Fun Weekend

Ryan and I had a wedding to attend on Saturday and my sister came up for the weekend to watch the kids for us. She and her two girls came Friday night and left Sunday morning. We all had a blast.
Saturday morning started with doughnuts, then we had pictures taken at Shelter Gardens. After pictures we had a picnic and went to the spray park.

Jodie doesn't like the water to spray her in the face. I can't say that I blame her!

All the kids had to take turns sitting on the sprayers...strange?!?!

Ryan took this picture..I thought it was neat.

Ryley didn't want to stay in the fountain so I couldn't get them all in this one.

When we came home the kids still wanted to play outside so we let them play in the sprinkler and the slip in slide. The kids loved the slip n slide

Mason is crazy on the slip n slide!

After a nice long day of trying to keep the children busy Ryan and I left for the wedding. What a fun day!

After Brandi and the girls left on Sunday Ryley cried for at least 30 min. She hates when people have to leave. Luckily we girls took a nap while the boys played the Wii, and everyone woke up in a much better mood!

Summer Fun and Random Stuff!

I was going to post some of these pictures in their own entry but decided this would be much faster!
Mason lost his second tooth last night, he is growing up so fast. Doesn't his hair cut look great? Jodie had her first hair cut last night too. She really didn't have much to cut, but Brandy evened it out and made it look thicker.

She looks so thrilled to be having a hair cut!Jodie, Mason, Regan, and Ryley. How cute are they?!?

We went to the lake on Sunday to see some friends that were down also visiting their family (who happen to have a boat). So we were able to take a boat ride around the lake. Here is Ryley helping Geno and Regan drive the boat.

After Jodie woke up this was her favorite spot to stand.

The boat made Jodie very sleepy!

Here are the kids playing before we went out on the water. They had a great time playing with new friends and we had a great time catching up with our friends!

Jodie was exploring.

The kids tried to fish, but didn't catch anything.

Ryley is still not sure about the slip n slide.

Jodie loves feeling the water!

Mason loves the slip n slide and runs as fast as he can!

Sunscreen Mohawks are the best!

The kids eating their fruit salad on the deck.

What Happened to May?!?

So May is half over and I haven't posted squat, sorry to those of you who check daily. I would promise to post more, but would hate to break my promise, which is bound to happen since we are going to be very busy until forever!

These wonderful pictures were taken by our neighbor and friend Mimi who does an incredible job!

This is why we love our neighborhood...all the kids! Ryley and Jodie love to try on my shoes.
She was lifting weights!
Mason has started t-ball/coach pitch. He loves it and is doing a great job.Ryan gets to be the pitcher.Mason looks bored. Sharing a pop tart and a laugh!Jodie's new big girl bed. She loves it. Ryley taught her to climb up the back side and to jump on it.

Goodbye Tooth

One year ago our dentist told us that he felt "movement" in Mason's front teeth so he would probably lose one in a couple of months. Mason was so excited and hoped he would lose one quickly. Well he didn't. So a couple of weeks ago Mason announced that his front tooth was loose and I said uh huh, and after he made me feel it I realized that it was in fact loose. So again he was very excited and happy that his tooth was going to fall out soon. He wiggled that tooth and wiggled that tooth but it did not want to come out. So Wednesday night Mason didn't want to go to bed so he was messing with his tooth, and running out to show me, then he heard it pop and again came running out. This time his tooth could move tons, but it still did not come out so I sent him back to bed and told him we would get it out before school. When I went to check on him he had fell asleep wiggling that tooth. The next morning I told him to get a dry wash cloth and pull on his tooth and it came right out. He was so excited and started working on the tooth next to it. He is hoping to have all four front teeth come out at the same time.

Here is the note he wrote the tooth fairy it says, "Dear Tooth Fairy, I would like to keep my tooth please. Thank you, Mason" He was so scared that the tooth fairy would take his tooth he wanted to hide it in our room. I told him the tooth fairy would not take his tooth if he didn't want him to have it. Guess what the tooth fairy didn't take his tooth but did take his note and left him $1. Here is our boy all grown up. Sorry for the gross picture, Ryan took it and Mason thought it was cool.

Just had to put this picture up because I thought it was so cute.

God is Laughing!

So if you read my blog at all you know the saying at the top of my blog says "If you want to hear God laugh tell him your plans!" and if you know me at all you know that I am constantly planning everything. So here is how this goes... I ask Ryan if we will ever get a pet for the kids, and he says sure one day. I then ask about cats and he says "Never". So I put this idea out of my head for awhile and even told everyone we will never have a cat and may never have a dog. Thinking we are just not pet people. So last week I start thinking about pets again and I make the mistake of going on-line to the Humane Society website to look at dogs. We find tons of cute dogs, but I am not convinced I want the responsibility of a dog right now and as I am fully aware any pet that we bring in will be my responsibility. So I think maybe we will get a dog later this summer, but something in me decides that I really want to look at the cats since they do not seem to need as much as dogs (the walking daily, fenced yard, training, etc.). I tell Ryan my plan and he says "No Cats!". But of course this doesn't deter me so on Saturday we went to town and some how ended up at the Humane Society. Ryley has found the cat she wants and her name is Cinderella. Well come to find out Cinderella is not that friendly, but there is another cat there that is adorable in his own way and loves the kids. So today we went to price cat stuff and we went back to the shelter to "look". Some how Tigger followed us home. Yep that's right folks the people who swore we would never own a cat are now the proud owners of Tigger. In fact when we went to the shelter today Ryan said he did not want an orange cat or a large cat and guess what? Tigger is both orange and large.
Isn't he pretty? He has lived at the shelter most of his life which is why he is so big. He is almost 2 (1 year and 10mths) and he is very tolerant of the children.

He purrs like there is no tomorrow and has had fun exploring our house. Of course both kids cried because they really wanted him to sleep in their beds, but we are hoping that he will sleep downstairs.

The kids love him and want to pet him constantly. Jodie follows him around saying, "hi, hi, hi, hi", but he doesn't seem to mind. Oh and even Ryan thinks he is the coolest cat ever! Yes those were his exact words.

So other than being a little freaked out that we just adopted a cat and I have no clue about cats, we are very excited and hopeful that Tigger is going to love being our family pet. If you have any advice please feel free to share.

Easter Fun

Easter Sunday started with getting up early to be at church by 7:30 a.m. Jodie made it through the first song before I took her downstairs. I am told the rest of the kids did a great job. After early service we had breakfast and an Easter egg hunt. Then it was back to Mom's to have lunch. Ryan and I had to stop for coffee on our way home just so we could have enough energy to finish the night.

Here are all the kids looking nice before church.
Ryley didn't want to run around to find eggs, but she did get a few.

Mason and Jessica had no problem running around to get as many eggs as their baskets would hold!

Jodie picked up a few, but was more interested in making them jiggle.

Doesn't Mason look handsome?!
My pretty baby in her new dress. Thanks Mom for buying them such cute Easter dresses.

Ryley looking all grown up in her new dress.

Here are the kids after church before we let them change.

Trying to get a good shot of five people is next to impossible. This is the closest we could get.