Thursday, July 22, 2010

powered sugar

ryan was helping me make frosting...
he turned the kitchen aid on too high!



so i took him outside and cleaned him up.

Monday, July 19, 2010

june 13- july 1

tyler went to up to pine valley (thank you smiths) for some peace and quite to study for the national boards.
he takes the test soon.
i am sure he will do great!
he is after all really smart. 


the first week went by pretty fast.
i was all by myself with the boys and the little girl that we have been babysitting full time this summer.
my hands were full but we survived.
we even made it to enrichment, and took delicious homemade chocolate syrup.
thanks stacey for the recipe.
it really was the hit of the night!
some girls are still talking about it.


my mom and cass came the second week.
they also brought my aunt sharon and cousin samantha.
(sorry, no pictures)
the first day they here we headed to yogurt land and met up with my other aunts and cousins.
we didn't get pictures of everyone...again.
only the boys :)


sharon and samantha could only stay a couple days.
it was great to see them!
we hope they come again.










grandma h. brought a toy story slip and slide.
ryan calls it sledding. ha.
we spent lots of time while they were here slip and sliding.
and we went to the pool almost every single day.


i have been meaning to make the boys ties since thanksgiving.
we'll i finally got around to it for the 4th of july.
my mom and i got a little carried away...
i think we ended up making ten ties.
i'll have to get pictures of them later.
mom also hemmed my curtains...
they have been waiting to be hemmed for 5 years:)
can't wait for next summers sewing week!





ryder was asleep when grandma left...
so we only have ryan in the pic.

cass stayed with me a couple extra days to help with the kids and to drive to utah with me.
she was a HUGE help.
ryan loves his aunt cass.
i love it when they get along :)
ryan laying on cass watching movies.



cass brought water balloons, and a whoopie cushion for ryan to play with.
ryan thought that the whoopie cushion was SO funny!


cass also shared her googles with ryder.
he actually loved having them on.

cass was also kind enough to draw and play hopscotch with ryan, 
even though it was super hot outside.






thanks mom and cass.
you sure made the second week a lot more fun!


Wednesday, July 14, 2010

ryder

::15 months::


my little ryder isn't so little anymore.
he is a toddler, just toddling around all day long.
he doesn't crawl anymore, he does fall down a lot but he always hops right back up.
he has a whole mouth full of teeth.
12 to be exact.
molar #2 came in on 6.18.10
molars #3 and #4 came in over the 4th of july weekend.
and i was so busy watching over the molars that i didn't even notice that the right one next to the bottom middle came in.
tooth #12 came in 7.11.10.
he finally said his first word 6.29.10
BALL.
i'm not surprised.
he does say mom/dad too.
he is starting to scream.
the kind of scream that makes your ears not work for a few seconds.
i don't know if the speakers in our tv aren't working as good as they used to, or if ryder has made me hard of hearing.
he isn't mad when he screams, just telling us what he needs.
he is understanding a lot more too.
open your toy box.
turn off the light.
go get your shoes.
he LOVES turning off lights and closing or opening the garage.
he loves pushing buttons like "play" on the dvd player.
he knows when his show is over and when the menu comes back on he yells for me
i say "do you want me to push play?"
and he laughs
that means yes
he loves putting lids on things like water bottles etc.
he loves to throw food off his tray because i look at him and say NO
and then he laughs and does it again.
i now just ignore him and that seems to be working better.
he really is a tease.
he loves ryan so much and copies everything he does.
when tyler gave him his name and blessing he blessed him that he would follow ryan's example.
well it looks like he listened.
and sometimes they just lay on each other...it melts my heart.
i love my two boys!

we go to the doctor tomorrow for stats and shots.
the well check visit too.






Tuesday, July 13, 2010

helper



these pictures are from my phone so they look horrible,  
but i wanted to remember this anyway.
tyler let ryan help him gas up the car and wash the windows one time.
now every time we go to the gas station ryan hops out of the car,
runs to get the squeegee and he goes to town.
he can barely reach the windows so most of the time he just rubs  water all over the car.
he especially likes to get the bugs on the front.
thanks ry!

fhe

when i was home for two weeks in march 
my family and i went to the temple for fhe.
i totally forgot about these pictures.

ryan loves this game...
1.2.3. jump.
sometimes he does it when it's just me.
it just about makes me fall over because he grabs my one arm and puts all his weight on it.
and i am usually holding ryder too.

the sunset was beautiful, it was a great night!

ryan says

"my friend brookey, hers having a baby.
when he comes out we can go see him."
6.14.10

alli: who do you love? (pointing to herself)
ryan: amy!
alli: who else?
ryan: i love you too.
6.16.10

ryan was playing with our huge cabelas flashlight.
he was going around the house saying
"cecil, cecil"
i didn't know what he was doing at first...
then it dawned on me that he was role playing from the movie
night at the museum.
when ben stiller is looking for the bad guy security guard.
6.19.10


tyler was out of town.
i was helping ryan say our family prayers.
mom:  please help dad that he won't be lonely.
ryan: in his heart
6.22.10

ryan: i'm thirsty
mom: go get your cup, it's in your room
ryan: you go get my cup
ready set go
ready set go
ready set go
6.24.10

mom: how is your room so messy
ryan: i don't know
 i think i did it
 i didn't mean to
6.29.10

"dad, you can fix my tent, that would be great"
6.30.10


i left the kids at my moms for a night.
ryan saw the doll house and said
"woah, how'd you build this?"
***
heather: ryan is so tan, he's indian
cass: he's not indian, he's mexican
ryan: i'm not mexican, i'm ryan
7.1.10

we were singing the national anthem in church
ryan: hey, this song is on angels in the outfield.
7.4.10

i got out the dusting rags and the spray.
ryan: are you spring cleaning?
i guess i need to dust more often.
7.8.10

dad: what do you want for breakfast?
ryan: well the thing is, 
mom forgot poptarts at the grocery store.
7.11.10


i took ryan to the doctor sunday afternoon because he has been crying every night for the past 5 nights.
there was a guy that brought his dog with him...
biggest dog i have ever seen.
ryan: "that dog is big like a tree."
7.11.10
i took these pictures with my phone, 
in the top picture ryan is standing on a chair.
the dogs head came up to his chest.



Thursday, July 8, 2010

one year

last year on july 8th we moved to arizona.
my boys were so small.  
i can't believe how fast time flies by.
i'm glad that we are happy here.
one year down...
three to go.