Wishing You and Yours

A Very Merry Christmas

For my Mom

Mom, yesterday we had a conversation about you not knowing how to look at my blog. Hopefully you figured it out because here is your granddaughter wearing my dress, yes the pink dress that I wore as a baby. This actually isn't the first time she wore it but it very well may be the last so I figured I would get a picture for you.

I love you!

Memory Card Dump

So much time has passed...here are a few things that have been happening in our neck of the woods.

The Air Show ~ 11/8/08 (I think)

Lyn and Riley in front of an F16 Falcon


Lyn and Riley in front of a WWII Bi-plane.

Riley in front of one of the 32 landing gears on a C5.

Riley and Jack in front of part of the fire suppression system on a C5.

**Thanks Papa family for letting us know about the air show, the boys had a great time!**

More Joy School

11/11/08
At Joy School on the 11th Christine had the the letter I. She gave the kids nets and they caught "I"nsects. Riley had a great time, in fact he had such a great time that he came home and caught his sister so mommy caught him back.



11/19/08
We got to have Joy School at our house the next week, we had the letter "J". Part of the fun we had that day was "J"umping on our little trampoline. I didn't expect all the kids to do it at the same time. The kids also got to have snacks, they had "J"uice, "j"ell-0 "j"igglers in the shapes of J's, and peanut butter and "J"elly sandwiches...which I found out a few of the kids didn't like. Sorry kids.

Riley

11/06/08
The terrifying and glorious thing about being a parent...





...they want to be just like you!

11/13/08 (I think)
Lyn and Riley on a BBM (Big Boy Mission) to see Madagascar 2. He made sure to take Marty and Alex ~ check out the cup holders. I love that when Riley attaches to a toy it goes everywhere with him. Obviously it was appropriate to take these toys to this movie but they are still going everywhere with us. :)

Sometime during October and November 2008

Riley hates to color but loves to pain so I'm always looking for new things for him to paint. He of course paints pictures, himself, blank paper and jars. This day we painted a wood truck and bus that we found at Walmart. Check out his artistic prowess! Yes, that is paint on his ear, of course when painting we get it EVERYWHERE. When he was finished he said, "Look mom two Berties." That's what I was going for, I love that he figured it out!

11/1/08

Leaving kids to their own devices and this is what they do.

This is the cauldron we use to hold our candy that we give to our trick-or-treaters on Halloween. Of course we had leftovers so he dumped the candy out on the floor and climbed in.

Growing UP...Sort Of

Karlie is growing up so fast. She has started sitting up. With and without help from the boppy.

She gets to sit in a high chair...

and a walker.

But the more grown up Karlie gets the more Riley reverts.

One thing is for sure, Riley loves his sister VERY much!

Thanks Honey

Lyn and Riley go from time to time on what they call "Big Boy Missions." This is obviously just outings so that the big boys can spend some quality time together. Today their BBM took them to the outlet mall. They rode all the rides and did some shopping. I always look forward to them coming home because I love to see Riley's face light up when he comes through the door. Well today his face was extra bright because he had bought a present for mommy.

(Disclaimer: Yes I am a fan of Twilight and I am looking forward to the movie tomorrow but I'm not mad fanatic about it, i.e. I am going to the movie at midnight but I'm not dressing up...)

My sweet boys had bought me the soundtrack to the movie, and a key chain ~ yup, Cullen Crest and everything. I probably never would have picked out such a fantastic gift as the Cullen Crest Key Chain for myself. However, since it was given to me from my boys I smiled, said thank you and happily put it on my key chain with the rest of my keys.

Thank you Lyn and Riley for thinking of me, you made my day!

Come one Come All

As you know the much anticipated release of Twilight is upon us. This post is a formal invitation to anyone who wants to join us to see the movie. We are headed to Redrock on the 20th at 12:01 AM. Yes, we are doing it Harry Potter Style.

If you'd like to come with us grab your ticket on http://www.fandango.com/. Hopefully we will see you there.

~Stacie