Happy 6th Birthday Portlin (June 29th)

For Portlin's birthday this year we decided to do a movie theater theme. It was a lot of fun getting the party all ready. We had a snack bar, a red carpet and of course a movie theater.

Portlin working at her snack bar.

The movie theater where they watched the movie.

All my helpers in the Kitchen. THANKS GUYS!

And Rowan enjoying the after show.

Happy Birthday Portlin, we sure love you.

 

Fun facts about Portlin.

1. Portlin will be starting 1st grade this fall.
2. She loves playing with her friends.
3. Her favorite food is sushi.
4. Her favorite place to visit is Utah.
5. She loves to help with her baby sister Rowan.
6. Portlin loves to read.
7. Portlin is always a good friend to everyone.
8. She learned how to ride her bike without training wheels last year.
9. She can sort laundry and get a load started by herself.
10. She can empty and load the dishwasher by her self.
11. She is the best big sister!!!!

New Family Photos

Wow it's been a long time since our last post! We have been super busy with Kindergarten, preschool, gymnastics and girls, girls, girls!! Portlin is almost done with Kindergarten and loving it! 6 years old in a few weeks, she is becoming quite the little lady. She has become a great reader, she enjoys learning playing with friends and helping with baby Rowan. Dutch is almost 5! She has started soccer this year and is quite the little "goal maker" she is loving it!! She has learned to read this year and asks about 5 times a day if we can sit and read her books. Tru is also almost 5, Gee where do I even start with Tru?! Tru has also started reading and when she is in the mood she loves it! She definitely has a mind of her own. Tru love to keep busy ALL day long. She loves helping me around the house and entertaining baby Rowan. My baby girl is 15 months old! Where does the time go? We have all enjoyed having a baby in the house, it seems like we blinked and now we have a little toddler on our hands. Rowan has finally started walking (lazy girl) she says ma ma and that's about it ha ha! She does about 12 signs so we do know what she wants most of the time. She loves playing baby dolls and trying to keep up with her sisters. We love our girls so much and feel so blessed to have each and everyone of them:)

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Rowan!!

Our baby girl turned one this Sunday. I don't want to believe she is really one! Time just got away from me and now my baby is such a big girl. Rowan is such a sweet , animated and funny girl. Her favorite thing to do is crawl to the bottom of the stairs and get my attention because she knows I will chase her up the stairs. Her favorite toys to play with are baby dolls and balls. She likes to hold a doll and rock it back and forth and make kiss noises to it. She loves to get the balls and throw them and watch them roll. She has 8 teeth and loves to BITE! Rowan weighs 18lbs and loves to eat almost anything we put in front of her.

We had a little party for her on Saturday and had some family and some close friends come over for a BBQ,  made paper dolls and frosted cookies.

The girls and I gathered up all the baby dolls and accessories and set them up down stairs so that all the little party guests could play Rowan's favorite thing.. Babies.

I don't think Rowan will have to look to far to find a few "play mates"  to play babies with.

King Cowboy

This past weekend the girls and I went up to Pangwich to watch my grandpa King (papa Sonny) get a award. In Garfield County they choose someone who has been farming for most their life. The person they choose had to meet all the standards to become "King Cowboy" Of course my grandpa King won!! He is almost 80 and he is still out doing cows. Feeding, watering, caving, branding, just about everything that he can. He has the help of my uncle Kacy and Kenny of course. Since I was a little girl I have always loved going up to Antimony. It was always so much fun to play in the barn and ride houses and just be kids outside.

I love it that my girls are so close with my grandpa. They absolutely love to go to his house and visit him. The girls say every time we leave, "we are cowgirls!!"

They had all these great photos of my grandpa over all his years of "being a cowboy" I took pictures of the pictures so it doesn't do them justice.

All my family was able to meet us there except two of my brothers.

Tru went and sat by my grandpa at the other end of the table during the ceremony. She loves to sit and talk to him. He probably can't even hear half the stuff she says ha ha but she loves to visit.

Here is the man of the hour. Kenneth Gates King AKA- Sonny. They did a great little slide show of his life. It had a lot of photos with my grandma King in it. It was great to watch. My grandma King passed away at age 56. I was only 2 but I remember little things about her.

He truly is a Cowboy!!

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What a beautiful family grandpa and grandma made. Kenny, Kerry (my dad) grandpa Sonny Kay and Kacy.

My brother and my sisters baby, Bridger, and Rowan and I.

This was grandpas saddle.

The room that my grandpas stuff was displayed in had these fun cow parts for show.

Kisses all around.

Rowan was a little confused by this display ha ha!

I just love my grandpa so much! He has been such a good example of how important hard work it.

Portlin and little Olivia.

What a little poser!! Giddy up!

After the program we went in and watched a little kids rodeo.

After everything Kara (my sister) and her family were headed to the Gallagher's cabin up at Mammoth Creek, my in laws cabin, When we got there we walked into this! We knew there was a rat in the cabin because Brian's parents were up there the week before and saw it. They set traps for it so we kind of knew to watch out for it.

Then we saw that the trap in the kitchen was set off, with no rat in it. The rat set it off but got away. We were so freaked out because we thought it was still on the run. We soon found out that there was still another trap, but we couldn't find it.

Next we found THIS!! OH MY GOSH!! Talk about my worst nightmare come true!! I hate to even see the picture of this disgusting varmint!! I couldn't even look at it so I made my sister take this picture of it so Brian could see it!! This thing was still alive after having its head in the trap for a few days! We made Rob (my sisters husband) take it outside! It was bigger then a medium size cat, it was huge and so gross!

In the morning we went for a ride on my sisters new Ranger.

After we left the cabin on Sunday we went to Nana and Papa Gallagher's house for Sunday dinner.We love to eat at their house, Lynda is such a great cook.!! 

Lynda always has the cutest decorations in her home. The girls love to play at their house. Its so great, Lynda kept so many of Brian's toys, the girls are able to play with the same toys that their daddy played with.  Portlin is sooo into taking pictures! She takes pictures of everything, it doesn't matter  if your ready for it or not.