This one goes out to the one I LOVE

Happy Anniversary, Love! Today is our 2 year mark of the day we decided to make "us" forever! I am so lucky to have such a fabulous guy in my life! Ever since I was little I have dreamed of the perfect guy...my Prince Charming, if you will....well, Gary is nothing I ever imagined, but I testify that dreams really do come true as he is my very own Prince Gary (I'm not sure "charming" quite describes him)...yet he is so perfect for me!

Here is a glance at each year together

Today...2 years of bliss

Last year (this photo was actually taken in August and I was 8 months pregnant....NOT a very good picture of either of us, but we don't have many with the 2 of us)
2 years ago on our wedding dayHappy Anniversary!
I love you, Gary! Thanks for making my dreams come true...and being everything and more I could ever want in a husband and father!!

"Daddy's Takin' Us To The Zoo Tomorrow..."

The title of this post is actually a song on one of Kyri's CDs that we listen to and this is her favorite song to dance to...okay, it's my favorite song to dance with her to...she laughs so hard every time. Gary and I always get the song stuck in our head, but yesterday it was a special day for this song because the words rang true....daddy took us to the Hogle Zoo!! Gary had the day off and we decided that it was a perfect day for animals. Kyri loved seeing all the animals that she only sees in her book and only hears her mama make the noises for...and believe me, I'm not that good, surprisingly enough...

the duo and the elephants hind end

these two bears (the black bears, not Gary and Kyri, although this is also true with them) were so cute playing with each other
Kyri knows how to growl like a tiger so we spent quite a bit of time watching this beautiful one roam her territory. Kyri growled at her, but she never growled back. Kyri's going to begin to wonder if we're truthful about these animal sounds...
looking right at us
The gorillas were fun to watch. They fed them just as we got there...smart animals. Kyri has a book with a gorilla. She loves to give him kisses and touch his hair
just so cute...I am a bit obsessed with the primates...they're my favorite
family fun

our little fishy

Kyri loves the water and will play in it at any chance she gets

not really thirsty, but this is pretty cool

worried she might gag? well, she did...but it didn't stop her from going back for more
Kyri's own little swimming pool
she loves it
when I've had enough of her pulling things off the shelves and crying because I don't know what she wants....we go outside and play in the water...it works every time...we are both happy outside

Happy Belated 4th of July

I know July is nearly over and I'm just barely posting our 4th of July adventures...but better late than never, right? We had a great time over the holiday weekend. Unfortunately I don't have photos of many of our activities, so I will ramble for a moment about our outings and then on to the few photos I managed to get.

We stayed at Grandma and Grandpa Allen's for a couple nights. The guys ran the Filmore Freedom Mile while the girls saved seats for the parade...the longest parade of my life, I might add. Then we headed to Delta for a delicious dutch oven dinner at Brad and Heidi's. After stuffing ourselves to overflowing we went to Delta's famous Demolition Derby. Kyri seemed to enjoy herself nearly as much as the adults. We had front row seats, which meant much flying dirt/mud, which meant little clumps of dirt in the next diaper change. Glad it was Gary's turn. After the Derby we again had front row seats for the fireworks. Kyri was beyond exhausted, but enjoyed the fireworks almost as much as she enjoyed smiling and giggling at the 10 year old boy sitting behind us....she's just workin' it early....and that's fine with us.

Getting ready for the festivities

her 4th of July outfit
off with the hat!

After our time in Filmore and Delta we went further south. Before arriving in Mesquite we stopped at Sand Hollow for a quick lake trip. It rained a bit while we were out, but the consensus shows a great time was had by all......

.......or was it? Kyri wasn't quite sure what to think

Pop's hair blowin in the wind as he navigates his course on the lake
Kyri finally decides she quite enjoys the boat
especially since she can watch her daddy's awesome moves on the wakeboard
pleased as punch
Heather decides to learn to wakeboard in the rain. Brave soul...she must really want to impress the Allen's (or at least Todd) :) and it worked....very impressed (especially Todd)!!
Kyri decided she wanted to get her feet wet.....
....but that wasn't quite enough so she went for a swim with daddy...and waves to her mama who was still on the boat
exhausted after such a day as this