Our New Home!

Here is the living room taking the picture from the kitchen... which I don't have a picture on my camera yet. Laundry room... goes out to the garage.

Spare bedroom. No closet but is called the "bonus" room.

Rylan's room... here ya go buddy. Here is a picture of your NEW room! When you get to your new room you also get a new big boy bed! I can't believe you are already at that age. Can't wait to see you... Mommy & Daddy Miss you like CRAZY!

Master bedroom...slowly coming together.

We had just moved in this... as you can see the mess hasn't started too much! :)

Our new little home...

We are getting moved in slowly but surely. Jeremy is at the store now and I just off the couch. My stomach has been hurting and I got sick this morning. Not sure what it is. :( Not good though! We are getting adjusted to the colder weather and everyday feels a little more like home. I do know after two days on the couch how I couldn't be a couch potato! Our first night here when we were unloading our neighbors came out and helped unload 1/2 the truck. They were VERY kind!!! The gal that came over and helped asked if she could put in some frozen lasagana in the oven for us to eat. We had just eaten but a VERY nice offer! They were really sweet! Other than that we will hopefully begin 'networking' and getting our store completed so we can open and start EARNING money instead of loosing it. It's been a little scarey on that side of things but we have to take one day at a time and know that everything happens for a reason. I am not sure how we could have opened the store on Nov. 18... they just put in the plumbing and some of the electrical work this week! Such is life!

Well I better try to get the rest of the kitchen unpacked. .... YES It seems like that is all I have been doing. I've gone to one extreme to the next. In our last house I had ample amount of space to put things in fact I couldn't fill all my cabinet space here I am trying to figure out creative ways to put everything. :) It will be fine just will take a bit to get used too! :) On a postive side of things it won't take me near as long to clean it. :) YIPPY!

Have a nice evening!

Love,

AR

My 1st Time SURFING!!!!

Here it goes.....

Rylan looks like he's done this before.... and he hasn't!

Getting up and situated!

Hi Mom! I did it! No HANDS!

Rylan was not SCARED one bit! I was a little nervous but I wanted him to do it to see what he would do and no one I would trust more than Steve! Thanks Steve you are the best!

I'm one of the big boys.... Daddy driving, another holds the flag, another makes sure the rope is good, and Steve SURFS with me!

I even know how to hold the rope!

SURFING! Opps we dropped the rope... can't tell by Steve's face can you?!

My new buddy Ely. It was really cute. Ely was awesome and showed him many new things of being a big kid and showing Rylan what to do in the boat. Rylan NEVER moved unless he was told to do so. I was in another boat so I could not do much! Thank you Ely! They could honestly be twins both blond hair and they both LOVE ABSOLUTELY LOVE the water!

Enjoying the Ride .....

Summer Fun....

At Great Uncle Cory's Pool

Yep, they went under....... and he is still happy! :)

Ready, Set, GOOOOOOO! Yes, Rylan did want to go down by himself... but Uncle Caleb went instead. :) Rylan has gone down by himself but haven't caught it on camera.

Birthday... just a few MONTHS behind

Here is just a few pictures from his Birthday... Yes, this is after a long birthday party... and STILL with his ballons that he LOVES! Happy Birthday to YOU, Happy Birthday to YOU, Happy Birthday Rylan.. Happy Birthday to YOU!!!! I love you BUDDY!

Giving GREAT Grandma Betty a hug before she leaves. It was so funny we could not get a good picture. Rylan is in the stage (if it is one of those stage deals) that he will NOT look at the camera. BUT the second the picture is taken he says "I see". Silly boy!

R = Rylan. 2nd year for ice cream cake. With my Dad's great suggestion of making sure the bottom is mixed up so all the sugar doesn't go to the bottom... I decided to make them into cups this year. Not real sure what is easier... but I think they were a big hit AND I think better than last year. Each cup had an R or the number 2.

He loves his ballons.... or any ball for that matter!

Display.....

The morning of his party! He didn't know what to do with all these ballons!

Cupcakes.... and yes they were suppose to be baseballs!

We had a great day! Happy Birthday Buddy! You make Mommy and Daddy very proud!

Lemonade anyone?

Rylan had a blast this weekend with his cousins that came to stay for a couple days. We had a lemonade stand and believe it or not, Rylan was able to sit and wait for cars to stop...or should I say drive by as there were MANY more driving by rather than stopping:(

Getting ready for his PARTY....

Mommy doesn't understand that I am ONLY 2 and she is already making me make my own cake. It wasn't hard because she at least got me a boxed cake so it was a LITTLE easier. So, I read the directions... (I read them to him and pointed so he is reading them and pointing too!) They tell me that you ALWAYS read the directions first! Then I added the ingredients... and started mixing!

This is hard work... I MIXED FOREVER! The stuff even flew up in my face a couple times.

After all the hard mixing finally I got to taste a bit... it was YUMMY!

The timer says to leave it on for 15 minutes but I made muffins so I thought I needed to check it every so often..

After they got out of the oven I just HAD to try it! I wouldn't dare feed it to all my guests without TRYING them first!

Finished product. I have to admit my Mom finished putting the frosting on... I was eating way too much of it!

Birthday at the Sitters

Rylan is VERY VERY fortunate to have a loving sitter that treats Rylan as if he were hers. She has a little boy that Rylan absolutely adores and loves balls probably just as much as Rylan does. He's 9 and Rylan loves him. He also loves his sitter... Header and is calling Mommy and Daddy Header as well! Here are just a few pictures of Rylan on his Birthday day at the sitters! :)Yes he just woke up from nap... hense the sleep marks on his face!Rylan and his GF. :)