will do a more formal ONE post, but thought I'd start the week prior to his birthday with a post dedicated to him.

Here's a series of photos I took a few weeks back of him discovering the Little Tykes car. I thought it was quintessential Owen.

 Had to add these from today too...boys and dirt!

A few more photos...

And all of my Instagram photos from Black Butte...

 Aaden painted his first model car!

 Suri riding is hooting & hollering fun!

 Yep, rode a horse!

 My friend Mia went riding with me

 Owen loved the pool and his playmates!

 Love him!

 What brings us back year after year...

 Mama is 30!

 Pool time is our favorite

 Sunning with my mom on my birthday <3

A little hike to the meadow

Black Butte 2012

I see that it has been a whole month since I last posted. I'm definitely neglecting the blog a lot more these days.

Reason #1 - I got an iPhone. I take tons of pictures with my camera phone, post them on Instagram and sometimes on Facebook. They never make it here though, maybe someday!

Reason #2 - I got food poisoning a month ago and have still not recovered. While it seems to be a good weight loss plan, my energy to "extra" things seems unmanageable. Hmph.

Reason #3 - Kristofer's new job - it is crazy busy. He's never home and has traveled to So. Cal already twice. Ugh!

Reason #4 - It's summer and it is sunny, no need to be inside! :)

Okay, onto an actual update. The little boys and I headed to Black Butte for our annual vacation last week. The weather was perfect, the company was great and I celebrated my 30th birthday while there. The only thing missing - Kristofer! No vacation time for a new employee, plus crazy work hours. Thankfully he was a super hero and drove down late after work to spend the day with me on my birthday before we headed home Sunday.

Here are a few pictures from our time (with no Dad to help with the kids, I didn't get the camera out much).