Bar B 4th of July

We celebrated our annual trip to the Bar B Ranch 4th of July! First off I must give credit where credit is due- I didn't take any of these pictures! They were all taken by the very fabulous Toni Sorensen. I had surgery a week before the trip so I wasn't doing much of anything but sitting around. I was to lazy to even pick up a camera and take a shot from where I was sitting. Don't worry the surgery went great and I am sporting a new look . . . just kidding  . . . the only new thing I am sporting from the surgery is a new nick name OvaryOneKanovary :)

The Bar B was a Boy and Girl Scout jamboree this year! They had a pinewood Derby race, soap box car race, paint ball competitions, along with the usual mutton busting, canoeing, skeet shooting, horse riding -Ok I could list events all day. I honestly feel like this should be on Oprah's Favorite things because if she knew about it, it would be her top favorite. We love our Tu Tu and appreciate all the hard work she and her ranch hands put into giving us all so many wonderful memories year after year. This is the stuff dreams are made of folks.

This is the bunk house where all 230 guests came for grub morning and night

Note Derek's giant gash on his head from a paint ball injury

C-Papa all outfitted for paintball battle

Lake Day

Pheonix muttin busting

Zip line across the lake

Tug-O-War

Pine wood Derby race

1 year Milk and Cookies Party

                                

To kick off our summer we celebrated Porter and his best friend (and cousin) Desi's 1 year birthday!

They go together like milk and cookies and I can't wait to watch these two grow up. I think that his mom and I have already pretty much planned out their summer camps, sports, and trips that they will do. So, it feels fitting that they celebrated their first birthdays together, since we plan on them having many big firsts together. 

Porter I am so proud of how much you've grown in a year. Your accomplishments feel like mine so I would say I've had a very successful year! You seriously melt me right down to the center of my soul (as aunt Alisha would say). 

Hugs and Cookies,

mom

1 Year Old

 

Happy Birthday to my little man Porter! It seems like it was just a few months ago that I introduced you to the world. Nothing can adequately describe how it feels to be a parent. How it is to love a child, your child. How humbling it is. How rewarding it is. How happy and sad it can make you. Parenting seems to be full of all sorts of contradictions come to find out. 

Honestly I wasn't prepared to love this way, this much, with sooo much of me. I never understood or could even grasp what people meant when they spoke of a mother's love. It has been an exceptional year thanks to you Porter. You bring out the best in me everyday.

XOX

mom