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.