playing catch up

So things around the Olsen house have been pretty spectacular!

 It has been so nice having Justin around more and just enjoying Ozzy.

 He is getting so big! I can't even believe that he will be 2 in March.

 Here is just a little catch up. If you didn't know.... now ya do.. I'm pregnant and expecting in May. 

I have been pretty under the weather and sitting on the computer is the last thing on my mind when I have a free minute. But the good news is that I am feeling better everyday and so.... here is your update!

 Enjoy the plethora of pics of Ozzy.. 

Camping this fall up AF canyon

loving the first snow

Elmo ( he is obsessed!)

he loved trick or treating.

he was running from door to door.

what kid doesn't right?

Justin's best Halloween ever!! (besides when he met me!) 

He roamed like this.. scaring kids with his brother. 

Under the mask was the biggest grin!

A trip to Moab with the Olsen gang! It was a white trash, griswald adventure!

Justin's separated shoulder won us a seat in the ranger. 

SO MUCH FUN!

laboring day

* we spent the day at canyons riding new downhill trails 

*ozzy spent the day playing with bikes, dirt, rocks, sticks and all those boy things! 

*ended it with a nice bbq at our house with some good friends.. 

HARD LABORING.

the cutest (x) a catrillion bazzillion.... update for now..

i love those piercing blue eyes, even when they are sad and tired.
      i love that you put your little arms around my leg and want me to hold you.
i love how fast you say "all done"
 i feel so lucky that you wake up happy and talk in your crib until i am ready to come get you.
         i love that you walk to the back door, look in the back yard and say "daddy, daddy" because that is where he usually is.
   You are fascinated with lights.. turning them on and off and again and again.
i laughed really hard when you found the nail clippers and pretended that they were a harmonica (they kind of look like it right?)... and walked around making your own noises.  
i love it when a random man looks at you in the grocery store and calls you a "lady killer" i have to agree
   you DO know how to pucker those big lips.
i love you (x) a catrilliion bazillion...

enough said.

a WINTER PARK in the summer

justin had another job this last weekend in winter park colorado.

 we went along with him.

 and so did the mcQueens 

we stayed for free, rode bikes, played on the playground, went on walks 

watched bikers go really big, watched Ozzy, Ollie and Stevie just be kids

all in the best company!
some people think that we are crazy taking our kids...
i think that we are just making some awesome memories!

back home

We are back from Canada.. Justin's slide show was amazing. The show sold out 2 days in advance and that has never happened before. It was premiered to about 2,000 people. They held it at an amazing event hall, where there where 4 screens. No matter where you sat it was a great show. Their were 6 photographers and they  had 3 days, with a team of riders to shoot and edit. (and not to mention  the conditions were rainy and muddy) At the show they did a short introduction on each of them and then had the photographer come introduce their show. Justin's show was number 5, after the 4th show my heart was racing and I had butterflies for him. I am so proud of him, and his poise and confidence throughout the entire introduction and the show.  He didn't place in the competition, I'm obviously a little bias.. But, he has already sold some shots from the show and a magazine is going to do an article on his team and the event. I love you Justin and I am so proud of you! 

(can you tell, I'm not the photographer... gettin some goods!)

 While being in one of the biggest Mtn Biking Resorts in the world, we were able to ride for one day, which was not enough.. but I was the happiest lady around. 

While we were away, I got this picture from grandma Sue.. I guess he wasn't missing us!

Here are a few more for good measure! 

This week feels like it has been a whirlwind. Ozzy and I drove to pick Justin up from the river, he did awesome in the car.. 5 hours. We stayed the night and drove back the next day. Another 5 hours. Quick trip, right?  But it was worth it! 

Summer is flying by, I hate the day that I walk into Target and back to school accessories are on the shelf.  It means that it's coming to an end.

Ozzy is amused with every little thing. So inquisitive. i feel like he is taking in the world. 

and getting way to big!

Justin is competing in the Deep Summer Photo Challenge..You got this babe! 

We love you! (messy face and all..)

today and lots of other days

we are just enjoying the summer. 

update. (15 months)

Ozzy still only has 5 teeth but somehow has had 6 haircuts.

he loves watermelon. (all fruit i should say) 

he is fascinated with keys and tries to unlock anything and everything with them.

to his dad's request he has been working hard at the push bike. but is mostly just spinning the wheels.

I love that he flirts with any and every lady he sees. He turns his head to the side and gives a little smile. 

he melts hearts. and i love him.

a happy father. day.

 You bring a whole lot of happy!!

You are a truly devoted husband and father.

You let my dreams come true by making a family.

You are that little bit of adventure that I love.

You make a bad day feel better

You take us with you.

And I wouldn't trade it for the world! 

i heart you always!

   

as of late..

I hope that Ozzy looks back on these pictures

 and thinks that his parents are pretty RAD.

I'm sure he will ask what we were thinking,

 and I will have to show him another picture of his father that has the exact same hair cut.. and then respond on how really cool we are and hopefully he will believe.

I actually really like the hair cut, just a small fashion mullet. It's summer, we have been camping in the van, going to carnivals, running through sprinklers, slurping some watermelon.

 I mean who wouldn't have a mullet. 

another weekend away

This last weekend Ozzy and I met Justin as he was coming from the Teva Mountain Games, for a little weekend trip to Bryce Canyon. We met in Richfield and had a great time with Aunt Holly and Grandma Great.. 

Neither I or Justin had ever visited Bryce Canyon so we headed there to take a hike and see what we could with one day.. It was amazing! Ozzy did so well in the back pack, it was our first hike with him and he was soo good. He loved it!

For our last last day, Justin had planned for us to hike to a waterfall that he did when he was a kid. It was just outside of Escalante, called Calf Creek. It was beautiful. It really reminded me of the waterfalls that we see on the river. I would definitely go back.... After coming back I found out that I had been there almost exactly 28 years ago.. when I was exactly Ozzy's age.

I think this is pretty magnificent. My dad and I, and Ozzy and his dad..

another day..

just another day in the backyard.. 

i love you ozzy.

a weekend at work

We spent the weekend with Justin in Grand Junction at the

Ranchstyle Mountain Bike Festival

Ozzy loved, loved, loved

the warm weather, the dirt, the crazy people, the crowd screaming and cheering

being outside all day, and surprisingly he did really well sleeping in his very own little tent (in the van)

How happy we are that he likes being outside, dirt, and a camping trip in the van. 

There's no doubt there will be many more!

ps. you will have to look for the article that Justin did in of the event in Decline Magazine

(thanks to Tim for the pic we rarely get pictures of the whole family)