Melon Days '09

Here is the last of the posts that date back clear to September! I noticed I hadn't blogged about Melon Days this year...so here goes! We had a great time in Green River with all of Ryan's family. All of the cousins were there to play with so our kids were in heaven! We had a weekend full of fun and craziness as always! Here are the pictures that sum up the weekend. (In no particular order...sorry I'm being lazy!)

Wedding

I have found more pictures that I haven't posted about that were part of our fall weekends. Ryan's cousin Brock got married in September and we were able to go to Logan for the wedding and then down to Aurora for the reception. It was so beautiful in his aunt and uncle's backyard! They had a live band and his cousin Jesi got to sing as well. I didn't get many pictures of the backyard for some reason but I did get some great ones of Nathan and Rylee dancing all night long! They danced with their cousin Allie and uncle Greg and Auntie Heather. We had a fun time and wish Brock and Blayr the best of luck! (Sorry, better late than never right???)

Miss Rylee Girl...

I have been meaning to post this little story before Christmas for my records...Last Saturday we were all home and Ryan and my dad were busy putting a tv up in the family room, my little brother Corey was sitting on the couch watching cartoons (with Rylee he thought...), my mom was in the kitchen that is attached to the family room busy with some things, I was in and out doing a few things and Nathan was busy on the computer. The reason I tell you this is because we were all RIGHT there in the same area but apparently we are all very oblivious to our little Rylee. I guess I should preface this with what we did the night before. I opened a gift from Nathan from preschool because I was worried it might be a decoration of some sort that I would need to put up before Christmas. Then Corey decided my mom needed to open the present that he had for her which was a Christmas cd. Not a big deal but we didn't think much of it.
So as I said Rylee was supposedly watching cartoons with Corey when I walked in the room and saw her sitting in front of the Christmas tree. I walked over to her she was not just sitting there but she was opening all the presents under the tree!!! I rushed over and tried not to look at everything because I knew there were presents there for my family. She ended up opening 4 different presents! She opened 2 for my family and 2 for Nana and Papa. I rewrapped the 2 for Nana and Papa and my mom rewrapped the other 2. It was so innocent and I couldn't help but laugh at her! It was such a hurry to get the presents all cleaned up that now I wish I would have stopped and just taken a picture because it was priceless! She was so sweet and I love that she just wanted to open all the presents. She is going to be a good opener tomorrow morning! Merry Christmas everyone!

Climbing houses

Ryan has been giving me a really hard time because I took these pictures back in November of him putting up my mom's next door neighbor's Christmas lights and I wanted to post them forever ago but ya know how things roll around here!! They paid him really well and he had a good time doing it I am sure. My kids watched out the window and couldn't believe how high daddy was! I will admit it made me a little nervous but he is good at climbing things since he climbs towers at work and such.



Ryan always has fun doing crazy things with Rylee's hair in the bathtub!

Random pictures...

Here are some very random pictures from the November till December. We have just been plugging along here at my parents house. We are hoping to have our own home soon but with the way the bank is being about these short sales who knows! We were lucky enough to spend Thanksgiving with my parents, my brother Wade and his family who came from Las Vegas, my little brother Corey who got home from his mission back in September, my uncle Rob and Aunt Amy and three of their kids and grandma Gloria.

This is the kids setup in their room. They share a bed but they surprisingly do really well together.

Nathan's newest and most favorite pastime is playing on the computer. I cannot believe my 4 1/2 year old has picked up this computer stuff so easily!

Rylee and her dirty face but cute smile!

Wheeler Farm in October...

In October we took the kids to Wheeler Farm because we knew we it would be too cold to go very soon. The kids loved every minute of it and it helps that it is FREE as well! They loved all the animals especially the piglets and their gigantically huge parents! hehe What a fun day at the farm!

More girls!

At the end of September we were able to travel down to Las Vegas to see my brother and his family. They had their third girl in August so we got to go for the blessing. Samantha is such a cute little baby girl and I ate it up! I loved holding her...I am getting baby hungry! We now have all neices on my side of the family except Nathan...we love girls!! It was a fun weekend to play with cousins. Caitlyn and Elsa have a sink filled with water out on their front porch so the kids all played out there quite a bit and loved getting wet! We don't get down to Las Vegas very much so it was a lot of fun being there!

Rylee is so concerned about babies. She likes to make sure they are okay and she would hold them by herself if she could! What a little mommy...and what a big helper I am going to have!!

Rylee and Caitlyn having fun!

Rylee playing with the towels...she got so wet so we had to take her clothes off. She would just pour the water over her head and on herself!

Elsa with a wet towel on her head....silly girls!

Caitlyn and Elsa all wet!

Preschool 2009

This year I put Nathan in a preschool with a lady named Miss Becky who teaches out of her home. She is the sweetest lady and Nathan loves preschool! There are about 17 kids in his class and it amazes me how she keeps them under control! She is a ball of energy and Nathan has learned so much already from her. Here are the pictures I took of him on his first day this year.

Last Days of Summer

My friend Mikaila and I took the kids to a little splash park before the summer came to a close and school started (aren't you proud of me...I am only blogging a season behind?) I think this was right before school started. The kids had a really good time running in the water, eating pizza and enjoying the sun and each others company!