Art purchase

Our church had an art show the other day

and I walked by this photograph and had

to stop and take it in. Something about it

just melted me, so my amazing husband

bought it for me. This picture of the picture

doesn't do it justice. Just take my word for it.

Birthday Fun

Most girls get a nice piece of jewelry or a spa

package for their birthdays, but not me.

Nope. Instead, I got........

a gun!

A 9mm Smith and Wesson to be exact

We went out and shot stuff
I'm so good at this!

My gangsta cousin Jess

Oh yeah.....Dancing Jim

I almost forgot about Dancing Jim (thanks Jenna)

You all know how this one goes :)

A Packed Full Weekend

So this post might be really out of order but oh well. It seems like I only blog once a week, probably because the weeks are boring and slightly repetitive, and don't seem blogworthy, but I recently decided that my work is actually pretty entertaining and may be starting a quote of the day.
As for this particular post, we went to Corvallis this past weekend (Jim's training weekend) and got to take part in the Philomath Frollic and Rodeo....I know what you're thinking...."What?! That sounds amazing!!" Well let me tell you, it was that and more. Packed full of greasy food, greasy mullets and some pretty flippin insane bull fighting (Who knew that was still legal)

I spent the first half holding a baby and ignoring the rodeo, but I soon found myself surprisingly engaged!

First half of rodeo: I finally got to meet baby Bella!!

The halftime show....tame buffalos that

jumped up onto this trailer. Who knew!

Black Jenna and happy Kevin
Same picture.....different day

In between the parade and the rodeo, we went for a swim.

Swimming cap was to keep the perm in perfect form:)

The eager spectators of the Philomath parade!
This is for you Jimmy

Oh hey and here's Jenna again!

For those of you who didn't hear, Kevin Boss (Superbowl

champ from Philomath) was in the parade and Ryan was his

overly intense security gaurd.

This was the least exciting of the 3 bullfighting episodes

and it was still insane. The first guy hurdled the entire bull,

the second rode on top of his horns before being trampled and this

one......well, you'll see!

Jim and His Many Faces

So, I'm at work and bored out of my mind.

Jim, I'm sorry but this is a result of my

boredom and nothing else.

Here are some pictures of my husband

through the years. I bet you guys forgot

about some of these phases!!

Military Jim
Mullet soccer Jim

Tough guy Jim

No turning back Jim
Honeymoon Jim
Special Jim
Pretty Jim

Even prettier Jim
"I'm mad I have to wear this sweater" Jim

"First date so I'm nervous" Jim

Bald Jim
Squinting Jim

and tan Jim

Hope you all enjoyed!

Happy 4th!

Jenna and Phil came over for the 4th.

We started out the weekend by going onto

the roof of our apartment and watching

the amazing Redmond parade!!

We made sure we were red white and blue

Note: the amazing crack shot!

We then headed to Fossil, OR for their

8th annual Bluegrass festival. Phil and Jim

represented wih National Guard shirts.

For those of you who don't know, Fossil

is a tiny little town. This building is the

Libray/City Hall/Fire Department

We hit up the local Shamrock pub where

Jim was a frequent vsitor during his stay inFossil

They took good care of us.

We had the best and biggest burger ever!

Laying in the sun listening to some really funny

bluegrass music, all of which contained lyrics of

either Fossil, sage brush, or a country road.

The beautiful Kelleys

On Saturday, the boys went golfing and we girls

got our hair done.

This is what happens when you brush out my curls!

Oh, did I mention that Jenna got a perm?

Sipping on a fruity drink waiting for the boys to

finish their nap

This is the closest thing I have to an after picture

for Jenna's perm.....maybe she posted one by now!