Evi's Cuddles 'n' Cupcakes Party

At the end of June, I was blessed to help host an event for Michelle's friends to meet her newest addition, Evi! Michelle's friend, Melissa, asked if I would want to help her do a "Cuddles 'n' Cupcakes" party and I was happy to help! However, Melissa is party queen and she made my job super-simple! Besides bringing one little thing and helping her set up, she created everything else! It was so stinkin' cute!!!! Here are some of the pictures.

The hostesses with Momma and the guest of honor, Evi!

I love getting to see Michelle every chance I can. The last time we were together we talked about how much fun we had when we lived together. While neither of us would give up our present season in life, we sure do miss the time we lived together.

And, I love getting to see Little Evi! She's just so sweet!!!!! And, beautiful! :)

Cort's is ONE!!!

You may remember Cort when he was 3 months old and 6 months old. I can't believe that he's already a year!!!! Its such a fun celebration and I'm so thankful I was able to be a part of it! He's super sweet and I just love his smile!!!

Keep checking back for his big birthday celebration!!!! :)

Favorite Things In June, Part 2

In early June, I seemed to have my camera in the right place at the right time. I captured quite a few of my favorite moments. Its seems the rest of the month my camera found its way to mainly events....with a few snapshots of our favorite furry kids. :)

We celebrated my mom's birthday in Tulsa. By the pool. With yummy food, cake and family.

We learned that Rossi LOVES ice! Every time she hears us in the freezer she dashes to the kitchen, hoping for one cube to find its way to the floor. Usually it happens. :) Its even funnier when we put it in their water bowl. She drenched by the time the ice disappears.

These three just happen to be my most favorite of all!

A weekend with my best friend at "Girlfriends Conference". LOVE! We were able to spend much-needed, uninterrupted girl-time...including Cheesecake Factory, shopping, encouraging one another in the Lord, and just talking!

Spending time with our favorite couple on the longhorn ranch!!!!

Vintage Market Days in Tulsa. It was awesome! So many things to decorate the house with and it was all vintage and most of it was really well priced!!! I wouldn't have even thought about going, but a friend of mine asked if I was interested...and I was interested in spending time with HER! So, I said YES! And, I am thankful I did.

Megan and I had so much fun! Usually we see each other with our husbands and her kids. We love getting to see them, but this was the first time Megan and I got to just be by ourselves. I so enjoyed our time together! I'm so thankful when God brings people into our lives and we get the blessing of friendship!

We met my mom and sister-in-law and niece there too!

Celebrating Miss Evi!!!! :)

Love notes. This might be my favorite. When I made my "marker-board", I knew it would mainly be me writing on it. So, I love the unexpected messages I get from my sweet husband!

Flowers from my mom. I wish I had taken pictures when she first brought the flowers. They were gorgeous!!! She and my dad can get anything to grow!!! I seem to kill everything. :) So, I'm so grateful when she brings me pretty things from her yard that I get to enjoy too!

Antique finds that take me back to childhood. I found this book when I was shopping in Jenks. Its not REALLY an antique, but its a book I had when I was little. I remember loving the pictures. I'm not sure if this was a book in our home or our church, but we don't have it anymore. For $3, how I could I not take it home???

New friends and getting my hair done! :) KP and I have been supporting some friends who are about to take their show on the road. John is a musician and Glenda is a stylist. We are taking advantage of their talents as much as possible before they hit the road. Glenda can turn my hubs into a trendy-magazine-styled model in a matter of minutes. :) He can't seem to bring himself to style his hair quite the same way she does, but I do love it when its all "messy". You can check out John's song, "Old School Party in the Living Room", here.

Our summer has been very quiet. We are usually jetting off somewhere during the summers, but this year has been a little different. We are taking it easy and enjoying life at home (with the anticipation of a long vacation in November!). Hope your summer is going well!!! :)

Father's Day 2012

Father's Day as so much fun that we seriously lost track of time! My parents came to town and after a quick lunch, we were on the road to Perry, OK.

My dad has had a life-long dream (okay...it may not be his entire life, but its been a dream of his for as long as I can remember! And, since a parent's life only starts when their child's life does....right????) of owning longhorns. And, it just so happened that KP and I became friends with some longhorn ranchers a few years ago.

Matt and Mel (owners of Semkin Longhorns) have become some of our best friends and since knowing them my dad and Grandma Lavalle bought some longhorns. {Below is a picture of Gus. He is the oldest longhorn on the ranch and his horn-span measured at over 100-inches this last year!}

For father's day, we took my dad out to the longhorn ranch for the first time. We saw SO many!!! Including all the one's my dad owns (which I will save for a separate blog post). They are such beautiful creatures!

We were able to not only look at them, but hand feed them as well. There are a few that will even let you pet them. The older they are, the more friendly they are. The young ones aren't as trusting of humans yet, but I know one day, they'll be eating out of our hands too.

Check out these little "toddlers" - the longhorns in the pictures below range in age from one year to two years old.

We seriously had no idea how long we had been on the ranch until we were heading home four hours later. We were all super hungry and I was very thankful for that because I made my dad's favorites: Fried chicken and Lemon Meringue Pie!

 

Hope all you dad's had an enjoyable weekend of being celebrated!!! 

{And, if you were dying to know...Ruger and Rossi celebrated KP in a big way! They bought him a card and there MIGHT be a video on his phone of the three of us singing Celine Dion's "I'm Your Lady". Poor Ruger had to sing a girly song, but he is SERIOUSLY the best singer in the family.}