Craziness and fun...That's how we role.

Im not sure where to begin- life in the Bias household has been crazy and fun this summer-uh, correction...life in the Bias house has been crazy since the beginning of the year! So here's a small recap of what we've been up to...
One of the biggest changes that's added some craziness to our life is that I went back to work as a Dental Assistant at the end of March. As many of you know I stopped working in the Dental field after going back to work shortly after Luke was born to pursue an opportunity to work from home  for my dads company while being able to care for Luke. I was blessed to be a stay-at-home/working mom for 2 years-but sadly all good things end at some point. Sadly, in March my dad was given the news that General Motors (for those who don't know I was ordering parts for GM car dealerships throughout the country) was not allowing their dealerships order all their parts thru another party anymore.  After discussing our options- Kevin and I decided it was best for me to dust off my resume and not have all our eggs in one basket with my dads company anymore.
We were extremely blessed that I was offered a job the same week that we learned of the massive down sizing of our income. I've been assisting at Laramie Dental Arts since March as well as still doing what I can for my dads company after I get home-to say its been crazy with Kevin in school, having one car, and Luke needing to go to daycare is understatement-but luckily I have an amazing husband who has been amazing with picking up the slack of taking care of the household duties while I'm at work all day. I do enjoy the office I work at- I never thought a dental office in our tiny town would be so busy- and no we aren't the only office in town- just the best one : )

Like I said our summer has been crazy but fun! The fun began with a little get-away to my parents place in Dubois, Wy (about 5ish hrs away).  We had a fun long weekend that included meeting the newest Muhlenkamp members- Tank and Knight, my parents new horses as well as taking a day trip to Jackson Hole. Luke loved feeding the horses carrots in the morning, helping daddy cook breakfast, seeing all the wildlife near Jackson Hole, getting ice cream and getting new boots! It was wonderful weekend for us to spend time together and get away from work and school.

Johnny 5 and Luke playing in the backyard

We've also had a lot of visitors to Laramie this summer which is always fun! For Fathers Day weekend we had a house full- my parents, our niece and nephew (John and Melissa's kiddos), my cousin Janelle and my Uncle David. Luke had fun playing with his cousins- sadly because of living situations Luke has only met his cousins on the Muhlenkamp side once when he was 6 months old- so him and Johnny 5 who are only 3 months apart had a blast running and playing! We had a family BBQ and I made my Dad and Kevin special Father's Day cakes- it was a fun filled family weekend, always nice to see family!

We've enjoyed the wonderful summer weather here in Laramie- I guess coming from Arizona, any summer weather is enjoyable thats under 110 degrees! We've started a tradition of having Kevin's Mom from Arizona come out to celebrate the 4th of July in state where its not too hot to enjoy the fireworks. We had a lot of fun with Debbie the week of 4th of July. She flew into Denver so we spent the day at the Denver Zoo. I loved how family friendly the Denver Zoo was- they had a little play area with a waiting pool for the kiddos to cool off in and a little sand-digging area as well as Luke's favorite aspect- a little  "Choo Choo" that went around a part of the Zoo. Luke had fun seeing all the animals up close and personal.

Mint Chocolate Chip-YUMM!

Kevin decided to start a new tradition of making Homemade Ice Cream to take to watch fireworks. We watch fireworks in Cheyenne at the Frontier Park- it gets pretty crowded so we have to go and get "our spot" pretty early. We started our 4th with Kevin making both Chocolate and Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream and packing it up in a cooler with Dry-Ice to keep it cold. I spent most of the morning of the 4th sleeping a sinus infection away-boo! We made the 45min trip to Cheyenne for an early dinner and to claim "our spot." While we waited for the fireworks we walked and explored the park and ate Kevin's yummy Ice Cream. Luke really enjoyed the fireworks and loved sitting on Nana's lap to watch them!
We always love the time we get to spend with Debbie-sadly we don't get to see Kevin's side of the family all too often now that we're in Wyoming so its nice to see them when we do!

Luke and I getting ready to sees Allan Jackson

Luke enjoying the parade

Every year Cheyenne, Wyoming celebrates "Frontier Days" with a massive rodeo, carnival, country music, and a parade. This is our second year meeting up with my parents to see one of the concerts. This year we saw a country music icon- Allan Jackson. We really enjoyed the concert he put on- it was just him and his music non of the crazy laser beams or whatnot. Before the concert we had fun walking around and seeing all the venders and what they were selling. Luke learned a new saying this year "Yee-Haw," every time he saw a cowboy we heard "Yee-Haw"- this still happens today, in fact we were sitting in church last week and a kid in front of us was looking at a cowboy book and as loud as he could Luke yells " Yee-Haw!" We also met my parents for the parade. We were really impressed with the parade, they had all the Rodeo Queens from around the country, the UW football players and cheerleaders, a bunch of vintage cars, and TONS of vintage tractors. It was a lot of fun! We love these type of events in our little Wyoming towns- so Americana! We spent the rest of the day enjoying the Train Museum, walking the shops and enjoying the BEST BBQ from a little hole-in the-wall restaurant.
Throughout all the fun and craziness of summer Kevin has been spending countless hours upon hours studying for the PCAT's- Pharmacy College Admission Test . He finally took it in July and what a relief it was to be done with it! Once we get his results back his application for the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy will be admitted- we are excited to finally reach this point- Kevin has worked super hard to at this milestone in his scholastic career and I couldn't be more proud of him! We wont know if he's accepted to the Pharmacy School til around January '14- we're keeping our fingers crossed!
As our summer has started coming to an end as Kevin returns to classes on August 26th, we've been taking advantage of  the 70 degree weather and our study-free weekends by spending some time at the local splash pad and parks. We're sad to see our summer dwindle but ready to start planning next summers adventures :)