New family pictures

Here are a few of our new family pictures. Thank You Hollie for taking them !!

SUMMER?

Where has it gone! I tried to think back to what we have. We went to California, seems like it was so long ago but that was in June. We went to Seven Peaks with my Family and had lots of fun, we went and stayed with my cousin Breezee we had lots of fun, we took the kids to Kawabunga Bay and ate good food. Taylan took swimming lessons and really liked them and did really good. She loved jumping off the diving board.

She is a pretty good swimmer now. But she should be, because we have gone swimming quite a bit we love the new Castle Dale pool.
The kids also rode there bikes in the parade and loved playing on the bouncy slides at the park.

We also have went camping a few times but not as much as we did last year. I hope we can still go a few more times before it gets too cold.
Me and my little sister Lacie went to Dancing under the Stars in Orem. Any of you guys that are fans of so you think you can dance know Brandon and Randi and Gev they all danced and were amazing, we had so much fun. They had dancers from center stage dance studio and they were so awesome.

California

This year for vacation we went to California. We had so much fun we went to sea world first and WE LOVED IT!!! especially Ryder he was so excited every show we went to he loved shamu, the dolphins, and the sharks. Taylan loved sitting in the splash zone so we were always wet. I could of stayed there everyday it was great. We then went to the beach it was Bret and the kids first time going there and they thought it was pretty neat. Bret body boarded and almost got ate by a shark(or a dolphin not sure) but it freaked him out a little. Taylan played in the freezing cold water and loved it. Ryder and I mostly played in the sand and found sea shells and it was not very warm but apparently you can still get sunburned because we all did but I received the worst of it. Then after that we headed to Disneyland it was fun except for waiting an hour and forty five minutes to meet the princesses Taylan loved it so I guess that it was worth it. Ryder was a whimp on most of the rides but he still liked it. Taylan favorite rides were space mountain and finding Nemo. My favorite by far was the tower of terror it was so fun. Taylan went to a dance clinic there. It was cute they taught them a fun little dance. Next we went to Knotts Berrry Farms where Taylan performed her dances that part was good but we later learned that they had bused fifty buses of junior high kids there it was so pack that we ended up leaving and going back to the motel to swim. Then we did the 10 hour drive home which was not to fun but after being gone eight days we were ready to be home. We had alot of fun so here is a slide show with some pictures. ENJOY! (sorry so long I had a hard time picking pictures).

Happy Birthday Ryder!!!!

On Monday it was Ryders 3rd Birthday. All that he wanted to do was go camping and ride the 4 wheeler. So we went and all it did was rain. We still had fun catching worms, and playing in the mud. We went with Gary and Stormees family and then my mom and Lacie came up for the day and then the next day Jared and Hollie and the boys came up and we rode 4 wheelers so it turned out to be a fun birthday despite the rain. He got a motocycle bike which he loves so much and is always heading to the motocycle races.


It is hard for me to believe that my baby is three. He is such a good boy and always gives us a good laugh we love him so much.

NEW PICTURES

Happy Birthday Taylan!!!

Taylan turned 5 on monday. At first she wanted a birthday party and wanted to invite both the Am and PM preschool class but we ended up going to Provo on friday and going to build a bear and staying in the motel with her cousins and swimming. Then the next day we went to Sandy to the Myan where the divers came and talked to her it was alot of fun. Then on monday we had a party for family it was a long birthday but it was alot of fun it is just hard for me to believe that she is 5.

SAD WEEK

Last week was a hard one for me it started out on Tuesday when Taylan went to Pre- school early to get tested to see if she was ready to start reading and she was so she brought home three books and read them all to me I was so proud of her and it made me really start thinking about how fast she is growing up. She will be turning 5 in March and it is just amazing to me that we have had her for 5 years. She is now such a good girl and loves to learn and dance, she is an awesome big sister and loves her brother so much.
Then on Wednesday I took down Ryders crib and changing table I know he is almost three, but I said I would leave him in his crib for as long as I could so he would keep taking naps, then that came to an end So he got bunk beds and it was so sad for me to think that I no longer had a baby. The crib has been set up for 5 years straight so it was very hard for me to take them down but he keeps telling me he is a big boy even though he does not look like one I need to let him grow up. He has had such a fun time jumping off the top bunk and we have not had any injuries so far (knock on wood). I love my Ryder man he is crazy and all boy!

It really is sad that kids grow up so fast. I need to be better at enjoing every moment of our lives and not worry about the little things.

Poor Ryder

I know my poor Ryder. You would have thought he was being all wild and jumping off of something or wrestling with someone but NO he was just getting some food. I will tell the story every Thursday Ryder goes to my Grandma Thompsons for 45 minutes while I help with Taylans dance class and he really loves going. But this week might have changed that. They were out in my Grandpas shop and my grandpa and Grandma was sitting across from each other and my grandpa was giving him an apple and he was just walking back to my grandma and tripped and fell and hit his forehead on the front of a wood chair. My grandma calls me at Donn V's and is very upset asks if I can come home so I rush there thinking he just fell down no big deal but I get there my grandpa is holding him with a towel on his head I take it off and his goose egg is sticking out like 2 inches and his eyes were looking weird so we take him down to the clinic worried about a concussion. All in all he is fine he looks a little bit abused and will for a while. I Love my Ryder man.(Wondering what on his cheek just 1 of 100 stickers he got from the clinic and my grandma)

Happy New Year

This year for New Years Bret had to go to Colorado for work So Me and the kids went down to spend a few days. We had such a fun time we ordered pizza went and bought some fun hats and blowers, we played with balloons, bubbles and made our new years resolutions. We alsoSWAM and SWAM and yes I will say it again SWAM!!!!!

Christmas 2008

Well I have been a little slow on my Christmas post and I have got a comment or two to get moving so here it goes. We had such a good Christmas. It's hard to really enjoy it with how crazy busy it gets but it comes and goes and you are always left with such great memories and you seem to forget all the stress. So I am just going to do a slide show because I have so many pictures and it to hard to pick just a few. I hope everyone had a great holiday season!