Gettin' Down!

On our ski trip over spring break, we had lunch in downtown Ruidoso, at a bar, which had a live band... safe to say we weren't in the 'Bible Belt' anymore, lol! 
After we ate, Jett showed us his moves on the dance floor...

'Presley & Jacob, sittin' in a tree...'

Every single Down's kiddo I meet, I want to steal and take home, they are all so stinkin' cute. And Presley's classmate Jacob, is no different ! At home, we tease Presley, and call Jacob her boyfriend... they truly are precious together. And the best part is, he comes with a really cool family!  We went and spent the day with them a few weeks ago, and just had a blast!

The cute couple... lol!

Note to self...

'BACK UP YOUR PICTURES/VIDEOS !!!'

I was so bummed when I lost my phone last weekend.
However, an hour after losing it, when I realized that I hadn't downloaded ANY of my pictures and videos ... EVER, my 'bummed' state of mind, turned into 'devasted'
Since getting the phone, I haven't used a camera at all, I use only my phone for picture taking and videos.
So,  850+ pictures/videos, of this past year, all recorded family times, vacations, birthdays, holidays... GONE!
Excuse me...

Ok, I'm back, I always have to go throw up when I think about this.

There is a teeny, tiny, glimmer of good in all of this...
For the longest time, I have put off 'blogging',
thinking that I need to play catch up for all the months I have missed.
In my meticulous mind, to just sit down and start blogging,
without catching up, posting pictures and videos, from the last year,
wasn't an option.
Knowing this would be a time consuming, and daunting task,
I have continued to put it off.
But now that I have no choice in the matter, I get to jump right in.
I am so pleased about this,
because I have sooo missed this little blog of mine,
and all of you who come with it!

Isn't she lovely?? This will be 'one' of the 3 tee's I will wear in February for Valentines Day! 

I'll take a pic when I'm wearing it so you can see how it turns out~

Angel Lovely...

"God gave me you for you the ups and downs,

God gave me you for the days of doubt...

And for when I think I lost my way

There are no words enough to say, it’s true,

God gave me you.

On my own I’m only,

Half of what I could be

I can’t do without you..."

Summer 2011... Back to Yogi Bear Park we go!

So what do you do when you have such a great time somewhere??? You GO BACK!! Last year we did a family vacation to one of Yogi Bear Parks and we had a blast!! Soooo, we headed there again this summer...
We did some campin', some eatin', some playin', and just good ole memory makin'!

And this year, we brought Cutter, Mike's nephew, with us...

The pool and water slides are such a blast for all of us!! 

I don't know if you remember last year,

but they have a karoke night for the kids, and of course, Devlin and Mikah took the stage singing a Barbie Song.

And there was no nervousness with these two, this was them anxiously awaiting their turn to sing

Jett decided that THIS year, he wasn't fighting Devlin or Mikah for one of the TWO microphones they had, so he said he was going to do his OWN performance...

This is the SADDEST part about losing my phone, I had a video of my brave and precious boy, getting up there, with NO FEAR, singing 'Twinkle, twinkle little star'

Devlin hugging Jett when he gets off stage, soooo sweet!

Everyone brings their golf cart, or lawn chairs to watch the show!