COLDPLAY!!!

Coldplay - Friday, July 24th - AWESOME. It was their Viva La Vida tour. I'm not sure I've been to a better concert. They were all about the audience. Twice they went into the crowd - once in the upper seating area and once onto the lawn. We were 3 rows back - I've never been that close - except for maybe at Candlebox. There was a group of people standing right at the stage so I guess technically we were more like 5 or 6 rows back but it was still cool. I only got a few pictures that turned out b/c some girls hand kept getting in my way and the camera kept focusing on her. I told Shaun to push her out of the way but I guess he didn't hear me b/c there was no pushing. Anyway, they gave a free CD out as everyone left. Who does that? Coldplay.

The guy who took our picture had his finger over the flash but better than nothing

Thousands of paper butterfly cutouts were prayed all over the audience. You couldn't see anything but butterflies. Awesome.

Vaca 2009

Vacation was awesome. We went to Gulf Shores, AL and it was Owens first time seeing the beach. He was a little intimidated at first but he loved the worlds biggest sandbox. He's not much for making sandcastles though. He builds them but only to destroy them. The ride down was long (~ 11 and 1/2 hours) but not as long as the ride from El Paso to St. Louis. Owen was such a trooper being stuck in his carseat the whole time except when we stopped for gas or dinner. The dolphin cruise was "totally wicked" (Incredibles) as I'm sure Owen would say. Here are some pics:


Owens first time seeing the Ocean

My little spiderman's ready to go


His first sparklers for 4th of July

First time eating shrimp. I don't think he was too fond of it.

Racing his Grandma Wild down the beach

Petting a baby shark that our neighbors caught down at the beach.

The kids on vaca (Nicole & Phil, Shaun & I, Erica & Brian).


Well I can't download anymore pics at the moment so I'll have to add more later.

Rain, rain, please don't go away.

It rained in El Paso, Hallelujah! And it was an all day event. Owen got a kick out of the windshield wipers. He thought it was the funniest thing ever. That's sad when your child is 3 and has never really seen the windshield wipers. He had a blast playing in it. Yes, in the first photo he has no pants or underwear so we put some on so I could get some none X rated shots.

Owen's 3rd Birthday

So my baby is 3 as of June 15th, 2009. I guess he's not a baby anymore. He's getting so big and learning so much. We had a blast at his birthday party. Lots of people, lots of food, and lots of fun. My mom surprised us at his birthday party. I had no clue she was coming - she just showed up at our door. We also had Grandma & PaPa Wild there to celebrate with us. It was so nice to have family there. We had a bounce house (the best thing ever):

and a pinata with lots of candy:

Owen had a Cars (racecar movie) cupcake cake. It looked like a regular cake on top but was made of 24 cupcakes. It was so yummy - if you couldn't tell from Owens face:

It was fun but a lot of work since we barbequed hamburgers and hotdogs and Shaun made salsa. We also had a fruit and cheese tray, chips, and pretzels. Next year I'm all about ordering pizzas. Less money and less work. Happy Birthday sugar baby!