Happy Birthday Daddy

"WISHING YOU WERE HERE TODAY

FOR EVEN, JUST A WHILE

SO I COULD SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY

AND SEE YOUR LOVING SMILE

THE ONLY GIFTS TODAY WIL BE

YOUR SWEET MEMORIES LEFT BEHIND

OF LAUGHTER, JOY AND HAPPINESS

THAT ECHO ON, IN MY MIND

I'LL GAZE UPON PICTURES

I'LL THINK OF YOU WITH LOVE

AND HOPE YOU'RE DOING FINE

IN HEAVEN UP ABOVE

MAY ANGELS HOLD YOU CLOSELY

AND SING YOU A HAPPY SONG

AND I'LL BE SENDING WISHES

TODAY AND ALL YEAR LONG"

Today is dad's 63rd Birthday.  There are not a lot of words to say.  Just a lot of sadness.  Sadness because we can't celebrate his birthday with him.  Sadness because we are now having to do many 1sts without him.  Sadness because every time we celebrate, it's going to be without him.  But today, even though there will be much sadness, we are going to celebrate.  Celebrate a wonderful and loving and caring man.  Today we will have cake, sing Happy Birthday, enjoy everyone's company, tell stories, eat, drink, and laugh.  Today we are going to celebrate you, Daddy.  If you were here, I would call you and sing Happy Birthday, and then tell you that you're 63, which is almost 65, which is almost 70.  You hated that.  But I still always did it.  I'm hoping today many people will come help us celebrate your birthday.  I'm hoping there will be many stories with lots of laughter.  I'm hoping everyone here remembers how amazing you are.  I'm hoping I don't cry for eternity tomorrow.  After your birthday party, we will head over to see your grave and spend time with you.  Maybe even dress up your headstone a little bit.  Then if everything goes as planned, we will head to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.  You are so jelly right now, aren't you?  Yummy rolls!  We will all be here together.  All be here to celebrate you.  You are so missed Daddy.  You are so loved Daddy.  Take a great seat up in Heaven and watch your celebration.  You will love it.  Please come join us today at 11am to celebrate Dad's life.  We want everyone to be together. 

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

So it's either been 4 or 5 years now, that Robert's family goes to a Rockies game on Father's Day.  It is such a fun tradition, that I look forward to every year.  This year, the Rockies don't play on Father's Day, so we went yesterday instead.  If you have a Wells Fargo account, you can get a ticket for $30 in Club Level.  So that's what we do.  We got to sit right where Robert and I had our wedding reception.  And of course took pictures there, and where we got married, which is a few sections over.  Every year, we add one more person to our tradition.  This year it was Billy, my nephew, who is 8 months old.  And he did so good.  I don't think he even flinched with any of the noise. 

Man, I love baseball.  And I love the Rockies.  Sorry Mom, and to the Beller family.  I was raised a Giants fan, so my family isn't to please that Robert converted me to a Rockies fan.  But the Rockies are not doing so well.  We need new pitchers, and fast.  The game yesterday was against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of California of the United States of North America, as Robert would put it.  And we lost.  We got swept.  And it was the 5th loss in a row:(  But we did get to witness Jim Tracy get thrown out of the game, which is always fun.  Anyways, here are some pics of the game.    Enjoy!!!

She LOVED the Lite Rail.  She kept saying choo choo.

Right when you walk into the Club Level, we came upon Mickey Mouse all dressed up in Rockies.  Taylor was very fascinated by this.

1st picture is where Robert and I had our wedding reception.  The 2nd picture is where Robert and I got married.  Love being there and remembering everything about that day.  I told Trina, that I would totally do it all over again.  Including registering.  Haha. 

This has to be one of my favorite pictures of us 3.  LOVE!!!





Having some fun in the sun.  It was really hot out.  After the 2nd inning we moved into the shade.

Enjoying her snacks and juice in the shade.

They usually get along totally fine.  They did not like sharing a seat, I guess. 

Just some photos with the amazing background after the game.

And last but not least...

Our traditional family photo. 

This was our 1st game of the season.  And Taylor did incredibly well.  Hopefully we can enjoy more Rockies games before the season is over.  Taylor and I are however, going to a Giants game in July in San Fransisco, with my whole family.  Hopefully she will enjoy that too.  Or my mom will be so sad.  Haha.

Oh, and I totally forgot, until Robert just mentioned it.  But for as many games as I have been to my whole entire life.  I have never been on the jumbo tron or been close to catching a foul ball.  Well the foul ball thing changed yesterday.  Came right towards us, and Robert and the guy behind us were on top of each other trying to catch it.  Well obviously from there being no pictures of us with the ball, then the other guy caught it.  But we were so close.  All well.  I'm only 27, and hope to go to many more baseball games.  So one day.  

Easter Play Date

Now that I have a computer and have Internet back on in the house, I am hoping to be writing many blogs about anything and everything.  People who know me, know I have a lot of pictures and a lot to say.  Plus with me having a tiny obsession with Pinterest, OK maybe a huge obsession with Pinterest, I have pinned so many things, and then go onto people's blogs and it makes me want to write about everything.  So I'm in the process of making a schedule for my blogs.  I keep getting so many great ideas from other people.  I'm thinking of maybe doing a blog Monday thru Friday.  And have each day set to be about something different.  Like Monday's will be about recipes, Tuesday's be about crafts, Wednesday's be about Taylor, and so on.  I am hoping to start next Monday.  So if you have any great ideas, I'm all ears!

Anyways, today I wanted to share with everyone what Taylor and I did this morning with our friends.  Traci and Luci, Kara and Iyla, Aimee and Dexter, and Lo and Rylan came over for a couple of hours this morning, and we had an Easter theme play date.  I didn't give myself enough time to make the Easter theme cookies, that I found on Pinterest of course, but I did make egg salad sandwiches with carrots and bunny fruity snacks for lunch.  And also Bunny Bait, which I found on Pinterest, and it was delicious.  You can find the recipe here.  The only problem with the Bunny Bait is that, the ladies didn't eat enough of it, so now I have a whole bowl staring at me, saying "EAT ME".

Doesn't it look delicous?  Not quite as good as the one I found on Pinterest.  But still delicous. 

The crafts for the day involved dying Easter eggs, and then painting foam Easter eggs.  All you need is construction paper cut into large Easter eggs or pre cut foam Easter Eggs, which I got at the $1 store.  Oh my gosh have I told you how much I love the $1 store, especially for crafts for Taylor.  I can spend a lot of money there.  Then you need Washable Tempura paint, paper plates, and shaving cream.  All you do is put shaving cream on the paper plate, spread it out with a knife, add a drop of each color of the paint into the shaving cream, then using the knife, swirl around the paint and shaving cream to make it look tie die.  Then just put the foam Easter egg on top of the plate and press down.  It is a very fun project, but a very messy project as well.  I would suggest aprons, towels, blankets, or whatever else to keep the floor, table, and your child from getting all messy.  We all just took off the girls clothes and let them at it.  Poor Skyler though (Traci's dog).  Luci decided to put the paint that was on her hand on Skyler's back. 

And here are a few pics of everyone dying Easter eggs.

We had such a great time with all our friends.  And I love having themed play dates.  I need to win the Powerball or something, so I don't have to work anymore, and I can just stay home with Taylor all day doing play dates, blogging, crafts, and whatever else we feel like.  And now I can actually say that I have done a few things that I have pinned on Pinterest.  Haha!  I'll end with a few more pics of our great day today.

Look how modest our daughters are.  I wish I could just walk around shirtless and pantless.  Hehe!!!

I made cute little Easter baskets for all the kiddos.  Seriously love the $1 store.

My beautiful baby.  Love her more than words can express.











The 411 on Robert

Well I've been asked to inform you on all of Robert's dirty little secrets.  So here they are.  20 fun little facts on my husband, Robert Samuel Bouley.  In honor of him turning the big 3-0 tomorrow.

1.  Robert is left handed.  And because of that, he thinks he is the coolest person in the world.  Which, I mean, I guess it's kind of cool, unless he is sitting on the right side of me at dinner, then it's just annoying.

2.  Robert has no armpit hair.  None, zilch, zippo, nada.  I guess that's ok, because with no hair, his armpits never smell bad.

3.  Robert won State in football his senior year.

4.  Robert's list of 5 people that if he meets, he could sleep with, and I'd be ok with, are...
          1.  Kate Beckinsale
          2.  Milla Jovovich
          3.  Megan Fox
          4.  Brooklyn Decker
          5.  Miranda Kerr

5.  I make Robert watch shows like One Tree Hill, Biggest Loser, and Grey's Anatomy, and he enjoys watching them.  But not as much as Ellen.  And I don't make him watch that, he watches it on his own.

6.  A lot of you may not know, but he went to UNC his freshman year and then transferred to CSU, where he graduated with an Economics Degree.

7.  When Robert was a young kid.  Penny, his sister, and him were playing football in their living room, and Robert tried to tackle her and pushed her over the railing, and she fell all the way downstairs.  Think of the scene from Cliffhanger.  He says that's what it looked like as she was falling.

8.  Robert was a starting pitcher at Green Mountain High School.  He wore #24 because of Ken Griffey Jr., who was his favorite player.

9.  Robert lost his big toe nail due to a Volleyball game in college.  And he thought it was so cool that he kept it.

10.  Robert absolutely loves Twinkies.  I don't buy them for him, because he would eat 1/2 the box in one sitting.

11.  I have only seen Robert cry a few times in the almost 10 years we have been together.  And one of those times was in the movie Click.  Don't ask me why.  But he did.  I mean I cried, but I cry over everything.

12.  Robert's 1st concert was Brittany Spears, which he was front row, because he says little girls can't run fast enough.

13.  Robert has been watching General Hospital since he was a toddler due to his mother and now me.  So he knows all the characters and story lines.  He is always asking what Sonny and Jason are up to.

14.  Robert and the guys 1st house in Fort Collins was apparently so disgusting that every time they heard a mouse trap go off they cheered.  I am so glad I never went to this house.  They had dead mice in chip bags.  Nasty!

15.  Robert is a hoarder when it comes to clothes.  Holy cow.  I have never met a man who needs more closet or drawer space.  He is ridiculous when it comes to his shirts.

16.  I know many of you know this, but oh my god.  The loudest snorer in the world is my dearest husband, Robert.  OMG.  I will be dead asleep and he still wakes me up with his snoring.  I think we might be one of those couples who sleep in different rooms when we are older.  It is so loud.  When he drinks it's worse, and that is when I make him sleep on the couch.  He he!  Or one time at our old apartment, I made him go into the other room, because it was so bad, and the next morning I found him sleeping in the bath tub.  Fun times.

17.  Robert is seriously the best dad that I know.  He loves Taylor so much.  And Taylor is going to have him wrapped around her finger.  It's looking like I may be the bad cop and he will be the good cop.  I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband and father to our little girl.  I don't even want to picture how it's going to be once she starts liking boys.

18.  He may not say it out loud, but I know he loves Booger.  Before Taylor came around, some nights he would be all lovie dovie with Booger.  Now not so much, but I know he will be sad once Booger leaves us.  Which hopefully isn't for awhile.

19.  Robert and Paul are the best Beirut players in the world.  They would play like 20 games in a row, because they never lost.  Which was not always the best thing.  That would be a night where he would sleep on the couch.

20.  Robert has had asthma all his life.  Uses his inhaler daily.  Its sad sometimes when I have to hit his back for him to breathe.  I hope Taylor doesn't take after her daddy with that.

And that's all folks.  I hope you enjoyed finding out some juicy stuff about Robert.  Robert is sitting right next to me, telling me yes or no on facts that I have been writing down about him.  So yes, there were some things in here that I guess were a little to juicy that he made me erase.  And here is a picture of my dearest husband, at his finest, who will be turning 30 tomorrow.  And hopefully my dearest brother will let me borrow his computer for 1 more day, so I can enlighten you with another blog about my Robert.

Taylor Quinn and her 1st year

My beautiful, content, smart, and absolutely wonderful daughter turned 1 about a month ago.  And boy it went so fast.  I really just can't believe how fast it goes once they are here.  Everyday it seems like she learns something new.  Everyday it seems like she does something that she has never done before.  Everyday she makes me smile.  Everyday she warms my heart.  Everyday I look at her and I just can't believe that Robert and I made something so perfect and innocent.  So with that being said, I am stealing this idea from my best friend, Traci, and sharing a picture with you from every month up until her 1st birthday.  And trust me when I say this was hard.  She is so photogenic.  And I have 1000's and 1000's of pictures of her.  And they are just all too dang cute.

Taylor Quinn Bouley.  Born November 5, 2010 at 6:15 p.m.  Weighing in at a whopping 9lbs 3oz.  And 20 3/4 inches long.  Big baby.  But OMG, totally adorable.  She was a spitting image of her father when she was born.  Dark skin, dark hair, dark eyes, and just absolutely perfect in every way.  

December- Christmas at Mema and Pa's house in Oklahoma.  She was a hit, let me tell you. 

January- Happy New Year's

February- Taking family photos.  She wasn't to sure about taking the photos.  But we got some fantastic shots.  Thank you to our friend and photographer, Jamie Striplin.  Who also did our engagement, wedding, and maternity photos.  She is absolutely amazing.  Go check her out.

March- St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Denver, with Grandpa and Grandma Bouley.

April- 1st time in the ocean, in California, during Easter weekend.  

May- Mother's Day.  Isn't she just absolutely precious.  Look at those cheeks.  I could just eat them.  See, I told you she was photogenic.  

June- In Oklahoma for our family reunion.  She is just too funny.  I love this little girl so much.  See, doesn't she just put a smile on your face.

July- At Grandma and Grandpa's house for fireworks on the 4th of July.  

August- Granna came out to visit for a week.  And as you can tell she was very excited about Granna being here.  I mean look at her.  So amazingly beautiful.  She just lights up a room.

September- In Oklahoma again for her cousin's 2nd birthday at Chuckee Cheese.  And she just loves to give out kisses.  Most of the time it involves the tongue, but who cares:)

October- My little pumpkin.  She was still to young to eat the candy and walk up to the houses.  But we still did a few houses, and mommy and daddy just ate the candy instead.  She is so happy to be a pumpkin.

And last but not least.  My baby girl's 1st birthday.  We had her birthday party the same day as her actual birthday.  She was loving it all.  And got totally spoiled with presents.  

Well there it is.  A little tribute to my wonderful daughter, who I love with my whole heart.  And will cherish every moment that we spend together.  She has made Robert and I the most happiest people on this planet.  And I don't know what we would do without her.  Like Traci said, you can't believe how fast you fall in love with your child, once they come into this world.  And I will love her for the rest of my days.  

20 fun little facts you may not know about me

I have so much to write about from couponing, to being a mother, to my wonderful family, to the holidays coming up, to the wonderful craft I'm currently doing, to whatever else that goes through my mind.  But it's kind of hard when you don't have a computer and you keep having to borrow your brother or your sister's computer whenever they don't need it.  Well I have my brother's computer now, and thought I would enlighten you with some fun facts about me and then try to do Taylor's 1st birthday tomorrow before I have to return Steven's computer.  Dang you technology.  You are so good, and then you go and do something like blow up on me.  Any who, here are 20 fun little facts that you might enjoy...

1.  I have webbed toes.  Yes, this is true.  So does my brother, mom, great grandpa, and Ashton Kutcher.  So don't judge.  And yes, if you're wondering, I can swim well.

2.  Traci Remley and I have the same tatoo on our wrist.  A Hibiscus flower.

3.  Robert and I have a list of our top 5 people that if we meet them, and they will consider, we are allowed to sleep with them.  Here are my 5...
          1.  Gerard Butler ( Phantom of the Opera, baby)
          2.  Bradley Cooper
          3.  Troy Tulowitzki
          4.  Brian Wilson ( Fear the Beard)
          5.  Ryan Gosling ( the Notebook version of Ryan)

4.  I have been able to fly almost free my whole entire life, because my dad works for United Airlines.  I have been to New York, London, Mexico, Hawaii, Washington D.C., and everywhere else in between.  But that is going to be ending soon, and I don't know know what I'll do:(  Also a big shout out to my Aunt Judy, who has taken us on the majority of these trips.

5.  I have been able to meet all kinds of celebrities, because of my Aunt Karen.  I have sat in the bleachers on the Red Carpets of the People Choice Awards, of the SAG Awards, I have seen a taping of Will and Grace, and 1 year my sister and I got to go be seat fillers in the People Choice Awards.  I know, I know, I'm bragging now.  But it's so cool.

Yep, that would be Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie!!!

6.  I drool like you wouldn't believe.  It's not pretty, trust me.  I'm surprised I haven't choked on my puddle of drool while sleeping.

7.  I am a huge team Edward fan.  How can you be a team Jacob fan?  Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know he's nice and supposed to be good looking ( I don't think he is ), but come on, seriously?

8.  My bucket list is at least 10 pages long.  And I would love to start crossing them off, but that would require time and money.  Which neither of those I have.  Maybe for the holidays I can cross off make a pie completely out of scratch.  Any ideas on which kind of pie to make?  No buying pre made buy crusts or frozen or canned fruit.  I want to do everything from scratch.

9.  I have to sleep with a body pillow.  It's kind of an addiction.  Like chap stick.  I know I can do without it, but I just can't.  Ok Robert.  You are going to have to sacrifice some of your part of the bed for my body pillow:)

10.  I have collected spoons all my life.  I have probably over 50 of them from places that I have been to.  And just recently I have started to collect shot glasses and magnets from places that I have been to.  Now I need to decide what Taylor should start collecting.  My mom bought her a spoon from Tiny Town, so maybe she can be like me, and collect spoons.

11.  I cry at everything.  From commercials, to sporting events, to Lifetime Movies, to episodes of Biggest Loser, to speeches, to ok literally everything.  I'm not kidding you.  It's kind of ridiculous actually.

12.  I still have baby teeth.  Which is weird because I am totally not a baby anymore.

13.  I have had my belly button, nose, tongue, eyebrow, nipples, 4 on 1 ear, and 2 on the other ear pierced.  I know, I was a wild women back in college.  Now I just have 1 piercing on each ear.  What should I do next?  I'm feeling a little daring.  Maybe my lip.  Ha ha.  I think Robert would want a say in that.

14.  I played the piano for many many years when I was a kid.  I wish I hadn't been so stubborn and quit.  I would love to be able to just sit down right now and play a piece.  But I can't, so maybe that will be my next thing to cross off the bucket list.  Start playing the piano again.

15.  Ok, ok, ok.  I guess I will make fun of myself now.  When I was either in 7th or 8th grade, I was riding my bike to my friends house, which was just around the corner, and the klutz that I am, I wasn't paying attention, and ran right into the back of a parked car.  Still have the scar on my eyebrow to prove it.  Great times, great times.

16.  Knock on wood.  But I have never broken a bone.  Knock on wood.  Knock on wood.  Knock on wood.  Do you think I un jinxed myself yet.

17.  I have major ocd.  It may not look like it right now when you walk into my house.  But that is why I am supposably staying up till 2 in the morning.  But instead I am on here, telling you fun little facts about myself that you so desperately wanted to know.  (That is where my procrastination comes along)  Any who, once you can walk over all the stuff on the floor, you will notice that my dvds, cd's, and books are either alphabetized or in order of genre.  You will also notice that my clothes are all color coordinated.  And that all our food in the panty is organized by groups, and don't forget the label has to be facing you. And to top it off, I am a to do list finatic.  Not on the computer or my iphone.  But on good old fashioned paper.  I like to see the checks or the lines through the lists, it makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something.  But if you know me, then you know I have many different lists.  I get that from my wonderful mommy.

18.  I hate the ocean.  I will never step foot in the ocean.  I did all that when I was a kid, and when I knew nothing about sharks, or those microscopic jelly fish that sting you and shoot poison into your body.  No way.  I would like to die at an old age peacefully in my bed.  Not from teeth going through my body and taking off my leg.  The funny thing is, is I will skydive, or bungee jump, or anything else.  But no to the ocean.  You have no idea what is underneath you.  It's a whole world under there, and I just wont do it.

19.  I have lost all my baby weight.  Yay!  That's the good news.  The bad news is, is that I was still heavy before the baby weight came on.  So a little more ways to go, and then I'm back in my skinny jeans.  Well, technically I am now, but I have to lay on the bed to zip them up.  And I would like to try and put on my skinny jeans when I'm standing up.

20.  And last but not least, you didn't think I was going to go through this whole thing and not mention that I have the best daughter in the whole world.  Now some of you may not agree, but seriously.  She is one of a kind.  Seriously, no joke.  The best freaking daughter.  I couldn't ask God for anything better.  She is perfect in every way.

Just a little preview of my next blog.  All about Taylor Quinn!!!

 

Well that's it folks.  I hope you have learned some very interesting things today.  Until next time (which will be the next time I can borrow a computer) have a wonderful day and Happy Holidays!

P.S.  People, people, people, can you please follow me if you like my blogs ( whenever I can write them).  I feel like a loser with 2 followers.  Ha ha!!!

P.P.S.  Um, and I have 20 things about Robert, if your ever interested in finding those out.