More to come... soon!

Happy Ash Wednesday! So, what is everyone doing for lent. I have always wanted to be a Eucharistic Minister so I thought you know what.... instead of trying to do all these things and following thru with until Easter and then forget you even gave up something or do something that would impact you and others for the rest of your life... I chose to do this... I want to do something to be more involved in church... that is the reason for the season and the reason we are all here. So, why not become more active in your church?! PERFECT So, I called my parish.. that I haven't really been active but the church that Jeremy & I were married in and also Rylan was baptized.... called them up and said I want to know what I had to do to be an EM. She then informed me that there was only one class a year and it was in the fall... I was bummed because I wanted to do it over lent so I could feel that it was accomplished. Hopefully I will get in the class when it is available. Ash Wednesday is here and I still don't know what I want to do... AUH, it's killing me! What are you all doing? For now this is what I am doing... what I started the new year off... doing my Motivated Mom Planner and getting up and doing Jillian Michaels... 30 day SHRED! Also, not settling for going to church by myself. Always inviting others to go. It's my duty to get to heaven and get my children and husband there too! :) Good Night... off to watch the rest of the Olympics! Go TEAM USA!

Weekend in Hebron....

Learning to share with cousin Olivia... he is now saying Olivia... it's rather cute! Yes, took her pretty out of her hair and wanted it in his. Don't tell Daddy!

Goof BALL!

Just a few pictures of my little boy and I... after church! I didn't REALLY plan to be matching!

January - Children's Museum

From the end of the day... We had a ton of fun at the Children's Museum... with Aunt Jenny, Uncle Paul, and cousins Alli & Tyler... and of COURSE Mommy & Daddy!

Balls, balls, and more balls!

Moooooooooooo... of course I couldn't snap my camera fast enough to actually get him milking the cow but he did. Then he ran to the next thing!

My Mom would have loved this deal... Rylan did. You pressed the button and it would play the sound and then light up above. I loved it and so did the kids!

What was that?! The cow and the pigs made a noise....

This was the water section... our FIRST section that we went to... my oh my! He loved it (yes screamed when he couldn't play at this spot anymore) but he was DRENCHED! Did seem to bother him ONE bit!

Great Day at the Children's Musuem!

Christmas 2009... will we ever forget it?!

Once we got home from SL we had even MORE gifts to open... and his bowling ball and pins he loves. Except the bowling ball in 'sleeping' forever! It's hard and Rylan threw it at my head without me looking! Didn't feel too good! He LOVES these pins (sorry the pictures are totally all over the place and random... but all of Christmas) We would line them up and then he would throw the ball.. yes his two fingers in the holes.. and threw them then he would jump up and down when he hit them. CUTE!

New toys & the Richardson's. Most carts you PUSH but of course our child gets IN IT! NICE!

Rylan holding up his new shirt he got... pretty funny! He held it up on his own... checkin' it out! :)

Daddy and Rylan at Christmas at Uncle Matt and Aunt Megan's.

For Christmas Mommy got some fake Uggs... which she wears everyday. Rylan thought he needed to try them on as well. Thanks Caleb!

I know this picture really isn't the greatest (sorry) but I snapped this pictures very quickly. Many times I would find Rylan just looking up at the small tree we had this year. It was rather funny and pretty cute. He learned not to touch the pretties on the tree... although the bells(balls) it was really hard to keep him away. The kid loves balls!

First we opened gifts before Christmas with the my parents... Rylan loved it! But of course had to get every piece of paper off the box before really tearing it open!

We read some books with Great Grandma Betty and we even checked out some of her pictures. Rylan LOVES pictures!

This year at Christmas we had actual Christmas at Great Grandma & Grandpa Betty & Don's. we had a lot of fun... and we couldn't even leave because there was so much snow we lost electricity. It was an experience for all of us. We traveled home to the Richardson's and thanked God when we got there. 30 miles out is when the roads got really bad. Power lines were down and it was pure ice. Luckily we made it home with no problems. Thank the heavens!

Last year at Christmas... or maybe it was Thanksgiving.

YIKES IT'S BEEN AWHILE!!!

Where do I even begin... I guess let's do before Christmas....My cousin got married.

Many great memories.... sorry I had a picture of the bride and groom but I guess I will have to sort my pictures a little better. Couple things happened at the wedding that were highlights.1) My Uncle Kevin walked my cousin down the aisle sober. This brings tears to my eyes of how proud I am of him. He did an awesome job!!!2) My Mother, yes Rylan's GRANDMOTHER, feed Rylan yummy peaches with ALCOHOL in them. Needless to say, I think every kid at the reception had those peached. Interesting... need I say more.3) Rylan LOVED to dance. He didn't want to sit on Mommy's lap to fall asleep he wanted to go dance with Aunt Becca and Cousin Ashley .... but lay his head down on their shoulders. Pretty cute!4) Beautiful and fun wedding Bryce & Jess!

September

September has been a great start. Jeremy and I have both been EXTREMELY busy at work... I guess I can say that for myself. :) GOTTA LOVE THE FLU SEASON! Yes, we sell the Flu Vaccine and we are the only ones in the country who still can order. So, support me and get a flu shot this year. :) You should anyway! We have been swamped with Flu calls and when will there be the H1N1 vaccine available (swine flu)? Ask the government!

Other than that Becca, Rylan, and I went up to Blair to see my brother Caleb at school. It was a nice evening... and then we went to check out his dorm. Nice, I just never lived in a dorm so I don't understand how SMALL they are. I never EVER had to live even in an apartment so I honestly don't understand. Anyway, it was a typical MAN room... no girly pictures, just plain and simple. tv, play station, bed, desk, fridge, microwave, and couch deal. All you need to get by. :) Well another thing I wasn't used to when we were walking up Caleb yelled girls coming up. No big deal I had that happen when I went to a frat as well... MY UNCLES frat when he was in college. Anyway, it was fine we checked out his room, blah, blah, blah and we were about ready to leave and Caleb was like let me just make sure that the guys are appropriate (which I was impressed with) anyway, he yelled... DUDE my SISTERS are here! Immediately they came running! (we didn't of course know this until later) So, while the guys were making moves to Caleb's room Caleb goes... "DUDE THEY ARE OLD" Gee, I didn't really feel THAT old until that. Thanks Caleb! It was rather funny! Thanks for the laugh! I guess I DO have a kid, I'm ALMOST 30, and I'm not in high school, or College anymore. I honestly thought it was pretty funny! Ask me and it is probably better telling you that in person than on here...

I do have pictures of Rylan being cool with Caleb's keys and stuff... but can't figure out how to take them off my phone. Any suggestions? Once I get that accomplished I will post them. :)
happy September and GO HUSKERS!

August

August has been pretty uneventful except for the fact that my OLDER sister turned the big 30 so Becca and I decided to throw her a big SURPRISE party! We did it without her finding out which I think is a HUGE accomplishment! GO US! I shouldn't take any of the credit because everything I was suppose to do I did NOT get them done before Becca did it. So, yes I am the middle child and things just aren't a huge priority. YES, they would have gotten done but not 2 weeks in advance. :) Thanks Becca! Rhiannon THOUGHT she was going to be surprised the next night because both Becca and I told her we felt bad that we weren't doing anything for her big day... ha! We tricked you RHIANNON!
Another big thing that happened in the month of August was Rylan got a 2nd tooth! Yes, after about 4 months of just ONE tooth he is getting more. Since yesterday there are three others coming in... I'm not sure if this is normal or if it just where they are cutting thru at but we may have a little gap on our hands in front of the front two teeth.... we will see when they really come in. :)