Another Great Fathers Day

Well, if you know Big Mark you know this had to be the greatest Fathers Day gift he has ever received. A signed poster of his all-time favorite President.

Dad, you're a great American.

Tippets Family Reunion - Our journey was not as peaceful as it would appear!

Well, after moving and living in Bountiful for less than a week we packed up again and headed to the Tippets Family Reunion near Granby, Colorado. The worst part about the trip was the 6 hour drive that turned into a 91/2 hour drive. Our first delay was caused by Dalloin getting carsick because he was playing his Nintendo DS. This resulted in him puking all over himself and the car. The next delay happened in Vernal. We got out to eat at WalMart and little Cj had messed his pants something fierce. For the final 45 minutes (or so we thought) Colter was ornery and crying. My first road trip with a baby was not as fun as I had envisioned. When we got to Gransby we followed the directions we had gotten off of Yahoo Maps. This was a major mistake because we ended up in the middle of nowhere. When we asked a nice old lady for directions to our destination she laughed at us and said we were way off. Which we were. It was about another 15 miles away.

We finally arrived...late. We were however pleasantly surprised by our accomadations and it was a beautiful area.

The next 2 days were fun and the normal crazy Tippets traditions played out as expected. There was the famous Tippets rap (twice). The singing of Cowboy Joe. The telling of the 2 stories about anything that the Tippets family has ever done that would be considered great (twice), and a whole lot of yelling at the kids getting them to calm down and not run around.

We also had a great time playing games and catching up with family that we do not get to see regularly, and those we do. We can't wait for the next one in 3 or 4 years.

Colter Turns 1

So obviously its been some time since we last posted anything. We moved, which kept us fairly busy for a couple of weeks (not to mention away from a computer), went on the Tippets family reunion to Coloroado our first weekend after moving, followed up by the Stubbs family reunion in Heber the next weekend. All in all it has probably been the busiest month of our marriage. Not to mention this weekend we have Andrea's cousin's son who is getting married as well as my Grandmothers 80th birthday Celebration.

Just prior to this crazy time in our life Colter had his first birthday. We had a small get together at our home with mainly family. Colter got the standard birthday cake (which was pretty much his first cake ever). He loved it! He ate til he was about ready to fall asleep.

Then it was time to open up his presents. He made out like a bandit with a boat load of toys and candy.

At one, Colter definately is starting to show his personality, he wants everything, especially cell phones and remote controls. He loves to play with anyone, and especially likes any kind of food with sugar (definately a Tippets). He is an absolute train wreck...he makes a mess out of everything, and is STILL constantly drooling.

He still is not walking..he's close. He will stand, look around, and then sit back down and crawl around. He is on the other hand a very fast crawler. Which is why I think he hasn't started walking yet.

He keeps us busy, but we love him and don't know what we would do without him (other than get some sleep).