Random

So we have been super busy, but we haven't had any reason to take tons of pictures. March will be an exciting month at the Silverwood house! Mason starts baseball (kid-pitch), Ryley will still be doing gymnastics and soccer will start back up, Jodie will hopefully be fully potty trained, and we will get to find out if baby number 4 is a boy or a girl. I think it is a boy, Ryan is not sure, Mason is hoping for a boy, Ryley says girl one day and boy the next, and Jodie says it has to be a girl because she wants a girl! Here are the only pictures I have taken since the blizzard. Hopefully once the weather warms up and the ground dries out we will get more pictures.

Lately the girls have been wanting to wear only swimsuits or leotards. It is amazing to me that they never get cold! Ryley was laying on my bed and wanted me to take her picture. She has always loved having her picture taken.I just thought that Jodie looked super cute!
For those of you who want to see what I look like right now, this is it. I swear if one more person tells me how huge I am I might just hit them!!!! I just smile and say "yep, the joys of being pregnant with baby #4".

Snow, snow, and more snow

These first few pictures are from the last snow storm we had. This one the kids had a lots of fun sledding with several of the kids around the neighborhood.


These are the pictures from today. UGH! The snow is blowing so hard that it is just horrible to be outside. Ryley looks like the kids from A Christmas Story.
The driveway is slicker than snot! The kids all busted it when they walked out and then I came super close to hitting the ground (so I crawled to get off the driveway, better safe than sorry!).
Jodie loves the snow!!!!! She didn't mind it blowing in her face, and she loved walking through the huge drifts.
Mason was trying to get sat down in a snow drift.
This is Ryley and me standing behind the biggest snow drift we have.
I wanted the kids to stand up behind the drift, but they wanted to lean on it instead. Still you get the idea of just how much the snow has drifted.

Jodie turns 3

Today Jodie turned 3! I told her I was so excited that she was three and not a baby anymore, to which she responded "I don't want to be 3 I want to be a baby wah wah wah!". We might be in trouble when the baby gets here LOL!
Jodie loved her new puppy because it looks just like a kitten that Ryley got for Christmas.
She wasn't too sure what this was until Daddy put it together. But after it was put together she and Ryley have played "kitchen" all day long.
They decided to put their princess dresses on to match the box, but I guess they were having a piano break.
Last week Jodie told me she wanted a red guitar cake. So I bought all the stuff to make a red guitar cake. Last night as I was getting ready to make the cake she said no no no, I want a pink butterfly cake. So of course she got a pink butterfly cake.
Jodie got two crown cards for her birthday so she shared one with Ryley.
She was so excited for cake.
She was very proud of herself for blowing out all the candles.

So there you have it birthdays, Christmas, more birthdays, and a new baby on the way in July (sorry for those of you who haven't heard!). It has been a very busy December, but hopefully it will be a very slow January. So we can gear up for springtime sports!!

Merry Christmas!

We make sugar cookies for Santa every year. This year we played out in the snow for so long that we had to hurry to get our cookies done before bedtime. Ryley always takes her time and tries to make her cookies perfect.Mason just likes to get his done.
Jodie prefers to just eat all of the icing.
Three cookies for Santa.
Before the kids woke up.
Santa really liked his chocolate milk and cookies.
Mason opening his stocking, more football cards.
Hannah Montana game for the Wii
It's Truman the Tiger. Jodie carried him around all morning and then had to sit with him at breakfast.
Playing her new piano. It makes cat sounds.
The kids had a great Christmas! They have been playing nicely with their presents all morning. Hopefully next year we won't have to get up so early! Yeah right!!!

Christmas Eve

Yesterday we made a Gingerbread house. Ryan and I put it together and the kids decorated it. Unfortunately Ryan and I are not builders so the roof is now sliding off.

On Christmas Eve we were lucky enough to get snow! Lots of fun packing snow. We spent several hours outside playing, sledding, making snowmen, and throwing snow balls. Plus, we get to have a white Christmas. We are all excited!
This was our first snowman that we made. Ryley said it was a Jodie snowman. Not sure I like the idea of Jodie smoking a pipe!
The girls loved sledding today. Jodie wanted to keep going and going and going. However, she didn't want to pull the sled back up the hill.
Here is the second snowman we made. He is huge and we love him.
Mason was putting out his reindeer food.
Ryley finished hers and went inside to warm up. Jodie wanted to make sure that her food was just right for Santa's reindeer.
What a wonderful time we have had the past couple of days. The excitement in our house is super crazy! We still have to make Santa's cookies and watch A Christmas Story. I will try to post more pictures tomorrow or the next day!
Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

Christmas at the Lake

We spent this weekend at the lake for Christmas. We always have tons of fun with our families and the kids love going to visit. Here they are opening up Zuzu pets from Aunt Erin and Mike.
The kids love playing with Regan. They actually fight over who gets to play with her and they will follow her around tons! Here Regan is entertaining them.
Mason checking out one of his presents.
A new scarf! Ryley is such a girlie girl that this is perfect.
Jodie loves art stuff so this was a great thing for her. It will keep her busy!
This is later in the day with my family. Again the kids love playing with their cousins and seeing all of our family.
Mason was waiting to start opening.
Let the opening begin! Jessica was super excited about all her new books.
Yeah! Jodie finally has a guitar all her own. She LOVES this guitar. It plays ACDC songs and she plays and dances like a total rock star!
The three youngest girls in their matching outfits. Jodie loves this skirt and didn't want to take it off.
What would Christmas be without some silliness? This got a huge laugh. Love the sweaters guys, but no we don't want them! Maybe this should be your Christmas card next year ;)

A huge thank you to all of our families. We all had a wonderful time. Thank you for all the food, and the generous gifts. We hope to see you all in a few weeks.

Church Christmas Play

The kids all had matching shirts for the Christmas play this year.


Every year our church has a Christmas play and a party. It is always a fun time and the kids always do a fantastic job! Mason and Ryley sang this year, and Jodie stood up there for about half a song. Then she threw a fit because she wanted to go back to the stage. After the play all of the kids sat on Santa's lap.

Ryley told Santa that she wanted a DS.
Mason told Santa he wanted a football game.
Jodie told Santa that she really wanted a remote control airplane.
Ryley dressed as a sheep for the Christmas play. She didn't want a speaking part but she stood with a couple other "sheep" to make a flock.