Halloween

Aspen started off the Halloween season as a monkey. HOwever, I gave in and let her play in her costume all day in Halloween since she had been begging to do that everyday since we had picked out the costume. Bad idea. I now know why parents don't do that. She some how managed to get caught on something and rip the entire side of the costume....the whole thing looked like it had been fileted. So her and I ran down to Target at like 4pm on Halloween day and had to find a costume. They only had 2 left in her size. She chose the lady bug costume and it ended up being pretty cute, however I liked the monkey better. She had a great time trick or treating and got a ton of candy. The first pics are of us at the Dinosaur park in Ogden. They had an awesome Halloween celebration that Grandpa Roger took us all to after going out for pizza. All in all it was a great Halloween season. Aspen gets so excited about these events that it makes them 10x more fun for all of us!

Its your bday old man!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!!!On your 40th birthday I will celebrate you by counting out 40 reasons why I love you...

I love you because.....

40. I have learned so much from you.

39. I have so much more to learn from you.

38. You make me feel safe.

37. You have the hardest time keeping something a surprise, but it is so cute to watch you try!

36. You have an infectious laugh that never fails to pull me out of my bad moods.

35. You never fail to ask me how my day was.

34. You greet me every day with a hug and a kiss.

33. You are an amazing, loving, caring father.

32. You look damn good in your jeans! (wink, wink)

31. I have so much fun with you no matter what we are doing.

30. You taught our daughter how to reel in a fish all by herself at age 2!

29. My hand fits perfectly inside of yours.

28. I can tell you anything and have told you everything.

27. You naturally care about everyone and everything around you.

26. You are kind and gentle to animals.

25. You never fail to hold a door open for me or any other person coming in a door behind you.

24. I feel so proud introducing you as my husband.

23. Our daughter has your sense of adventure.

22. You never give up on me.

21. Hummmana....Hummmmmana

20. You have the same dreams and goals as I do.

19. You take care of me...and Aspen....and Porter....and Koda....and Simba :)

18. You take my breath away...still 4 years later

17. Did I mention how good you look in those jeans? Well you look better without them! :)

16. I am so vulnerable to you and it feels so good.

15. You smell SOOOOO GOOOD, all the time!!!

14. No matter what I cook for you, you love it!

13. Your dance moves....I dont think anyone else has moves like that....hahahaha

12. Aspen will expect the best in men becuase of YOU!!!!!!

11. I want a little boy that looks JUST LIKE YOU!

10. I have been married to you for four years and I still have to call you 100 times a day!

9. You are the first person I think of in the morning and the last one I think about at night.

8. You are a total nerd...just like me.

7. You have the most attractive, strong hands.

6. You arn't afraid of being yourself.

5. You inspire me to not be afraind of being myself.

4. Watching you flyfish literally brings tears to my eyes. (not just when I am pregnant and hormonal ) haha.

3. You are my lover.

2. You are my husband.

1. You are my best friend.

Happy birthday my love! I look forward to loving you for 40 more years!

-me.

Aspen is 3!!!!!

I can not believe that my baby is three years old! These last three years have flown by so fast and have truelly been the best of my life. I cant imagine life without Aspen. She brightens everyone's world that she is a part of. To celebrate her birthday we had a party in the park. We had lots of friends, family, food and fun!! It was a blast! The most important part of the birthday to her was that she got a "rainbow cake" that she had seen on a blog on my computer. Mine didn't turn out as perfect as the one of the blog, but I thought it was great and so did Aspen. In fact when I cut into it and she saw the rainbow colored layers, she looked up at me and said, "Oh, It turned out really good mama!!" Melted my heart. I love her more than I would have ever thought possible!!!

We let Aspen open her presents from us before we went to her party. She woke up that morning and the first thing out of her mouth was, "Did my birthday come?" I said, "Yes!" She said, "I wanna open my presents right now!!!" She took off running downstairs and just started tearing into the first one!! HAHA!! She is so much fun!

Grandma Boo and Isobel!

Grandma and Grandpa Springer with Grandma Julie! Aspen is a lucky girl. She has a ton of grandparents and lots of "honorary" grandparents!! :)

For weeks before her birthday Aspen kept asking for a birthday hat. When I was in Dollar Tree I came accross this beauty and figured she had to have it!! Haha!!

The Rainbow Cake!!!! I was bummed that I didn't get very many good pics of the cake but for some reason it was the last thing on my mind. I wish I would've taken some better ones, but the next few photos show it off a bit :)