Happy Thanksgiving

"Happy Thanksgiving" said Pilgrim Ryan. He made his outfit at preschool all by himself!

This weekend was Thanksgiving all weekend! On Thursday we had a nice quiet dinner at home with just the 5 of us, thanks to subway! :) And a frozen pizza for the kids! The weather was beautiful so we played in the backyard and enjoyed just being together.

On Friday we had a nice BBQ Chicken dinner with Uncle Wally and Aunt Faye. They brought a little something for Ryan's birthday. Star wars action figures! Perfect!

Then on Saturday we had the big Turkey dinner at Karen's moms house, with Grandma and Grandpa Ray, and Brian and Kendra and their kids. These are the cute decorations that were made that the kids loved....of course, there was a dum dum inside!

Dessert was a big hit... especially the whip cream!

The kids had a blast playing on Grandma's swing set as always, but this time was super fun with Grandpa Ray pushing them!

They don't mind big brother pushing though!

This video shows the fun that they had that day! Ryan sure loves you Grandpa Ray!

Happy Birthday Ryan!!

Today is Ryan's official Birthday!! He was a bit confused since we had his birthday party a couple weeks ago. Grandma Joyce called first thing in the morning....before we were up and had a chance to explain to him it was his birthday...and sang him "Happy Birthday"
His face lit up! And said
"ya today IS my birthday, now I am 5!"
I Love how little kids have no concept of time, and think that 2 weeks can be a whole year!!

He had a pretty fun day....we started with Park Day so we played at the park with other friends from church until lunch time, where we went to McDonalds (his favorite restaurant) and met Kara and Lauren there.








Then home for the girls to nap, and while they were sleeping Ryan helped me make cup cakes!
Another Favorite thing for him to do!

Then we daddy got home, they played "fight" with his new Hulk gloves....another one of his Favorite things to do!

Love his laugh! And you'll get a kick out of his super power jumping kick punch!


"I love you Daddy the Hulk!"

BIRTHDAY DINNER
I asked Ryan what he wanted for dinner......and to my surprise and delight.....he said....
Scrambled eggs and toast! Yee-haw! coming right up!


Of course we ended with dessert, the cup cakes he helped make. With Sprinkles on top!

And he was super excited to open 2 cards he got in the mail from Grandpa Blunier and Paw-Paw. They both sent him "dollars" which also made him super excited! He LOVES getting mail.

And he also got to open the present (pictured first) sent from Grandma Jane, a fire truck that makes the siren noises (yes uncle Spamdrew you can play with it when you come to my house again!)and a cool coloring book. Thanks Grandma Jane! I love it! Can't wait to see you in April!

Sunday

This year Ryan is old enough to participate in the Primary Program that is preformed every year. And he did a good job with not getting shy, he actually said his line in the microphone.....
"My name is Ryan and I'm a Tball player and a child of God."

And he sang most of the songs, even one that had sign language signs to it, which I was proud of him for that. Then there were others that he just played with the other boys his age, using the "force" on each other! It made me laugh! Such a boy, and so Ryan!

Here is a picture of him at our practice the day before.

Silly Kids!!

The girls have started the phase where they just love to be naked! Well although I feel that they are way too young to start potty training (or I'm just not ready to deal with that daunting task yet!), I thought I would introduce underwear to them and see how they respond to it.

To my surprise, Kaylee absolutely loved them and Renee wanted nothing to do with them!

Silly Kaylee, here she is wearing 8 necklaces and
8 pairs of underwear!



Kaylee is wearing the underwear and Renee is the one NOT!!

Renee the "thing"!
Spiderwoman Kaylee!



Kaylee didn't want to stop with underwear or costumes....
she threw on Ryan's clothes too! And Ryan wanted to copy Kaylee by putting on all of his underwear! You have to see the video below to see how they walk!

Just for a laugh! Hahaha Enjoy!!

Let's go to the Movies.....

At midnight!!!

I have joined the Twilight craze....yes I have. It all started from all the talk from these ladies at work, everyone was passing books around and reading them and talking about there obsession about it and certain characters...namely EDWARD! :)

Joe is really good about reading and I am not. He has been trying to encourage me to get back into reading (or start really!). But just haven't been quite motivated due to the constant lack of sleep that takes priority for me over other leisure activities. So we kind of made a deal, that if I start reading that he would start working out! Well, I've read 2 books now Joe! Let the working out begin, or do I need to call Bob and Jillian!! :)

So a night was planned to go see the first showing of the movie, and that happened to be at midnight. It was fun to be there with everyone who is soo in to it, and to go with girls from work. I had a really good time, it was worth the lost sleep!



they got there in plenty of time to pick the best seat in the house!
(Angela, Lisa, Bonnie, Vanessa,Mindy and her mom, Christina , and April.)

April and Me


Margret, Christina and April

Making Memories at McDonald's

The kids love to go to McDonald's and Grandma loves to spoil them there! It's been fun to go as a family, Grandma, Aunts and cousins included! The kids play their hearts out and get to have a treat for dinner and dessert! It was especially fun this time with Aunt Megan, Uncle Andy and cousin Angela

Having a ball playing!

Just a cute shot of Kaylee

Andy trying to introduce McDonald's and getting caught in the act!

The "big kids" table!

Aunt Megan and cousin Angela joining in on the fun!

A Perfect way to end the day!! MMMMM...ice cream cones!

Uncle Andy to the Rescue!!

Andy getting a workout at McDonald's!

Candy!!

I took these pictures a few days after Halloween, when we were still having candy everyday. I thought I'd post them, especially for you grandma's who love to spoil the kids with chocolate and sugar! I thought you would get a kick out of it.



So Grandma's and Grandpa's this one is for you.....

The pirate with his Buried treasure!!

Loved this one...which showed off his stellar outfit!

Little sister wanting to be just like her big brother!

Counting his treasure and wanting more!

David's Going Away Party

My Brother David decided to join the Air Force and was shiping out to boot camp on Nov 10th. We had a going away party for him this past weekend. It was a very bitter sweet party, we were all happy for him in his decision to better himself, learn new skills and do an honorable thing by serving our country to help defend our freedom. But it just means that we have to say good bye for a while.

It was very well attended by family, including grandparents and even a surprise guest, Becca his girlfriend. It was last minute planning but the clouds were all aligned and it worked out beautifully for Becca to hop on a plane and make it in time for the party. David was PLEASANTLY surprised as you can tell in the photos! It was so nice having her there for the final farewell.

Here are some photos of our Party....



Grandpa Donald and wife Anita

Grandma and Grandpa Ray

Such a fun Uncle he is!!

This is David and Ryan saying their last good-byes.

David we are all going to miss you, especially your little fans!

Ryan prays for you all the time and looks up to you tremendously!

He wants to be "big like David" when he grows up!

We LOVE YOU!

This is a trip down memory lane!! My friend Ken just sent me this picture, and thought it would go perfect on this post. This is me at my farewell party and that is "little" David in the corner waving and looking so silly! (Doesn't he look like the picture of Ryan above?!!?!)

Happy Early Birthday Ryan!!

We celebrated Ryan's birthday a little early this year. It was going to work out best to have it on the same weekend as David's going away party, since family was coming into town for that and it would be so nice to have the family here for Ryan's party too!

Ryan wanted to have a "Pirate" Party....so Pirate Party it was! We had it at Grandma's house, had some fun pirate games, dressed up all his friends as pirates and even had a Special Pirate Guest......."the Dread Pirate Roberts!" Otherwise called....Pirate Bob! (Or Uncle Andy) He made the Party an absolute HIT! and everyone...young and old had a blast at Ryan's pirate party!!

ARRRGGHH!!! The Birthday Pirate!! Captain RYAN!!


Our Welcome sign on the front door.... It read.....
"Arrrr there matey's! Welcome to Pirate Ryan's Birthday...All who enter here will become a pirate...Enter if you dare!! "


We greeted each guest and turned them into a Pirate, complete with a hat, sash, loot bag loaded with a gun, and painted an eye patch on them.


Even the girls wanted in on the fun!

Even the littlest girl wanted in on the piratey fun!

Ryan and Easton....Ahoy Mateys!!

ARRGGH....was the word of the day!
Micah, Ryan and Easton.

They wanted to see there fun pirate faces in the mirror!

Ryan and Uncle David in front of the "pirate ship" we made by adding a few personalized pirate flags.

ALL Aboard!!

Ryan and Xeng sword fighting!

The Pirate Girls!!

Zoey, Lauren, Ryan and Xeng playing pirate games.

Then we played a few pirate games.....Pirate "BOB" taught the kids how to talk like a pirate, handle their treasure like a pirate, swab the deck, and of course walk the plank!!

Then he lead them on a "treasure Hunt" to find all of the buried treasure!

But in the end after finding all the buried treasure, he then said.....

"The last lesson I'll teach you about being a pirate is.......

PIRATES DON"T SHARE!!!!!"

And then he took ALL of the treasure and RAN off with it. So naturally all of the little pirates ran after him and caught him, tied him up and gave him what he deserved for stealing their treasure!

The whole pirate crew!

The pirate BOB family....
He is still loved, even if he is a scoundrel!!

She is armed and ready in case anyone tries to steal her chip!!

Lunch was "pirate ships" hot dogs, with grapes for cannon balls, and gold fish. Yum YUM!

Hot dogs are so much better when they are pirate ships.

Then cup cakes aboard a pirate ship for dessert!

"Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirates life for me"

Ryan had a blast opening his presents and playing with them!

"You want my gold? You're gonna have to go through me"

Captain Ryan was very grateful to everyone who came to his party and made it such a FUN Birthday!

"Thank you Pirate Mommy for my super fun birthday!!

I love you!!"