Summer!

I talked with Nicole (Keeli and Gavin’s mom) and decided that it would be fun on the last day of school to have a Welcome to Summer activities for our neighborhood friends.

We had you guys stand for a quick picture. All of you were super excited and couldn’t wait any longer to run through the sign.

You guys enjoyed homemade lemonade from Freddie and Desmond and popsicles from Martin. Afterword's you guys pop balloons, chasing bubbles and popping them, and playing games. It was an awesome kick off to SUMMER!

I got Lucky

I got lucky with this guy named David. He is always making me laugh, he is very patient with my crazy moods, he is willing to work hard so I can be a stay at home Mom, he is my sous chef, he loves the gospel no matter what, and best of all he is the best father to Ryker.

Mother’s Day

Mother's day is always a hard day for me. Half of my heart just aches for more children and watching Ryker grow up being the only child hurts. I never wanted that for him. My heart aches wishing I could physically hold, and kiss my sweet angel babies every day. The other half  of my heart is so full and is beyond grateful that Ryker is in my life.  He brings so much joy, love, silliness, and my life will always be better because of him. Thank you Ryk for choosing me to be your Mom. 

After church Ryker ran towards me handing me a paper. It made me smile when I saw his drawing of him handing me flowers and his hilarious answers to the questions. 

All About My Mom
My mom is 01 years old
My mom has blue + green eyes and long hair
My mom is funny when she……. Nothing was written   
She laughs when I wear my monster slippers
My mom’s favorite color is... teal +blue
My mom’s favorite food is... soup
My mom’s favorite game to play is... mystery
My favorite memory of my mom is... mystery
My mom always forgets... Mystery
My favorite thing to do with my mom is... hugging her and kissing her

Dave took these amazing  pictures of us. Ryker is always overly wild or overly sweet nothing in between when it comes to pictures. I will take what I can that is why we took so many pictures in hope to get a half way decent one of both of us.  In the end I just adore all of them.

Ryker and Dave disappeared for a while after about 10 minutes they came downstairs handing me the most adorable card.

Left to right: Me holding flowers with Madcat near me. Ryker and Dave racing to see who hands me the flowers first. But in the end Ryker wins.
Nothing better then his drawings.

In Yw’s I gave a lesson about Women supporting the Priesthood and I talked a little about my amazing Godly mother.

There are so many women in my life who participate in the work of the priesthood. One Godly Daughter of God stands out the most and it’s my Mom.  
She was a convert to the church when she was 18 years old and was the only member in her family for many years. She was and is an  example to her 3 sisters and parents.
She has always made it a point to serve. She serves her neighbors, our friends (when we were growing up), and in what ever calling she gets she serves faithfully.   
When my brother was on a mission my mom took in his friend Skyler who was struggling and let him live, eat, and become a part our family with no complaints and loved him as her own.     
Today she is continually serving the Lord in the temple, and in the singles ward along side with Dad. Mom is helping out in the work of the priesthood by inviting people through her example to come unto to Christ.

It’s May!

The days are finally getting warmer and you have asked for an ice cream cone with sprinkles every day. This is childhood memories.

You have been wanting something in your closet that you can put your books on and reach them with out getting a chair. (We had your books up high in your closet). We found this cube bookshelf at ikea that fits perfectly in your closet. We added 2 bright golden doors to fit along with your iron man room. I have caught you several times looking at books, and organizing your money chests.

Soccer Again

Game 4:
You still aren’t thrilled about playing soccer.  Everyday you’ll ask us “Do I have soccer practice or a game?” When we tell you that you have practice or a game you always reply, “I quit.”
We’ve had lots of conversations about how we don’t quit we keep trying until we finish out the season. At least you are running around with the team even though you are in your own imagination.

Game 5:
Number 2 standing there dreaming of things other than the game.
“Do you know what fits my puzzle? Swimming fits my puzzle!” We are finally getting to the end of soccer and you couldn’t be more thrilled.

Game 6:
It was extremely windy and cold so maybe you couldn’t hear with all of your hat layers because every time the Blue coach called for his team to come in you ended up joining them.
You also made lots of squishy faces as he ran by.
You were hilarious to watch.

Final Game:
Coach Riley was a great coach always making each kid feel wanted no matter the skill level.
He also made sure to high five each kid when they got back on the field from sitting out.
It was a great season, Way to go Black Hawks!

Way to to go Number 2 for sticking it out with soccer. We definetly watched you grow and learn through out your soccer practices and games. You learned a valuable lesson to always try hard things and keep trying until you know for sure you don’t like or love it.  This may be the end of Soccer or you may want to try again. Only time will tell.

Tulips

For the past 3 years the boys run the Tulip 5k and Kids mile run.  In the packets they receive free admission to the Tulip festival at Thanksgiving point. We always take advantage of it and go explore the beautiful flowers.


At the water fountain you had so much fun running up and down the stairs.
Then you took dad up and you two explored for a bit.

Then you spotted a little lady bug.


We went into the light of the world sculpture garden. When we got in to the sacred grove you froze and stood there staring at the Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ statues that were in the air.
You ran to the feet and touched them saying, “They have toes just like me!” 
The spirit was strong and I know that you could feel it. What a great testimony builder to have you see them, touch them, and to know that they have bodies just like you.

“The Earth laughs in flowers.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson


I just fell in love with the floating umbrellas. I told you to go stand in a shade puddle a lady was walking by heard me and said, “That is a cute way to describe a shadow.”

We stopped just before leaving and took a few picture of us with the gorgeous tulips.
You are so good at taking pictures of mommy and daddy and you were especially cute and loving when we taking our pictures.

It was a nice afternoon taking it slow walking around enjoying Gods beautiful gift with the people I love most.