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!

Happy Birthday Jodie!

Pictures of Jodie enjoying her cake!

Today our baby turns 2! I say it all the time, but I can't believe how quickly the time passes. I was thinking about how much Jodie has changed over the year, and how much she will change this year and it blows my mind! Some days I wish I could just slow down so life wouldn't pass by so quickly. Jodie is so amazing. She keeps us on our toes, makes us laugh, and is starting to be very strong willed. She was so excited about her birthday today and keeps singing "Happy Birthday". Here she is opening her presents. She opened this up and goes "it's a car." The she hopped in and said "push me!"

She loves her new car, Ryan did a great job getting it together.

Jodie didn't want to get out of the car to open her other present so we just let her open it while in the car. Here she is taking Max for a ride in her new stroller.

Jodie asked for an M&M cake. My first thought was to make a cake that looks like an M&M however, after Christmas we had tons of candy so this was a way to use up some of it! She loves her cake, and has already been sampling it.

I will post more pictures later after we cut the cake. Also if you didn't notice there are several more posts after this one. Sorry it took me so long to get posts up!

Merry Christmas

Oh Christmas morning....there is just something magical about it! Mason was the first one awake, and was super excited when he saw the presents under the tree. Ryley was the next one to wake up and Jodie was the last. However, Jodie was the first one to start opening presents! Her favorite thing is to rip the paper. Here she is with her Max doll. Right now Max and Ruby is Jodie's favorite show. Ryley loved this new puppy Wii game.

Mason and Jodie gave Ryley some new coloring books. She loves princess stuff, and she loves to color. This was the perfect gift.

Jodie with her Ruby doll.

Mason with all of his gifts. We are having a great time playing with all the new toys!

Jodie trying to get her lawn mower open.

We had a wonderful relaxing Christmas at home. The kids opened their presents, we had a nice breakfast, took down the tree, played with toys, and ate a huge dinner! I love Christmas time!

Cookies for Santa

This is what happens when you give a child an Oreo cookie that has red filling! Yum yum. Every year we make cookies for Santa and the kids have a great time decorating them. Here they are making their yummy creations!

Ryley didn't want to get her new shirt dirty so she is wearing an apron.

Even Jodie decorated her cookies. She mostly just ate the icing and sprinkles, but she is so cute who cares!?!

Ryley loved!!!!!! the sprinkles.

Here are all the cookies (minus one that Ryan made, it has become his tradition to make a "silly" cookie and this year he made a boob).

Here are the cookies for Santa. He must have really liked them because there was nothing left on the plate the next morning!

Christmas at the Lake and More!

The weekend before Christmas we celebrated Christmas at the lake with our families. This allows us to stay home for Christmas and Jodie's birthday.
Here are the girls playing at my Mom's house before everyone came. Jodie loves opening up her presents!

My adorable nieces! They are so fun.

Waiting for the green light to start opening!

Here we are at Ryan's Mom and Dad's. Here is Jodie opening up one of her gifts while everyone watches. Mason was the trash man and he took his job very serious!

Here is Ryley opening up one of hers, and Mason waiting to get the trash!

The big kids were sliding on the kitchen floor the other day and Jodie was having a hard time, so Ryan was helping her slide too!