The Rest of July

We have been...

Pretending Houser is a princess

Playing dress up

Eating a special treat

Smiling

Playing with my toys

Having a Happy 4th of July

Watching sparklers

Wearing jewelry

Taking my first kayak ride

Hanging out

Having fun with dad

Happy 2nd Birthday Rylee Mae

Happy 2nd Birthday Rylee!

Sometimes I can't even believe you are already two. Other times I see you jumping, singing, talking, and playing and know that you are such a big girl now. I love you with all my heart! You are such an amazing little girl and every day with you is a gift!

Love always!
Your mama

Uncle Brian

Brian (my brother) was deployed yesterday to Afghanistan.  He will be there for about a year and we will be praying for his safety!  We'll also be praying for Aunt Megan, this is Brian's third time going over seas and it lasting a year or more.  I know how bored and lonely I get just when Josh is traveling for a week.  I don't know how she does it but we'll  be praying for her to stay strong and hoping that Brian gets lots of chances to email and talk on the phone!  Please include them in your prayers too.  We love you Brian and be safe!!!!!!!

Haha, I almost typed Brain in one of the photo's.  I must get that from my dad!!!!

O.k. I took this photo off his fb so thanks to whoever took it!

Frogs

So now that summer is winding down Ry is going to start getting a little more on schedule.  We will start following more of a typical preschool day.  I haven't gotten everything really figured out but we started a little today.  The great thing about working at preschools is that I have tons of patterns and art ideas so that part will be easy, the getting everything organized will take some work.

Today Ry learned about frogs!  She made a picture of frogs sitting on a lily pad, we read a book about where they live, we watched a youtube video of frogs in a pond, listened to different noises frogs make, and then sang 5 Green and Speckled Frogs!  Ry loved it.  Here is her picture:

July

So we have had a busy month.  Haven & Jordan (sissy & bubba)  have been with us for the past few weeks so Rylee was in heaven.  We spent a long weekend in Pigeon Forge watching Haven finish up her world series tournament.  It was a lot of fun to watch even in the 100 degree heat.  I am amazed at how well those girls did.  The final day they had to play back to back games till they either won it all or lost.  You could tell by the third game that they were tired.  It was the middle of the day and the sun was just beating down.  They finished in fourth, I think the heat just finally wore them out.

Haven sliding into 3rd, followed shortly by her scoring a run

This girl can throw!!!  up to 55 mph!

 
Fun facts about Rylee!!!!
~  she now can say elephant in french
~  Twinkle Twinkle is still her favorite song
~  Yellow is her favorite color
~  she sings constantly while she is playing
~  she likes her bath with bubbles
~  she LOVES strawberry milk
~  She loves listening to Jim Gill and dancing

At the park in Jefferson City

Warrrrrrr Eagle

HEY!

Happy Dada Day!

This Father's Day was wonderful!!!  I was a little afraid of being in a bad mood today.  I was up real late finishing things up with the kids for Josh's father's day gift from them.  When I woke up I was feeling like I still needed a couple hours sleep.  I wasn't really greeting my day with the happiness and thankfulness I should have.  When I  made coffee for Josh this morning I forgot to put the thingy back in the top that you put the coffee filter in and minutes later there was coffee all over the counter.   So while I was looking at the coffee puddle on our counter Houser (our dog) was whining at the door to go do his business outside.  In my head I was thinking emmmmm I want to be sleeping right now, and then Josh who had just woken up came into the kitchen.  I thought in my head, oh no!  I wanted to have his coffee made (and now cleaned up), and Houser taken out all before he woke up.  As usual though, Josh pitched in to help and took Houser out which is normally their routine anyway.  I cleaned up the coffee, added some more coffee and water to make it again and was feeling a little guilty.  Josh came in so happy the coffee was made.  One of the most amazing things about Josh is that he's always willing to pitch in and help.  He's never hesitated about changing diapers, calming Rylee down, playing with her when I needed to get some stuff done, and doing basically anything else that Rylee could ever need.  I feel that she's mostly my responsibility, I am blessed to be able to stay at home with her while Josh works for our family.  Every now and then though, you need a minute, or sometimes just a shower.  It's not always for those chaotic times though, most of the times it's just him playing with Rylee which gives me some extra time of my own.   Everyone has different views of what the husband/wife roles should be, some may agree, some may disagree with me.  All I know is that it means a lot to me to have that extra help, to know we are on the same team, working towards the same goal even if it's something as simple as getting dinner cooked while Josh and Ry read books.  There is a huge difference between offering help to someone and seeing that someone could use some help and just pitching right in to do it without saying a word or being asked.  Josh is definitely someone that pitches in.   I can't even begin to put into words how amazing Josh is as a husband and a father.  He is our rock.

So for Father's Day this year the kids and I all snuck out and I took some pictures of the three of them.  I think they turned out really, really cute!  3 amazing blessing that are in my life because of my husband!