Rodeo of the Ozarks 2010

Colton and my dad

Kraig and Lauren sharing fries

Colton and my mom

Lauren and Chelsea

Lauren's face when she saw the horses :-)

Our family

Lauren running like a horse

Lauren being a horse (her idea btw)

Rodeo of the Ozarks 2009

Friday night Lauren and I went to the Rodeo of the Ozarks with my sister and her family Kody, Katlyn and Austin.

Lauren spending time with Katlyn and loving it!

Here we are sporting our sunglasses!

Katlyn, Tammy and Austin

Uncle Kody and Lauren enjoying the rodeo together.

Aunt Tammy holding Lauren while she enjoys the rodeo.

And last but not least I had to show this video because Lauren is talking like crazy lately...and this video just shows part of it. We were watching the barrel racing and Lauren was cheering on the girls saying "go horsy go!" and yelling "Yea!"

4th of July Parade 2009

Saturday Lauren and I went to the parade with my sister Tammy and her kids Katlyn and Austin. Lauren wants to do whatever they do since they are the 'big' kids and she is so grown up now! :-)

Katlyn and Austin brought another chair for Lauren to sit in...thank you for sharing your chair AND your drinks! As you can see, Lauren loves being around the two of you!

Lauren sitting in her chair like a big girl.

Katlyn helping Lauren back to her seat.

All three drinking their drinks waiting on the show to start.

Lauren pointing at the trucks.

All three kids waving as the cars went by and Lauren saying "Hi truck!...By truck!"

The kids after the parade is over.

Lauren and me (Colton you are there too) after the parade.

Tammy and her kids after the parade...notice the bunny ears behind her head...Austin would not take a photo without them! :-)

And finally a group photo.

Here is Lauren saying "Hi Brown Truck" and "Hi choo-choo train" (another truck). Like I said above she was having a great time waving at everyone and everything! Thanks Austin and Katlyn for sharing your suckers and tooth brushes that the parade threw our way! You are such a big help with Lauren and we really appreciate it!

Rodeo of the Ozarks 2008

Mommy took me to the rodeo to see all the horses. She took me last year too...look back and boy what a difference a year makes!

Lauren's First Rodeo

I took Lauren to the Rodeo of the Ozarks when she was a month old. We met up with family and you can see they enjoyed her and she enjoyed the interaction from someone other than mommy! This was a good experience as it was probably the first time I had taken her out long enough to actually have to heat up a bottle. I just brought it cold and thought she would just eat it that way...but my sister helped me find some hot water to heat up the bottle and Lauren liked it much better that way! :-) She was really good and never fussed at all.