Funny Pictures

So they say that pictures are worth a thousand words, and these ones speak for themselves. We took these at Old Navy. I could not quit laughing!! Enjoy!

Rylee's Surprise!

While we were gone to Alabama Dustin got a huge surprise for Rylee. A Dog! He thought that she would be going through withdraws from being with her cousins 24/7 and would need a companion to keep her company. So he got her a Chihuahua! Rylee went though many names before she settled on Vegas!! Yes, Vegas. It is her favorite place to visit, so we think it is an awesome name. It really fits him. He is a very good dog (for those of you who know me, you know that I am not really a dog fan so for me to say he is good means a lot!)and he is 4 months old this month. Rylee is very good with him. She likes to call him Sweetie! It is so cute. She says it in a voice like she is talking to a baby!! Here are some pictures of Rylee and her new bundle of joy!

Alabama

I wanted to post some pictures from Alabama so that you all could see what Rylee and I had been up to! (Get ready for A LOT of pictures!!)

Rylee got to go into the cockpit and meet the pilots on our first flight!! The flight attendants were so nice to her. Our fight was at 6 a.m. so we really didn't get to eat breakfast before we left the house. The Flight attendants asked Rylee if she was hungry and she told them that she was so they brought her a warm roll with jelly and a plate of fresh fruit from first class!

This is my niece Ashley! She is reading to Rylee. Ashley is such a good little reader and Rylee loved that Ashley would read any book that she wanted to her!

Rylee and Mason Dressing up! Rylee pretty much wore nothing but dress up clothes when we were in Alabama!

Rylee in Harry Potter glasses!! I thought that this was a funny picture!

Playing outside. It was pretty nice there and was got kind of spoiled. Rylee really enjoyed being able to play outside and not freeze! She also has an awesome Grandpa that wanted to play outside and would go out with her when ever she wanted!

This is all of us at Britton's Pinewood Derby!

This Britton with his award from the pinewood derby! He won the award for the sportiest car! It was so fun to go and watch Britton race! We are so proud of you Britton!

Here is Quincy. This was not one of his best days but he was such a trooper!

The kids got to play with the hospital gloves! They had a blast with them! They were so happy to see there brother and Mom and Dad!!!


My beautiful Sister Heather! This is just 2 days after she had MAJOR SURGERY! Can you believe it! She is truly awesome!

Driving back to Montgomery from the Hospital in Birmingham. We were all so tired. My mom snapped this picture for me! Thanks Mom!!

Surprise, Surprise, Rylee dressing up again. Rylee and Ashley were designing new outfits!


Quincy brought these clown noses home from the Hospital. The kids had a really fun time with them! (I have to say that we as "adults" had a blast with then also!)

Jumping on the trampoline!! I even got in on the action! I forgot how much fun it is! Rylee loved it. She called it the Big Blue House (because the enclosure was blue I guess!)


In the waiting room at the Children's hospital. We went to Quincy's appointment before we went to the airport! This is the dog that Rylee got at the gift shop. She named it jumpy

Tagged!

i've been TAGGED...
The Rules:
1. Go to your documents/pictures.

2. Go to your 6th file.

3. Go to your 6th picture.

4. Blog about it.

5. Tag 6 people to do the same.

6. So here we go...

This is my sweet Rylee Jo!! It is not surprising to me that the picture is of her! I took this picture when I got my new Nikon D40! I was trying to figure out how to work everything on the camera and Rylee volunteered to be my model! She was climbing a tree in our front yard and just kept posing and saying "Mommy take my picture". This picture was one I snapped in between poses!! I just love that sweet girl of mine. She is always so funny and happy! I am truly blessed to be her mom!! I love you sweet girl!

I now Tag...
Heather
Katie
Mom
Lindsay Allen
Kristy
Stephanie

Where I've been?!!

I know that it has been a while since I have posted but I have a good reason! Rylee and I have been in Alabama at my sisters house since the 19th of Jan. For those of you who don't know my Nephew Quincy found out this last summer that he only had one kidney and that it was in failure. Well this last Thursday ( Jan. 22nd 2009) my sweet, loving & caring sister Heather donated her kidney to my amazing & brave nephew Quincy! The transplant was a success and they are both recovering well. My sister was released from the hospital the day after the surgery and has been at the children's hospital since then with Quincy. She is taking it easy and has been there (along with Kelly my awesome bro-in-law) to help Quincy recover. We are so excited to announce that they are all coming home tomorrow (Thurs. Jan 29th) exactly one week after the surgery! Rylee & I along with my parents have been here with the other 3 kids taking care of them. It has been a blast! The kids have all been so good and have enjoyed playing together, but they are all super excited to have there Mom, Dad & brother home!!! I will post again when I get home and add pictures so you can see everyone and everything that we have been doing!

New Year's Eve!

For New Year's Eve this year we spent it with Dustin's Family in Utah! We also used that weekend to do our Christmas gift exchange! We had a blast. Rylee stayed up to watch the ball drop and we had party poppers and noise makers!! The neighbor even lit off some fireworks! We ate awesome food (Thanks Lindsay!)After we finally got the kids to bed we stayed up until 4:00a.m. playing a bunch of different games on the Wii! We really enjoyed the time that we got to spend with family. We had all of Dustin's Family there for that weekend and it was really fun. It was great to build on our relationships and to just enjoy each others company.

This is when we pulled the string on our party poppers, It kind of scared Rylee at first!


Me and Rylee's New Year's Kiss!!


Me and Dustin's New Year's Kiss!! ( I know, it's a little steamy!)


Dustin, gettin' his party on!



Fun with the party blowers!

Christmas Cheer!!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Rylee was a blast and is really getting the hang of the whole thing! This year was the year that she really got to know who Santa Claus was. She knew that he can "see you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake, he knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake". also that she "better watch out, better not cry, better not pout"! Anytime I looked at something at the store and then put it back on the shelf she would say " you want that? You better ask Santa!" She learned a ton of Christmas songs and would walk around all day long singing them. She couldn't go to sleep at night until I sang at least two of them! I love love love it! We had so many fun Christmas party's to go to and Rylee had her first School Christmas Program!! I think that I was more excited for it then her! Her Pre School Class sang Jingle Bells with the Kindergarten. She saw Santa several times. She was finally brave enough to sit on his lap all by her self at the mall on Christmas Eve! She sat just long enough for a sweet picture. We spent Christmas Eve at my parents and then woke up the next morning to find that Santa had come to visit us. Rylee left Chocolate, a tangerine and a Pepsi for Santa (Daddy told her that Santa preferred Pepsi!) and Carrots for the Reindeer! They were all eaten and nibbled on. I do not think that any of us were disappointed by what we received from Santa and from everyone else!!!! We made a haul (to say the least!!) I am so thankful for all the love that I feel from my family! I always know that what ever gift is given to them they will love it and treasure it! The greatest gift is my family. I couldn't have asked for a better family. To our family that was not with us this holiday season, We love you and missed you very much. We love the feeling of togetherness and love. We hope that your holiday season was as Merry as Ours! We love you (family and Friends)!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!





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