Summer Time!

It is starting to warm up fast around here so we have been outside a lot, doing a lot of playing.
This is another reason we play outside a lot, the kids find more and more things to get into all the time.

While I was in my bedroom, Ry decided to try out my makeup. Of course it had to be the some that I just barely bought. I hope I do a little better job than this.

Aubs and Kev came down and invited us to swim with them. The kids were all very excited.

He is so handsome!

Ry is a little sun baby.

Tanner was really excited to be swimming.

Every now and then I can talk Jimmy into taking a picture with me.

Rylee was having fun watering her daddy. She thought it was really funny.

Ry and her little cousin, Brooke. This picture probably would have been cuter if I had gotten their faces, but Rylee doesn't do anything she doesn't want to, and she didn't feel like looking at me. Man, that's going to be fun when she is 16.

Tanner and Rylee both had an opportunity to learn that they need to wait for us before they get in the water. They both went under, pretty much at the same time, and it scared them, and me, pretty good. It took a while for us to talk Tan into going in the deep water again, but he finally did. I was pretty impressed.

Rylee wants to ride the horse just about everyday. Pretty much all she has to do is show up at her Poppy's house with her boots on and he gets the horse ready. This time she road all by herself. She is wearing Tan's hat, and it's a little big.

She is my little cowgirl.

I love this picture. She just adores her Poppy. He kinda likes her too.

Country Kids

My kids are lucky enough to have grandparents who love animals and have all sorts of them. Horses, goats, chickens, and a big rooster named Rocky. Tanner was confused why we call Papa a cowboy if he doesn't have a cow. So he suggested he get one. It's probably next on the list anyway.
The other day, my dad was out working with the horses, and Tanner needed to help him, so Rylee needed to help him. He had a lot of help!

This is classic Tanner, always posing. I'm just not sure what this one is.

Rylee has been wearing dresses constantly lately. "I wanna pincess dress!". But wearing one doesn't really make her act like a princess. She had to have her boots on just like Tan and Papa. She reminds me of a little pioneer girl.

Tanner and his buddy, Barik. Tanner has his share of strange outfits too. He is dressing himself a lot lately. This one isn't too bad.

Rylee and Blondy. Oh, and the goat is in there too.

Tanner and his cousin, Thain, just being little boys!

Easter ans Such

We went to Orem over the weekend to spend some time with Jimmy's family. It is always so much fun when we get the kids together and just let them be kids. We kept them busy with plenty of activities. I have a lot of pictures and a camera that has seen better days, so bare with me.

My kids' favorite snack is ice cream and if it comes in the form of an ice cream sandwich, or a sandwich ice cream as Tanner calls them, even better! But no less messy,

The kids had these cute little birds nests made from rice crispy treats. They put little peep chicks and jelly beans for their eggs.

Rylee couldn't wait to taste her little chick.

They also decorated some Easter cookies. Tanner was a little heavy with the sprinkles.

I love Ry's face. She is concentrating very hard.

Then they played 'Pin the tail on the Bunny'. Tanner got right in the middle and had quite a celebration!

I love that face!

Granny Gay had an amazing race game for the kids. Tanner was gathering all his flags.

Rylee had just woken up from a nap and she wasn't too excited about it.

Onto the Easter egg hunt. Of course that was the highlight.

Rylee even got into it. She had a pink egg in one hand and a purple one in the other and would not let them go. Jimmy had to gather her eggs.
After the kids were finished they all sat in a circle and examined their loot! I'm really mad that I didn't get a picture because it was the cutest thing!

Another picture of them enjoying their sandwich ice creams.

Tanner took this picture. I thought it was cute!

Tanner being Tanner!

Me and my sweet Rylee girl! We had so much fun with the family. We are also enjoying the weather down here. We love spring!

We haven't really been doing anything lately. Just hangin out at the house mostly. Tanner draws about 500 pictures a day and Rylee bugs him the whole time. It's kinda funny!

All of these pictures suck so bare with me. Rylee has been getting into trouble a lot lately and she has her own little corner that she goes to. She hates it and cries the whole time. I think it's kinda cute though!

My kids LOVE ice cream. Every time we go to Dairy Queen (which is not that often), they know that they have ice ream and some days I just give in. This is a progression of Rylee enjoying hers!

She always needs to taste the cone.

Then in go the fingers!

So messy! But it was worth it just to watch her enjoy it and listen to her in the backseat making her little sounds that made it clear that it was delicious!

We have the best dog in the whole world! Our kids absolutely love Barik. He is truly a gentle giant. The kids are always cuddling up to him and giving him hugs. Sometimes in the morning, Rylee will sit with him on his bed and just visit for a minute. It really is the cutest thing.

I really wish this was a better picture because I love it. We really got lucky with this little guy and I hope he lives forever!
We have been enjoying some sunshine and then some snow. It will be nice when the weather finally decides that it's spring so we can play outside. Until then it's more drawings and probably a lot more corner time!

Happy 2011!

We decided to ring in the new year with Jimmy's family. We had so much fun! The kids played and played. We even got to have a night with just the adults! I'm not sure how that worked out! Granny Gay was prepared with some gingerbread cookies for the kids to decorate. I'm surprised any of the candy and icing actually made it to Tanner's. It all made a stop at his mouth first. Rylee was pretty into it. So much fun!

Present time! We had a Christmas party while we were there, so we got to drag out the presents a little longer. Both of my kids are very spoiled and they were very impressed with their gifts.

Aren't they just adorable?!
We really enjoyed the spending time with Jimmy's family. For our Christmas, Jimmy's parents gave us coupons for overnight babysitting. I think they wish they could take it back now after a weekend with Rylee!

Merry Christmas

Our Christmas was so much fun! It started out on Christmas eve when Santa came to do one last check to see if the kids were being good and to bring them a little goody bag.

My dad is the best and I love that he will do this for my kids. This year he came to my friends house and had 9 little kids to check on. Most of them were pretty good. He had one cryer, but for the most part they were all very excited to see him. I love to watch kids when Santa is around. There was so much excitement on their little faces! It was a perfect start to our Christmas!

Christmas morning came and Tanner was in my bed, waking me up to get things started.
He was so excited that Santa brought him EXACTLY what he wanted!

Ry got some dress up clothes and was in heaven! Don't be fooled by that sweet angelic face. It's a total cover up!

Tanner got this fun little vest that has all sorts of tools for finding bugs. It was pretty awesome!

They had plenty of presents to open and were full of energy all day long. We had so much fun! It was the best weekend with our little family all together. Oh, and I cooked the best turkey ever for dinner! We hope that everyone had a fabulous Christmas! Happy New Year!