Can you believe it!!

I actually updated my blog. A lot has happened since I posted last. Here is the biggest change our lives have made recently.

Emily Nicole was born on July 5th

A Happy Family

A proud Daddy

A Grandpa 76 times over

A sweet Grandmother

A beautiful baby girl

Update

For those of you who don't know yet we have moved back to AZ we love the warm weather and the fact that I don't have to shovel any snow ever again and we are expecting a girl!!! Due on July 15th.  Oh happy day!!

Gingerbread Houses

Every year around Thanksgiving we get together with Grandma and Grandpa to make gingerbread houses.  This was last year.

We will miss getting together with them this year so I decided to get a kit and make them with the kids to keep up the tradition.  Once they saw the kit they couldn't wait until next week so we made them today.

What was so cool about this kit is it had a mini house for each one of the kids to decorate. It was amazing to see how each house turned out so unique.

Now they will be even more talented for the gingerbread house making with Grandma and Grandpa next year.

Broken Ryan

Well here he is all wrapped up. Luckily Ryan only had to wear his cast for 10 days. He still has a lot of pain but his Right arm seems to be getting better. His left one will take quite a bit longer.

He couldn't even stay off the computer with his bandage and cast on.

Halloween

Ok, Ok so I know I am a little behind with these, but better late than never. Right!! At least I posted these before Thanksgiving. Grandma and Grandpa sent us a Halloween package. There was something special inside for each one of us.The kids have loved having there own treasure box to hold all of their halloween candy

Sarah's Birthday

My Dad who is 73 years old once said "I never felt old until I had a son who turned 50". Well I don't have a son who just turned 50 but my oldest just turned 12. We celebrated Sarah's birthday last week. Here are the highlights...

We had a special guest for the birthday celebration. Sarah's Grandma DeeDee got to come and surprise her for her birthday. I didn't get any pictures though. What was I thinking.She gave Sarah a whole box full of decorations. We decorated the whole living room which I managed not to get pictures of either. When I turned 12 it was a birthday of many firsts like getting to wear make-up, getting my ears pierced, shaving my legs, wearing high hills and panty hose. Although Sarah got to have many of these things for the first time. I think she liked this "first" the most. We finally took the plung and got Sarah her very own cell phone. I think her face says it all. She was so shocked she cried.Sarah wanted an ice cream cake this year so I made a mint chocolate chip one.It turned out to be huge, but very yummy.

Our Anniversary

Tomorrow Ryan and I celebrate our 13th anniversary! Wow, I can't believe how fast the time has flown. I am so thankful to be married to the best husband a girl could ask for. Thanks Ryan for 13 wonderful, fantastic, and terrific years!