I'm having a hard time w/ this one!

Okay, so today my baby turns 2 years old! Aghhhh! I can't get over this because I have tried to postpone this whole growing up thing but it's not working because really EARLY this morning two years ago marks her big entrance into this world! My life has never been the same because I didn't know what to expect with a girl and she has blessed my life in ways I never could have imagined! I always thought I would be good with ALL boys no matter how many I had but Rylee has shown me that Heavenly Father knew what he was doing when he sent her to me! I needed my little girlfriend! She is such a daddy's girl and it's the most special relationship I get to watch them have together! I LOVE it! It makes me smile everytime she gets mad at me and then she goes to her daddy for his love and he always makes everything all better! My dad always tells her she is "so special" and I definitely have to agree because she has brought so much spunk and personality to our family that we wouldn't have without her! We love you, Rylee Girl and are SO happy that you are OUR little girl! :)
(This is a picture of her today...the dreaded day of turning 2!!!)

Friends Forever

This is one of the pictures from our weekend up in Heber. Me and my cute friend Cherlelynn! We have so many great memories from those crazy days in college and we got through those amazing times together! Miss you tons girl!

Catch of the Day

Nathan has been a bit crazy lately and the only thing we could think it might be was he was struggling with not getting enough attention from us. We planned a weekend overnighter just for him and dropped Rylee off at my mom's on Friday morning. We drove up to Heber grabbed a sandwich and then went to Strawberry Reservoir and got in a few hours of fishing. We weren't having much luck that's for sure and about two hours into it Ryan asked me, "You wanna move some place else?" I told him no that we were just fine where we were since the guys around us had been catching fish. So Ryan decided to leave Nathan and I fishing where we were and he walked down and towards where the other guys seemed to be catching more fish. Nathan and I were just sitting on our chairs and he was throwing rocks and weeds into the water to "feed the fish" as he said. I kept telling him that he wasn't going to get a fish because he kept moving his pole EVERYWHERE and he was going to scare the fish when he was practically yelling but talking to me telling me every 5 seconds that he had caught another fish! Ryan or I would cast his line out in the water and he would pretty quickly reel it right back in.
So imagine my surprise when I looked out in the water and I see a fish flopping right out where his line was. I told him to reel it in which he started doing without any struggle so I took it from him to see if there really was a fish. I started yelling for Ryan to get over here since I was not about to touch the fish...:::so gross!!!::: The fish wasn't hardly fighting but it kept coming out of the water so I knew there was a fish. Ryan got there and had Nathan reel the fish the rest of the way in and then another guy who was right by us came over and had a net to put the fish in. Nathan was so excited about this fish he caught! He was doing his little dance around so happy and proud of what he had done! This was Nathan's 3rd time fishing and the first fish he had ever caught! The men around were totally impressed because this was by far the biggest fish they had seen in their time fishing there! Go Nate! I don't know much about fish but Ryan said it was rainbow trout, 3 to 4 pounds and about 20 inches in length. You judge for yourself...

We gave the fish to a guy who wanted it since we couldn't take it home since we were staying at a hotel and he was so excited about that! We left a little while after Nathan caught his fish...which was the only fish any of us caught! We went back to Heber for the night at a hotel. We ate dinner at the home of the train Dairy Keen where we met up with one of my best girlfriends from college Cherlelynn and her husband and their little girl Maya. It was so much fun to sit and chat with her and meet her adorable husband, Rob! Nathan had a great time there because he just sat and played with the trains at the train table. The next morning we got up and left to go get little Rylee who stayed with Nana and Papa. Nathan missed his little sister but I think he enjoyed his time alone with Ryan and I. He was still a little stinker that night at the hotel but I think that is how he acts when he is tired. What a fun weekend we had all leading up to a very special day for Nathan on Sunday when he turned 4 years old!

Big #4

So four years ago today I was at the hospital in labor with Nathan who decided to come later in the evening! It was so weird sitting in church thinking about that day which feels like yesterday that he was born and how I never want to forget him being little. He has been a handful lately to say the least but we love him and are so glad he is our little boy! Happy Birthday Nathan, we love you so much!! I will have to post about this picture later but this is Nathan and his dadd with Nathan's very first fish! Pretty awesome huh??

Watch this...

This has been on the news here in Utah quite a bit lately because this guy is from here but I wanted to share it with everyone, (although many of you have already seen it!) it is so awesome I could listen to it all day! Thanks Misty for sending me the link! Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3d6SFcDys

A Day Out With Thomas

Last week we got to go to A Day Out With Thomas. Every year this falls right around Nathan's birthday so we try to take the kids for a fun day out. My mom and I took them this year and they had a great time once again! They each got a tatoo on their cheek, played with trains, saw animals, listened to a BORING story (the girl who read the story could barely read!), saw Sir Topam Hat and of course rode on Thomas!! We had a wonderful afternoon and we topped it all off with a shake from Dairy Keen *Home of the Train!* Nathan is already talking about going next year. Rylee enjoyed it just as much as Nathan did so that makes it even better. As we got off of Thomas we walked to the front so we could see him and as we walked away Nathan told Thomas "Bye Thomas, see you next year, I will miss you!" A guy that was one of the conductors on Thomas said "Oh buddy, he will miss you too!" It was such a cute moment because Nathan really does love Thomas!

I Scream for Ice Cream!!!

The kids have been lucky enough to have some ice cream for dessert last week at Young Women's with me (Thanks Alicia!) and then at home as well! They have had fun eating drumsticks and getting so messy with the ice cream! Silly kids! :)

Guacamole Dip

Here are some pictures of the kids lately...we made fajitas one day for dinner and to say they love homemade guacamole or "dip" as Rylee calls it is an understatement! They licked the plate clean! Everytime we have chips they want the "green dip" as Nathan calls it.
They have had plenty of time out in the backyard as well. Rylee wants to be out there ALL the time and I have practically PUSH Nate out the back door and even then he doesn't want to go outside. He wanted to be out there for the longest time and now he never wants to go out...great!

Outside in the sandbox all by herself...she still loves it!

Swimming lessons

Nathan had a couple of weeks of swimming lessons earlier in May...I figured better late than never to blog about them! He did a really good job this time around. He is getting more and more relaxed with the water and the things he is asked to do. His teacher this year was amazing too so that helps!! He needs to learn how to blow bubbles out of his nose and then he will probably pass this level. :) Good Job Nate!