A Rebuilding Season

Yes folks, that is definitely going to be the theme for BSU football this year and hopefully not next too :) But we are still having a ball tailgating! We enjoyed Sat. nights game with Chris' cousin Jean and our friend Travis plus ol' Meme and Papa too! Alison does really well. We have to check out the cheerleaders multiple times and watch the band. We got our official cheerleading outfit this past weekend so pics of that to come soon.

Cheering on those Cards

A little tailgate frisbee action going on

The tailgate gang, what a fun time!

Yay-Rah!
and when the tailgate gets a little long for the 2 year old (and Meme too) we just break out Dora for a little bit :) and everybody's happy!!!

Happy Belated Birthday to You!

Yes, I'm super behind on my posting which means I'm just now getting to Chris' birthday post...bad blogger alert!!!! Oh well :)
We had a great time celebrating Chris' birthday. It was a gorgeous day. Ali and I baked a cake after her nap (Chris' favorite..white cake with chocolate icing) then we met Chris at The Cheesecake Factory for dinner..YUMMO! We came home and Alison unwrapped his gifts for him. Gone are the days of unwrapping our own presents, aaahhh, the blissfulness of parenthood. Then we got to sing and eat cake!
I hope you had a wonderful day honey. I love you very much and I'm so thankful for August 25th, without this day there wouldn't be you. Without you, I wouldn't be complete! You are the perfect husband--loving, kind, funny, sweet, and sensitive and the perfect daddy-playful, tender, and honest! Alison and I love you sooo much and had fun celebrating you!!! XOXO

Unwrapping gifts "together"

These two are sooo silly, aka "silly face"
and "serious face"
an "I Love You" moment

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Chris, Happy Birthday to you!!

Holiday World

We headed to Holiday World a few weekends ago. We had an amazing time. I recommend the park and Lake Rudolph to anybody. The park has something for everyone, even the little ones--lots actually. The swimpark is amazing....Chris could have "played" forever! We enjoyed ourselves immensely and will be heading back again next year, I'm sure!

Probably my favorite photo of the weekend, she was just tickled to be driving this car and Chris of course was being completely goofy with her. This pic captures her true smile and laugh!

Ready to ride--a lot of the rides are for kids 54" and shorter which means even parents can't ride. Funny feeling to watch your little girl get on rides and go up/down/round and round all by herself, but she REALLY enjoys all of them!
Bumper boats--another favorite!
Well, you can't be in Santa Claus, IN and not meet Santa himself, right?! Not the best quality of photo but here we are.
Her own Ali sized carousel.
Canoeing down the river.
Our 1st ride of the park, the big girl carousel--she chose this rabbit with HUGE ears!

Trying to play catch up

We've been busy and I'm falling behind blogging on all of our fun activities!! So this post is dedicated to State Fair Fun!!!
We had a great day but it was HOT! Luckily we waited until late afternoon so that sun started to go down some while we were there.
Yes we did enjoy some yummy fair food. Between all of us we consumed the Pigs in the Mud (chocolate covered bacon), deep fried Wisconsin cheese, deep fried pizza, hotdog, and a Hooks fountain chocolate coke--yum!
All in all...a really fun day!
Here is Ali and I on the ferris wheel, she was really excited about riding it but I think she discovered that it doesn't "do" much. Afterwards she said, "I didn't like it that much"! Funny!!

Our motorcycle Mama!

All of us enjoying our fair food!

The annual pony ride--look how bright red her poor little cheeks are...so hot!

This year we watched the racing pigs in Riley Fun Park! They were sooo funny. They race for an Oreo cookie (and some grain I'm sure)! But you should see these little guys/gals run!

Our sweet little diva girl! Love ya babe :)

Alaska Vacation 2009

We had a wonderful week! Many thanks to Mark, Becky, London, Poppy, and Indigo for opening up their home and time to us. If you were to head to Talkeetna, Alaska and Wasilla, Alaska for a family vacation, these are some of the sights you just might see:

Kitty and Becky enjoying beers on the porch

Chris and all the kids having a ball in the jacuzzi

Chris and Kitty standing in front of their bush plane that gave them a tour of the Mountains-amazing!

The shadow of your bush plane

Denali (Mt. McKinley) from the air on one of the clearest days they had in over 6 weeks (how lucky were we?!)
The Bishop's
Ali enjoying barefeet at River Park
Poppy putting on her own lipstick

Chris working on his golf swing

Everyone trying their hardest at "Spiderman stands" according to London

The sweetest girl EVER

Mom and Ali looking pretty beside the fireweed Three masked kiddos compliments of IndigoThe train