Trip to the Academy

The first weekend in October we took a trip to see my brother Matt and family in Colorado Springs at the Air Force Academy where Matt is teaching. It was one quick trip since Brian was still in high school football season, but well worth it. We left Friday night after a football and drove as far as Cheyenne, woke up the next day and finished the drive. We needed to get there in time for the football game at noon. Air Force vs Navy. AND one of the biggest reasons for the trip besides football which is what my life revolves around in the fall is my newest nephew William Robert was born just a few weeks before. Hooray! He is adorble in every way and I couldn't be happier for Matt and Heather. Matt is being deployed here soon so it was also a trip to make sure I got a hug in case they didn't make it for the holidays. Love you guys.

Matt, Kamri, and I waiting and waiting for the big game to start.

Brian, Matt and Kamri

One of the cutest little boys ever. William Robert or little Will. Check out that hair I think he already has as much as Kamri!

The new daddy Matt with Will and Kamri

Love being an aunt. Kamri sure wanted to get a hold of Will. Finally it was someone smaller than her.

Playing at the park by Matt and Heather's house

Uncle Matt is the best!

Kamri loves to swing! Its hard to tell.

Rodeo and Horseshows with Grandpa

Blast into the past for a few posts while I catch up. At the end of our summer vacation we hit up the good ole Lincoln County Fair in Star Valley with my family. Kamri sure did have fun looking at all the lights at the carnival and all the crazy people. One of my many childhood memories is attending the Fair and I had so much fun sharing it with Kamri. My mom hasn't ever been a big fan of rodeos so from when I was little I was my Daddy's date to the rodeos.... I LOVED it! I'm a daddy's girl and had so much fun adding Kamri to the mix. Its official she is my daughter.... she LOVES rodeos. She would stand and clap and would get super excited if a bucking horse or bull happen to be closer to us.

With Grandpa (the real cowboy). Have you seen a bigger grin on a kid's face.

Just Kamri and I. Brian loves this picture because you can see both our wrinkled noses and dimples. Yes we are mother and daughter. Brian was the photographer so he did attend.

The next day after the rodeo my dad showed his reining horses. Kamri got to go and cheer on Grandpa. She even got to ride while he was between shows... she was in heaven. Grandpa had fun showing her off. He was riding in the warm up arena and took Kamri past all the younger girls showing and told them, "This is the future rodeo queen of 2028" ha ha too funny. They thought that was the cutest thing seeing my dad riding with little Kamri.

Loving life!

More House Pictures... INSIDE!!

Drumroll please.......YES it's true I FINALLY posted pictures of the inside of my house. So by popular demand I will give you a somewhat tour through part of the house which I have painted and somewhat decorated. My next project is my bedroom which is nearly finished so you will have to wait to see the final result. AND let me tell you that I never knew paint colors could be SO hard to choose. I have one patient hubby because my living has been completely painted 1....2....yes 3 times people with a few colors slabs in between. 5 colors and many sleepless nights thinking about colors I finally have my living room the color I love. I first thought tan....nope at night it was too gold. (yuck) so then I went in the grey family.... too light, and blueish tint. (yuck!) Mind you after I painted the WHOLE thing I figured this out. Finally I went to a green family and found my color. WHEW!! I have had my bright orange wall for months... that was not changing!!! Love me some orange.

As you walk in my front door. The living room to the right and stairs to our basement to the left (not pictured). I know.... need more on my walls. Working on it people!

View from by the TV back to the front door. The half wall has the stairs (or soon will have the stairs).

View back to the front door from the dining room table.

View of my kitchen and hallway in the back to bedrooms and Utility room.

Ta Da!! My kitchen with what seems like right now endless cupboard space. I need to go shopping to fill it..... yes yes I do!!

View from my Kitchen to the dining room and living room. You're being shocked by the orange wall right now huh?! LOVE it!

Kamri's room... (still under construction) Need more pink dots and going to paint her dresser bubble gum pink. I have also had her room painted for months. Love the bright green and the bubble gum pink ceiling. Brian thought I was losing at first when I started...now he likes it (or so he says)

Her name will soon be above her crib in Pink cursive for now just visualize. (She was actually sleeping in the crib when I took these pictures) Too funny!

There people now you can lay off the "nagging" for awhile!! I'll post more once I finish my projects!

Half Marathon!

As hard as it is to believe I ran a half marathon this summer. My good friend in Pinedale talked me into doing and after 12 weeks of training... blah (the worst part by far) I ran the Provo Canyon 1/2 in August. The friend who talked me into was not able to do it with me because of a n emergency so my other friend and I decided to tackle it anyway. It is definitely something that I will do again to try and beat my time. Next time Tamara you HAVE to be there! I enjoyed the competitive race atmosphere and the challenge. Who knew I could be a runner... will wonders never cease!

My baby girl was there to cheer me on at the finish line.



Sarah, Kristi, and I after the race.




Showing off our race numbers! We are so official looking

July Part 2

Once again I'm behind...and yes I know its almost October, but eventually I want to print this to a book for a family photo album so here goes nothing. During the summer we went to Star Valley to spend some time with Cliff and his family.... wish we could do more of that but they live in Salt Lake so we see them when we can. We went 4-wheelering, rode horses, and just played.

This was not in SV. I just threw it in because it's one of my favorites. She LOVES her tigger that rolls across the floor. She thought she was pretty tricky riding it with only one hand.

Our family on a 4-wheeler ride up in the mountains to my parent's house. Kamri was concentrating pretty hard. She loved it and fell asleep half the time... see next pic! =)

Kamri asleep.... at the top of our ride.



This picture cracks me up. Cliff's family all on the 4-wheeler. Cliff, Keri, Bode and Ryder

Grandpa giving Kamri a horse ride. She sure does love her Grandpa!

HOUSE!

LONG over due with pictures I know! We moved into our new house..Hooray! We still have lots of work to do but here are some pictures to appease some of you, aka Gina! ha ha



My handy hubby is doing the garage with help from family. Thank you Kevin, Bill, Barney, and my Daddy for coming to help. Makes Brian's life a lot easier.

A closer view, we have a walkout basement on this side. We are leaving it unfinished for a few years.

July Part 1

We had the opportunity to stay at Bear Lake a few days the first of July with some good friends of ours. We had a ton of fun... Thanks Currahs! When we came back Rendevous Days were going on in Pinedale. Brian and I both had teams in the 3 on 3 basketball Tournment. We also watched the parade and attended Kamri's first Rodeo... its official she loved Rodeos.

Currah boys building a sand castle while Kamri supervised the construction process


My little boy (Brian) assisting in the sand castle building process and Kamri eating the building material.

Its so fun to get dirty!

Kamri loved watching the parade... so many things to see

Look at that form... we lost in the championship, but had a ton of fun playing.

June 2010

Summer is flying by... here is some events from June.
Kamri is getting so big and growing up so fast. She is still my happy baby that just loves life.

With her dad being a basketball coach and doing camps, open gyms, etc. We spend a lot of time in the gym. She LOVES playing with a basketball and thinks she is such big stuff when she has one even it is as big as her.



Kamri with Coach Brisko

The middle of June was the Micheli Reunion at a youth camp outside of Mountain View. It was fun to see a lot of Brian's family and catch up. Thanks Patty for putting it together this year. Here is some of the "boys" swinging together. Aren't they cute? From left to right... Dave Hokanson, Brian Welper (Amber's Fiance and our good friend in Laramie), Ryan Taylor, and Brian. They had a good time together.

I'll take credit for the awesome photography skills. This is Brian and Ryan doing some syncronized swing jumping. Good form boys.

First family photo in awhile.

Look at how happy she is with her Daddy. Brian is the best dad!

Dave, Hallie, Brandon, Brian, and Kamri coming back from some fishing at the pond.

Kamri discovered that swings are the best. She loved them!

Out for a stroll

Kamri and Macie with Brian.

May 2010

In May (I realize its July, yes I'm behind) Joe married Liz in Star Valley. We are so excited to have Liz be an official part of the family. It was a beautiful wedding. Kamri and I had a chance to stay a whole week in SV to see family. We picked Eric's family up from the airport in Jackson and headed "home". Brian came for the weekend but he wasn't out of school until June 8th so he had to work. Matt and Heather were home when we got there. It was so fun to see so much family. Cliff came up for the wedding, but unfortunately his boys got sick and couldn't make it with Keri. We missed them! Here are some pictures of our adventures. Of course for some reason I don't have any pics of the actual wedding just at the ranch. I think I was too busy keep Kamri happy to take any pictures.

Kamri has decided she loves animals. This is Uncle Matt having her meet Koda.

Cousin Olivia and Kamri getting to know each other. The girls have to stick together.

Kamri LOVES her uncle Matt. He played with her and read her stories.

Grandpa playing the piano with Kamri. It kept them both entertained!

Olivia and Brian became pretty good buddies in a short amount of time.

Eric, Sarah, and Olivia.... we sure miss seeing them and wished they lived closer.

Kamri sitting on a horse for the first time. She is a natural.

After the Wedding what do you do when there are lots of ranch hands around... brand calves of course. Kamri thought they were pretty entertaining.

This is one my favorites. Sarah decided she was gonna throw a calf. This is her right before she did. Look at the concentration on that face. Love it! Good job Sarah... see you would LOVE to live in Wyoming wouldn't you?!

Sarah had the calf's head while Eric had the legs during the brand. What good looking ranch hands.

Kamri with Great Grandma Hyde.