Finished Fence

Our fence got finished today! Yes!!!!! Anyway, Ryan is out of town and he wanted me to take pictures so he could see it...the process and the finished product! I am so glad it is done and now I don't have to worry about sending Nathan out to the backyard, having a trampoline (*which I still want!), or even the little kiddie pool filled with water warming. I am so excited about this!!

The winners

I was able to pick and order our family pictures today! Yay! Most of the ones everyone voted for I picked except for one....So these are the ones I ordered!

After MUCH thought and deliberation I ordered this family picture because all of our eyes are open...compared to the one below where we are ALL squinting because of the sun and the more onry faces my kids both have (this picture was taken very last!). I loved the wheat field though...so I did order a smaller one for some place else in my house. But I really had a hard time deciding between these two! AGH the choices!!!

Nathan's:

Rylee's:

I haven't completely decided between these two until I see the cropped one of her above.

Ours:

Getting along!!

This morning Nathan and Rylee were playing so cute together! I was so glad because this RARELY happens! Honestly it gets pretty frustrating that he is always picking on her and she screams to let me know that he is bugging her in some sort of way and sometimes she will even attempt to bite him. Most days I feel like I am refereeing between the both of them. They were following each other around this morning and playing and they were sitting on the little couch together (which usually doesn't happen because one or the other pushes the other off and then the one pushed off screams and hits or does something mean back to the other). I had to take a picture because they were so cute playing nice with one another...(*May I note that this is what I envisioned when I was ready to have 2 kids...them playing nice with each other most all of the time...Yes I know a very unrealistic hope but at least it happens every now and again!) I bought this cute outfit for Rylee for Melon Days which doesn't happen to be until the 3rd weekend in September so I thought I better let her wear it now since after Melon Days it probably will be too cold to wear much longer! So cute though right?!

Waterslide

When Ryan got home from the fire, he had bought the kids a surprise and it just happened to be a mini waterslide! Yesterday he put water in it in the morning and in the afternoon the kids got to play in it. Nathan would go down face first and he went right under a couple of times and then he figured he had to hold his head up so he wouldn't go head under! They had such a great time playing in it! They even loved the water that would shower them too! Nathan is getting really good in a big pool now. He wears floaties on his arms and he can swim almost anywhere! Good job Natey! Rylee loves the water too and tries to blow bubbles but instead drinks the water! We went to my grandparents to swim on the 24th (Pioneer Day) and Rylee would imitate my mom when she would float on her back, Rylee would lay her head back in her little float and then when my mom would blow bubbles, Rylee tried to blow bubbles on the float as well! She is so dang cute sometimes!

Last night we went to the Bees game with my parents. It was a really fun time! We took the kids and they did really well throughout the whole game and the Bees won so that's even better! After the game they had a fireworks show so we stayed for that since we really didn't watch fireworks the night before (24th). I had to go change Rylee's diaper right before they started and when we came out the fireworks had already begun. We got to our seats which were amazing seats and Rylee got pretty scared of the loud noises and pretty lights! She got upset and even cried out for "Nana" and laid her head on my mom's shoulder and clung to her as tightly as she could for the entire show! Nathan enjoyed the pretty lights but about half way through he was plugging his ears because they were so loud. We had a great night and even though I don't have any pictures (because they don't allow cameras in!) it was fun!

Look at all that hair!! (She has hat hair...can you tell?!)




There she goes back for more!!!

The Rest

Here are the rest of the pictures...random ones. She is going to fix the coloring in a couple as well. So there ya go, there are the family pictures (remember to vote on your favorites!).

Rylee's Pictures

Here are Rylee's pictures. Vote on your favorite...and the others too! Remember that in the first one it will be cropped so you won't see hands or the toy.

Nathan's Pictures

Here are the pictures of Nathan that turned out the best (at least in my opinion and the photographers too). Leave a comment and vote for your favorite. (she is going to retouch his bite marks/bruises). Don't forget to vote for the family one as well!

Family Pictures

Here are the best family pictures we had taken by our SIL Mandy's cousin! She did a great job! Which one is your favorite?! Leave us a comment to help us decide which one to put on our wall! Thanks! I will do the ones of the kids later so stay tuned!!!