Rodeo!

Marshall's birthday evening was spent at the Greeley Stampede. It was an event through my work - so we went, not expecting a lot and not knowing what the stampede had to offer and we were pretty impressed! It actually reminded me of the Clark County Fair back in Washington. Marshall had a great time people watching (and animal watching). Neither of us had even ever been to Greeley, and it wasn't a bad drive. The actual Rodeo portion of the evening didn't start until 7pm - which happens to be Marshall's bedtime - so we watched a little bit of it then headed home. I have to say Will was pretty impressed by the guys who were able to pin these calfs to the ground in 4.3 seconds. It was crazy to watch.

I'm glad we were able to do something to help celebrate Marshall's first birthday. Hopefully next year he will be able to stay up a little later since he will be a bit older - and maybe we can see more of the rodeo. :)

The following photo is a bit blurry - but he wouldn't sit still for a photo. This is the best I could do with the arena in the background.

Marshall's birthday post still to come. Will wants to edit the photos from his party we had this afternoon.

What we've been upto this weekend

This weekend started off pretty crappy - and lets face it... Is still ending pretty crappy, but we've managed to have some fun in between!

Hand Foot & Mouth disease has hit our home. Friday Marshall was über sick. Like, he hasn't slept that much since the first month he was born-type sick. So we spent the day watching movies, which was actually awesome! Poor Marshall though - he had a fever and flu-like symptoms all day. We thought it was bad teething actually, since he was drooling so much - but I guess that is part of HFMD. BTW - we had two TERRIBLE nights sleep Friday/Saturday night (we are SOOOO hoping tonight goes better). Saturday his rash broke out (small little blisters all over his feet and hands, and a minor rash all over his body) and after googling we figured out it was HFMD (plus, we knew this has been going around). But he was getting better, more energy and no fever luckily. Sunday/Today, he was even better and has started drinking and eating again and is pretty much back to normal- but now Will is sick. :(

Saturday and Sunday were both 100 degrees so we hit up Wills parents townhouse pool for some time post afternoon naps. It was a blast and Marshall loves his new float toy! I didn't think he'd go for that, but he sure did!

Here are the photos of how our weekend went:

Will gave Marshall a blessing tonight, so hopefully tonight is better for all of us (I personally cannot take getting up another 10x in one night again). 

On another short note - I turned 26 on Wednesday! It was a great day. Will and I both had the day off from work, we went to the zoo with Marshall (we were supposed to go to Pirates Cove, but the weather didn't cooperate), and then Will and I went to Hacienda for dinner while his sister watched M. To top it off, we hit up Cheesecake Factory on the way home from dinner to get some delicious cheesecake to-go. It was a fabulous day! Here's to a fresh new year! :)

And .... in EVEN BIGGER NEWS! Marshall turns ONE this coming FRIDAY!! How is that possible?! A big ONE YEAR post to follow this week. 

Thank goodness that M and Will got sick this weekend and not next, right?! Phew!! :))))

Don't You Wish ....

That you were as cool as this?

Yeah, me too. :)