Arizona Wedding

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All the boy cousins from oldest to youngest

The effects of Arizona

Well our Arizona trip has come and gone...We left Wyoming with nice mild temps of 80 to go to over 100 degree weather and now as I write this it is 48 with a nice drizzle. Oh how I love Wyoming... We had a great time in Arizona, Dans sister was getting married so we took our last little vacation with just the 3 of us. It was so nice to spend time with all the cousins, Jace was a little overwhelmed by all the attention but I think he would agree that it was fun to have lots of people his size to play with!! During our stay we spent time playing of course with all the kids, and hanging out with all of Dans sisters and there husbands. We ate some really good food, helped prepare for the big wedding day and spent lots of time swimming. By Sunday night we were all so tired from the time difference and for me the late nights that I could barley keep my eyes open and still today I am trying to catch up on all my lost sleep.

On a side note I must tell my awful experience of cutting Jaces hair....so last week on Tuesday I took Jace to get a hair cut and he totally lost it inside the hair cutting place and the lady who was helping us really didn't make matter any better because the moment I walked in with Jace she rolled her eyes so I guess that should have been my clue needless to say I got this bright idea that I could cut his hair!! I mean really how hard could it be, well lets just say lots of stress and many tears later my little guy is closer to bald and looking like his daddy than he is to looking like a little toddler. Lesson learned be patient and let your kids look like girls it is in!!

Last weekend in August and our Labor Day fun

These last few weekends have been full of fun. Last weekend we went camping up in the Snowy Range area. We really didn't see many deer or elk but saw lots of poo that let us know they are there. We went biking and hiking and while we were hiking Dan spotted a bull moose laying down so we took some time to call him in so we could see his real beauty. On the hike we saw a golden eagle and a green caterpillar. We also saw a wolf dog on our way to camp and he visited our camp and then on the way out we saw him again. We at first thought he was a wolf but when he was closer to us at our campsite we felt he was just a dog that was lost. So sad to think he is still out there I gave him food and told Dan if he stuck around we would bring him to the animal shelter but sadly he ate the food and left and then we saw him on our way out and he would not come to us. We played with flashlights for entertainment at night. Mostly because I was paranoid of bears. We also used a dutch oven to cook with and I have come to realize that pizza on the fire is not for the Dunns to make because we burnt our pizza again!! The only other thing that we experienced while camping was a serious thunderstorm that washed the road out and Dan had to practice his backing up skills with a trailer I might add on a very narrow mountain road=) Dan did great even though I really didn't have much faith in him... I know I am bad but it really didn't seem like we were making progress but obviously we made it out and Dan did a super good job.

This weekend we went down to Rock Springs and hung out with the Jorgensens for the weekend. We left Friday and the older boys went out hunting with their bows so Natalie, Parker, Jace and I went to dinner and after we put Jace to bed we watched a chick flick. The boys arrived back late and told us the were so close to some really big bull Elk but didn't even know they were there. Saturday the boys left early in the morning to hunt again so we hung out in the morning Jace and I went for a walk and Jace got to play with his cousin Parker. Jace really wants to be big like his cousins!! Parker had some friends come to get him to play outside and Jace was adamant that he go to so we all went outside to play with the "big boys". That afternoon we went out to the lake and played in the water. I think we all enjoyed our time lounging in the sun and playing with our children. We spent Sunday morning lounging around and just hanging out. we enjoyed having a relaxing weekend with Dans sister and her family. They are always so good to us and we can't thank them enough for having us this past weekend.

Boy or Girl????

Well the results are in and we were given a 90% chance that it is a girl!!! I am so excited but yet I don't want to get my hopes up. I mean I would love a boy as well but all the pretty girl things that are out there just make me want to have a little doll to dress up. Our experience last week for the ultra sound went good the baby was moving so much the doctor actually spent 40 min trying to see everything she needed to see.. We tried to get some pics of the little figlet in the womb but there was just so much movement the pics really don't show much. I am now 23 weeks and I feel that I didn't realize that when we had the early ultrasound with Jace how lucky we were to really see things clearly!! (Thanks to Dan sister Jessica, Thank you so much for showing us our little man=)) I felt like going in at 22 weeks things were just to cramped in there. I kept asking the doctor is there enough room?, and she kept saying yes you are fine but it really did look really small in there even though I am feeling super big. So due to not seeing all the vital parts to the baby the doctor has ordered another ultrasound in 4 weeks so we should know for sure in September so be looking for an update.

Birthday fun

Sunday was such a great day!! I had the best birthday ever. Dan made me breakfast and he even cleaned up the mess when we were all done. We went for a walk before church and that afternoon we played outside and then had our wonderful friends over for some ice cream cake. Dan was so sweet to get me photo shop and some other things that I am unaware of since they have failed to get here so yeah for me I get to have a birthday week!! I am going to try really hard this year to focus on one hobby and so my friends and family have been great to help me get started with learning how to do photography. Now don't get to excited, my camera is a little intimidating and this photo shop well lets just say it is still in the box because computer things scare me just a little.. but I have made a goal and I am going to stick with it so be prepared for lots of photos when you are with us. Practice makes perfect right? Saturday we tried going down to Denver to check out the new Ikea but due to heavy traffic we feared with might never make it in time so instead we saw that there was a circus at decided last minute that it would be fun. Here is a pic of us waiting for the second half of the show to start and if you look Jace has ice cream on his face, such good times.

Friday when I got home from work the first thing Jace said to me was that he wanted a fish like Cooper. I asked him again what he said and he repeated it so I told him to ask his dad. Dan was all for it because lately Jace states he wants a cat and when he asks he says he needs it so every now and then we are tempted to give our boy what he needs. Dan felt a fish was a better choice and did not hesitate to go to walmart and pick out the coolest fish tank they had. We let Jace pick out the fish, he choose 3 neon tetras one tetra that was blue and a crab. The crab might not make it because he keeps trying to get out of the tank.

Hope you enjoy our simple weekend of fun. I love spending time with my family and feel blessed to have them around to share the joys of life with.

Big boy bed

Today has marked the first week of Jace in his big boy bed. Now I have herd horror stories of kids getting up numerous times and so I prepared myself for a long few weeks of no sleep and crabby child, but to my surprise Jace has done really well. I must admit that having friends with boys that are around the same age helped because Jace always wants to be like his friends. We decided it best to start with the changing his crib to a toddler bed on a Friday so that way we could have the weekend to sleep more if needed. Jace was so cute, we put the bed together and he was so excited he kept saying this is my big boy bed!! The first two nights we stayed up late so going to bed was really easy , then on Sunday we put him to bed at his normal time and he went down okay and all I could think was this is to easy then I turned around and jumped!! Jace was standing there and when he saw that he scared me he started to laugh and say I scared mommy. That has been the only times he has gotten out. He does however like to get up and sneak into our bed in the morning. Unfortunately he does not go back to sleep he just asks over and over to watch his toons. Our little guy is growing up so fast and I am so proud of how good he has been doing with the changes we are making in his little world.

Camping pics and our complete adventure

Our camping adventure began on Friday after I completed my day off work. We left Cheyenne and headed to the in mountains Laramie for a fun filled weekend of dirt, and more dirt!! We pulled our new camper up the mountain and arrived at our destination, Lake Owen. We found a nice cozy spot for our camp out that was nestled among other camping lovers, which was good and bad. When we unloaded the first sounds we herd were that of some sweet mariachi music, and barking dogs. Now if you know our dog barking dogs and people make for a disaster of a trip when it comes to the dog. I promise I tried to give him away while I was there but there were no takers. Our first night Jace was so cute, he carried his own camp chair, which was Lightening McQueen!!! He also helped his dad get sticks to build a fire which made him feel very big. Saturday morning we woke early thanks to Jace and the sunshine and ventured out to see some beauty of the earth. Dan is always lucky so for those of you who want to hunt you should go with him because he always sees animals. So thanks to Dan we had the opportunity to see a buck deer that was in the velvet, a moose which I spotted, and some elk. After our driving adventure we took Jace on the 4-wheeler which he loves but due to the lack of sleep he actually fell asleep while we were being bumped around on our drive through the mountains twice!! We tried many times to get Jace to nap but I think he was worried he would miss out. Lake Owen is very pretty so we took time to just walk around the lake and to our surprise we discovered a train on the trail!! Jace was so excited, of course we had to stop our walk and let him play on the train!!! On our hike besides trains and water we got to stop and see caterpillars and other low walking bugs. Jace was so excited to try and pick bugs up on the stick. As for what we ate, hot dogs are a must when camping. Dan wanted to make fire grilled pizza so he was in charge on our last night and while I was feeding Jace Dan was busy cooking our amazing dinner!! Funny thing though Dan burnt the pizza so much we could not eat it. Our second best option for dinner was breakfast which was eggs sausage and yummy greasy potatoes. Of course we did smores and melted star bursts which are amazing on an open fire.
All in all no matter how much dirt I encountered I enjoyed our camping trip. I must say having a trailer is very nice. Lessons we learned or I learned was pack more pants and socks!! I love the outdoors and enjoy all the beautiful things we get to see. I am so glad that I have my little family to enjoy the outdoors with.

Our first camping adventure

First here are a few videos of some of the wild life we saw on our first morning up at Lake Owen in Laramie. Who would of thought we would see a beautiful trophy deer in the velvet with the sun hitting him at just the right moment for us to see him!! The bull moose we missed on the first pass don't really know why we did not see him but on the way back to camp I yelled a moose and there he was!! Can you believe he was only 50 yards from us? Hope you enjoy the beauty we saw=)