New way to entertain the kids!

So excited! So here it is....our new popcorn popper! Not only does it entertain the kids it gives them a healthy snack.

She makes this same face every time the popcorn starts popping.

Yum yum

This is what we saw on Saturday morning. That's right the first day of spring and we are covered in snow! I want to move ;)

Health update on us

These are for those of you who missed them on facebook. These were all taken early last week before the sickness and the fall and have nothing to do with this post, but they are just too cute not to post.
Mason showing off his muscles and his "crazy hair".

Ryley and Ryan having a dance party (this happens most nights at our house!).
Jodie's new scary trick. She didn't have any help. She really wants to do everything the big kids do!

Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on us. Mason is recovering from a nasty cold. He still has a lingering cough. However, yesterday Mason fell on the playground and hurt his head. Luckily he didn't have to have stitches, just a bandage until it heals. The cut is right in his eyebrow. Nothing scarier when the school calls and says "Your son has fell and we need you to come and see if you want him to go to the ER." Exciting day.
Sorry no pictures, Mason won't let me take his picture.
Jodie has Mason's cold/cough. She has been running a fever for two days, and her cough is awful.
Ryley is doing great. She must be growing because she is eating everything in site and is always tired.
Ryan is great!
I started therapy for my knee last night. That wasn't much fun, my knee was throbbing all night. I now have to go to therapy for 4-6 weeks to get my legs/hips stronger. Then I go back to the Dr. to see if I have to have injections or surgery. Fun stuff!
Sorry no pictures today. Hopefully I will get some cute pictures soon.
Hope everyone is healthy and enjoying the wonderful sunshine!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Jodie's new favorite song! She is wearing her new leotard, she tells everyone it has "sprinkles" on it.

Friday Night Fun

I thought this was a very cute picture of Jodie. She is trying very hard to use the potty, but still hasn't mastered the idea of getting there BEFORE she goes in her diaper. Sometimes she makes it, and other times she doesn't. I am in no rush so we are just going when she says she needs to, no pressure!

We have had this crib mattress in our basement for a long time. The kids love to jump on it and so Jodie now call it her "jumping bed". However, last night we found a new use for the jumping bed..... The kids (including Ryan!) love this and would have spent the entire night sliding down our stairs.

Ryley was a little afraid to go by herself, but this morning she has been going head first, backwards, and every way she can think of!

Never a dull moment!

So I think it is safe to say that there is never a dull moment in our home....ever! I wish for just one dull day where everyone is healthy, happy, and well rested. So here is a quick recap of the last couple weeks. We have been battling some kind of sickness. Still not sure what we have had, but at least one person in our family has not slept well, threw up, or had other issues every day for 2 weeks. This includes the dog who has also been sick twice! We have been sicker this winter than we have ever been, and I want it to go away! Ryley is no longer going to preschool, but has started gymnastics one day a week and she loves it! She would like to go everyday, but that is just not in the budget! There was a lock down at Mason's school the other day, scared us silly. He was mostly unaffected, just mad that he had to miss recess. The reason for the lock down, a shooting just a block or so from his school. This just reaffirms my decision to home school! Jodie now has a bald spot on the top of her head (see reason and picture below). Ryan and I were finally able to get our tattoos and we love them. So I think this gives a short concise of what has been going on around here. Hope everyone else is doing well!
This is Ryley's new leotard. She wears it everyday, and puts Jodie in her swimsuit so she won't feel left out. They do "gymnastics" together at home all day long.

The kids new favorite game is to play "married". Mason and Ryley get married and then play. One day he is a football player and she is a cheerleader, one day they are a Mom and Dad, and the best yet was when they were Aunt Erin and Uncle Tommy. Mason was fixing cars, and Ryley was working in the office answering the phone. Plus, when they weren't working they were hunting deer. So funny! Here they are getting ready to go hunting for bear, even Jodie had a gun.
Mason has cars that the wheels turn very fast on, and he has been told never to put them near any ones hair, but I guess he forgot. So here is the bald spot. Ugh, my girls will never have pretty hair! The only good thing is she has enough hair that I can cover it up.

Here they are... are newest tattoos. This is Ryan's, it is on the back of his left leg. It took a little more that 1 1/2 hours. The best part about this one was me shaving his leg with a little pink daisy razor ;) Mason thought that was very funny!

This is mine. I love it. It took 1 hour and was the least painful tattoo I have ever gotten (I didn't even say one curse word!!!) It is on the inside of my left leg, by my ankle. The colors are our birthstone colors, it is perfect!

So what is it about tattoos? Once you get one you really want another one! Ryan and I both are planning our next ones just one day after getting these, I guess its just another way to express oneself.

10 years and counting!

Sorry it took so long to get up these pictures! Enjoy. Oh and I will post pictures of our anniversary gifts as soon as we get them!
Stacy's junior prom May 1996 Stacy's senior prom May 1997

Our wedding day Jan. 8 2000. Sorry I did a really bad job scanning it!

Trip to California, summer of 2001 Summer of 2002, I was pregnant with Mason.

I have tons more pictures that I could put up, but don't want to bore you all with them. I have to say I had fun looking back through all our photos and remembering everything we have been through (good and bad). I can't wait to see what the next 10 years has to offer!

I promise a better post soon (with old pictures, just have to wait for my new printer/scanner to be hooked up!), but just wanted to say Thanks to my amazing husband for a wonderful 10 years! We have been together for 14, married for 10 and couldn't be happier! It has been a crazy ride and I hope it never stops!

Snow

As all of you know we have had snow off and on the last few weeks. The kids really wanted to play in the snow so here we are playing in the snow. The body by the fence is Ryley making a snow angel. The first day Ryan was home so we all went out and played which was fun. We were able to sled in our front yard and make snow angels. The kids had a blast, even Jodie loved playing in the snow.

Mason loves throwing snow balls! He has really good aim and throws really hard so Mommy won't play snowball fight with him.

Jodie was having a heck of a time with her mittens, and then Cowboy came and stole one. Silly dog!

The next time we played in the snow it was warm enough to make the snow really wet so sledding was not an option. We made a snow family instead. I didn't realize how hard it would be to make five snow people! It was a lot of work and they fell over the same day because of the temperature. Mason's snow head had fallen off in this picture.

I made Jodie sit down because she kept knocking her snowman down and I wanted to get one good picture. Playing in the snow was fun but now I am ready for it to be warm again!