THE CUTEST THING EVER!!!!!!

In the past, I have put so pretty cute things on this website, but this may be the thing that shuts it down for good. My wife took the kids to the zoo a couple of weeks ago, and from the pictures, you can tell they saw the baby elephant. Man oh man, that night, all I heard about was how cute that baby was. And I have about eighteen million pictures to prove it. Just look how cute that little guy is. I SAID LOOK.

DISNEYLAND

At the end of September, the Fam went to Disneyland. I can think of nowhere else that is more super, or more cute.

Emma bought herself a Donald Duck and carried the thing around the whole time. She would go up to the other characters to take a picture, and hand it to them for some reason. Haven't figured that one out yet.




And look at the Kiddies holding hands. That is the cutest thing I have ever seen.

And nothing like a family picture with a codfish.

BRAZA CUP CHAMPION

What is that you ask? Well, for the past few years, me and my dear ole daddy have had a ongoing tennis match. It basically lasts from Spring until it gets to cold and they take down the nets in the Fall. We play a set at a time, and whoever ends up with the most sets won at the end of the season is the winner. Well, to spice it up a bit, we also play for lunch at our favorite eatery, Braza, Land of Meat (well that is what I call it). So, over time, the tennis match has hence become, The Braza Cup Championship.

Starting this season, I thought it would be best to commemerate the championship with some sort of trophy as well. I got the idea from Jake. He won our fantasy baseball league and got a sweet bobblehead trophy for doing so. I started to think about that, and thought I could fashion my own bobblehead, paint is gold, screw a bone onto its head, (you know, for the meat aspect) and call it good. But then I was reading a story online where a gentlemen went to a sports memorabilia show and said they have all kinds of old trophies that would be used for the championship trophy of a fantasy league. This got me thinking, I could go to a sports show, and find one of those cool plates or something, that tennisers get. Then I thought to myself, "Ryan, why not just check out Ebay, your favorite place for useless crap?" Myself then told me "Yes, that is a very good idea." So I checked out Ebay.

I searched "tennis championship trophy" and the first thing that came up is this.

How awesome is that? Now, it didn't say Braza Cup Champion, but go figure, a BOBBLEHEAD TENNIS GUY! I bought that thing so fast my computers head spun, if that is possible. It was 5 bucks, and I got the inscription for free! I had to go to the post office to pick it up on Friday, and this picture is right after I got out of the post office and send a copy of it to my Dad.

Now, here he sits, at my desk, in all his glory. I named him Roberto, (you know, Braza, Spanish, whatever). Anyway, here Roberto sits, knowing his correct place in the world. At my desk, the two time Braza Cup Champ. Hopefully three time at the end of the Fall. Because now I have more competition. Jake wants in, and with a prize like this, really, who wouldn't. But for now he is mine, and anytime I feel a little bit sad, I tap his little head, Roberto does a little dance, and I smile on the inside and out. RYAN, THE BRAZA CUP CHAMP. THE CHAMP IS HERE!

ADDIE'S PARTY, RYAN'S VERSION

If you follow both mine and Jen's blog, you already know that it was Addie's 3 birthday party on Sunday. Well, I am sure that you may have read the sanitary, pasteurized version Jen posted. Well, I am not here to sanitize your life. You get the cold, hard, super cute facts here with this ground breaking blog. So here it is. I dared Show (Jake) to do the slip and slide. As you can see, he obliged. I also gave Mike a chair shot, and got permission from my Grandma Gourley to give Jake the double chair shot. (That didn't happen, but I have permission.) We then had a good ole Gourley Cub shirt a thon. Everyone tried it on. Addie, Darce, Jake, and me. Yes, that is me in my Teton shirt, Zach's Cub shirt, a sambrero, and Darce's pink hat. I kind of look like a fruity bandito, (not that there is anything wrong with that). Over all, a pretty good party. On the way home, Emma asked, "when is Addie having another birthday. Can we come again next week? Yeah?" Now if that doesn't fit into the super cute mold, I might as well shut this thing down.

ps. Tammie, are you happy now? It's been updated and no work posts.

JACKSON WY, PART DEUX

So, I just got back from scout camp this last week. Here is a cute little picture of the view from our camp. We were tucked right up next to the Snake River. The days we were there we played on their rope course, low and high. Then we went mountain biking, but the camp tour guide took us somewhere we didn't have a permit and the Wyoming Mounties kicked us off. Then we went back to camp after getting kicked off and one of the other adults torn his patella tendon playing basketball. Good trip right. Then we went down the Snake whitewater on Saturday. The boat guide was awesome. He was a total dude. He shoved some of the kids in the river. Then, when they were trying to get back in, one of the kids lost his glasses into the river. The next thing I know, he is diving in the river, and comes back up two seconds later with the glasses. I have no idea how he did that. Just have to say, thanks Dude.

YELLOWSTONE

Over the Fourth of July we went to Yellowstone with Linds' family. We had a big campout, and luckily for Tommy's sake, we saw no bears. Here we have a picture at the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone Falls with the Fam. A buffalo which Tommy was facinated. And look at the one with the kids. Don't they look happy?! Then a picture of my girls. And don't forget Old Faithful. Old Faithful is so awesome. Here is a reinaction of watching Old Faithful. "Okay kids, here it comes. It's going to shoot water up into the sky. It's going to be awesome. Wait, just watch. Nope, not yet. I thought so, but not yet. Ohp, here is comes this time. Nope, just a false start. Now, here it goes. Nope, wait one more minute. (Croud ohs and ahs prematurely). Oh no, here it is. Kids, kids, look. It's Old Faithful. Kids, stop playing with sticks. Hey watch. This is aweso.....(Looking at Linds') that was kind of dumb." Thank you. Thank you very much. But it was a very good trip, and everyone had a good time.

SUPER OFFICE BUDDIES

Keri, yes the same Keri that I am very scared of who is the mother of Karlie, has been a claims adjuster for two years as of today. It has been a long two years. For me. Well, today she made the announcement that it was her two year anniversary with us in section C. She also said her old office buddy, Amy, danged her to heck because of the two year anniversary of leaving. Well, when I heard this, I thought it would be a good opportunity to tweak Amy a little. So we made this super cute pictures of the new office buddies for the old office buddy and sent it to her interoffice. How nice am I?