Party, Party, Party!

We have another picture of this pose so this is our re-inactment!
Our favorite friends from Boise!

We had some PAY-BACKS to give so I recruited my guests for the job, plus the boys across the street that were watching us destroy Jordans house at 2am.

We had this planned for weeks and the kids were all excited about it but a few of them couldn't wake up when it was go time.

Everyone's favorite friend!

Since the ones that couldn't wake up were mad they missed out we had to go again the next night. Good quality time with the kids!

The first of many parties for the birthday girl! One when the Boise gang was here.

The masterpiece!

Another party with the girlfriends! They were all great girls!

She has been wanting a camera for a long time now so all her dreams came true. Well almost, Hugh Jackman wasn't there for her birthday party! :)

A friend came to see her on Sunday and was here for the family party!

Chow time at Texas Roadhouse!

Final birthday celebration on the saddle!

So my beautiful baby girl is offically a teenager, a time that has been looked so forward to.

As The Barnyard Turns

This is how beautiful our yard was looking with the duck pool, the decoys, the poop, the ramp to get into the pool, the egg, and did I mention the poop?
The first egg layed by, we think, the new big white duck. Complete with poop on top and feathers all around. No way was anyone interested in trying the taste them so they were just kind of fun to go find every day.

This is the suicidal fish that jumped out of the tank and was laying on the carpet not moving! We put him in a ziplock bag and after about 30 minutes I went to take him outside to throw away and I thought I saw him move. So we put him into a bowl and Travis spent about 20 minutes with a fork trying to swim him around to get him back to life. It worked! Seriously he was fine, swimming around and back in business that night when we put him back into the tank. All was well, until the next morning when he was dead, again! It must have been the 30 minutes without any oxygen. OOOPPS!

Travis went outside and took a look around at all the huge massive amounts of duck poop and he decided it was over. He asked McKayla what it would take to get rid of the ducks and her reply was a puppy. So off they went to Wal Mart parking lot. They came home with this little dude. A Mini Weiner.

He has turned out to be a really sweet puppy!

How could you walk away from those big brown eyes.

Too cute!

FeeBee hates him, not just dislike but strongly HATES! It's like the annoying little brother that will never leave you alone and always wants to play!

He seriously is so funny! He LOVES McKayla, he's very attached to her and cries when she goes downstairs without him. She is a great mom, he really only will snuggle up to her when he's ready for his naps. She was in her room doing homework or something and this is how comfy he was, sound asleep!! She is not a fan of the 4:30AM wake up call from him but she is really responsible.

So, the goat is gone, the ducks all went to Wyoming to live in a pond, the jumper fish is dead, and the puppy is here to stay! I think our animal stage is complete, lessons learned, been there done that.