Danes 1st birthday at the Banfords!!!

When we got to Grandma and Grandpa Banfords house Uncle Grant and Grandpa were decorating for the party...Dane was saying "ooooh" like crazy when he saw all the balloons!

Dane was so happy to see cousin Laila!

Great Grandpa Buchanan and Dane were the Birthday Boys!

Dane wasn't sure about his cake at first...

but two seconds later he was loving it:)

He was trying to feed everyone some of his cake. You can see by his face that he takes sharing very serious. Ha ha, it was so funny.

Then he had so much fun opening his fun presents! Cousin Laila was such a good helper.

Dane kept trying to grab Great Grandpa Buchanans hat, so Grandpa put it on him. He kept it on for awhile, so stinking cute.

We love Great Grandpa, he is such an incredible example to all of us. He is so kind, respectful, hard working, generous, and he loves everyone around him. He is a true southern gentlemen. I think he has been a HUGE reason why the Banford boys are such good guys. He writes everyone letters on their birthdays, and I found one recently that he wrote to Ben on his 18th birthday. He had the sweetest words and advice. We love him so much! Happy 86th Birthday!!

Oh geez!

A few post ago I showed how Ben gave Dane a red vine in the car...well, he decided to sneek him some treats again!!! After I freaked out on daddy for getting Dane, the car seat, and the car a disaster, I realized it was kind of funny:) He had crumbs in his neck, down his shirt, and even in his diaper somehow, he was so happy about finally getting his hands in that puffs container!

GATOR WASH

GATOR WASH
I have a new goal to my car sparkling clean, so it is perfect that my friend Lindsay and her family just opened a new car wash on 7800 South and 1377 West in West Jordan. I freaking LOVE it!!! You just drive through and its all beautiful when you come out. ALSO you don't have to tip anyone, which means you don't have to stress when you don't have cash to pay those kids that "dry" your car at the end of some car washes. I swear they think you're such a jerk if you don't give them a $5 or a $10, I hate it!!! Anyways, it also has FREE VACUUMS!!!!! I can stop by anytime and vacuum out Danes big cracker messes and I don't need 10 quarters:) ITS SO CONVENIENT! Everyone needs to try it out, you'll love it!

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!!!!!

I'm still smiling from our fun night at the SYTYCD concert this past week. I went with my sister Errin, and friends Lindsay, Shelly, Kathy, Brittany, Alexa, and Linette. I was such a good show. I could watch good dancers dance everyday all day! I always love this show, but Tabatha and Neopolian rocked my world this season. Geez! seriously! Next year everyone needs to make it a priority to go...it was so worth it!

Me Errin Lindsay

Seriously Lindsay and I look like sisters...but I promise Errin and I are truely the two that are related...weird though huh.

I'm so happy Brittany, Alexa, and their Mom/my friend Linette came too! I love these girls, they're amazing in every way. Just wait, they'll be on the show in a few years:)

LAKE TAHOE

We watch the BYU game at Grandma & Grandpa Hewards in Grass Valley!!

Our sexy rental car.....haaaahaaaahaaaaaa



Sexy pose on the sexy rental

German dinner night

Cousin Steve, Brandon, Benj, Cousins Chris

Brandon & Errin

Joelle & Ben

Brandon & Ben

The whole group

Happy 27th!!

ADAM & BEN

THE BIRTHDAY BOYS!!!
THE B-DAY CAKE

STOCKTON (CASI AND ANDREWS LITTLE GUY)

CAME DRESSED PERFECT FOR THE PARTY!!!!

CASI, ALISSA, ANGELA, ASHLEE, JOELLE, BRITTANY

ADAM & ALISSA

MY GOOD FRIEND ALISSA AND I PLANNED A BATMAN BIRTHDAY BASH FOR OUR STUDLY HUBBYS (BATMAN IS BOTH BEN & ADAMS FAVORITE SUPER HERO)! ADAM & BEN HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY, SEPTMBER 3, 1981. I KNOW I'M A LITTLE LATE ON MY POST, BUT ALISSA AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME!!! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!! HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY TO MY SWEETHEART, MY TEDDY BEAR, MY BEST FRIEND, MY PARTNER, AND MY LOVER BUM!!!!

BIGGEST FLIRTTY PANTS!!!

This shyness act didn't last long! All of the sudden......

Dane was kissing Lia....

and hugging, smiling, gigling, and flirtting!

Dane + Lia

We went out on Saturday with our good friends Taz and Katie (they were our neighbors when we lived in Davis County) . They have Lia (2yrs old) and a brand new little baby girl Presley (2 weeks Old), they have such BEAUTIFUL little ladies. I'm not the only one who noticed how pretty Lia is...We were just talking after dinner and then we sat Dane on Lia's' lap...two seconds later they were loving each other. It was the funniest/ cuttest thing ever. We wish we could see them more often!

Dancing Under The Stars

A few of my friends and I went to "Dancing Under The Stars" in Provo the other Day. It was at the Scera Shell outdoor theater. It was so much fun to just watch incredibly talented dancers for 3 hours, Its heaven for me. Center Stage (a studio in Orem) had their Elite teams perform and then some, "Utah Dance Stars" also performed. Gev, Chelsea Hightower, Matt Dorame, Kelly Baker, (from SYTYCD...tour is on Sept. 23rd), Louis Van Amstel, Ashly Delgrosso (Dancing with the Stars) to name a few:) We went to Spaghetti Factory before the show, we had such a fun night. Gev & Chelsea from SYTYCD

There were so many amazing performances, but of course we're big fans of these two. They did amazing! They also performed the contemporary piece that Sonya choreographed to that older song...anyone that is watched SYTYCD will know which one I'm talking about. That lady may have a Mohawk, but she is freaking good. We all loved it!

Lindsay, Joelle, Casi, Errin, Kami

***Anyone want to see New Kids On The Block in November?? I can barely sleep I'm so excited..."Please don't go girl" "Step By Step, ooo baby" "You've got the right stuff" and their new "Summertime" song...it will be so fun and you all know it:)

Baby Proofing

We FINALLY got our house all baby proofed. We've got the outlets covered, the cubords locked, and the kiddy gate blocking the stairs to the basement. He never ever has even realized we have stairs going up to the bonus area, so I thought I'd only need one gate until he started being curious about the other set of stairs. BUT OF COURSE he is such a smarty pants that the day I put the one gate up he all of the sudden knows how to cruise up those stairs! Guess we'll be making another trip to BABIES-R-US!

He's so proud of himself!

Feeding the Ducky Ducks!

Daddy and Dane running away from the scary ducks.

Last Sunday we went to the parkway to feed the ducks. We had no Idea there were going to be SOOOOO many hungry little ducks. We ended up being surrounded and we had to kinda kick them away. It freaked me out, but Ben and Dane thought it was funny. I loved watching Danes face the whole time, he gets so serious and observant. He stares with his mouth open...we all know which parent he inherited that from:) I'll be able to sympathized when gets made fun of, poor little dude. Anyways, we had such a fun time!