Rylan is officially 6

That's right, my little boy is 6. We went to Blast Off and Texas Roadhouse the night before his birthday. We had never been to Blast Off before and they loved it! Brandon and I were exhausted from watchin them!

He finally got to open presents on the morning of his birthday before school! What a good way to start the day.

Finding Joy in our Journey

I really took the prophets message to heart about finding Joy now. It is the everyday trials, mishaps, lessons, tears, laughter, and exaustion that makes up our lives. Despite my silly complaints, I love my life and the people in it. I will choose to be happy everyday, laugh to spite my weaknesses and love with all my heart. Here are a few funny pictures of some days that Alliya got into something she shouldn't or made a fabulous mess. I now laugh at, and love, every one of these moments!

Pumpkin Patch

Rylan had a class trip to a pumpkin patch. Alliya and I tagged along with them.

They got to scout out the perfect pumpkin. Rylan really thought he was looking for the GREAT PUMPKIN because he could not decide on one. After about 20 minutes of intense searching, he found his. Whew!
Alliya got to pick one out too. Her criteria.....a little baby one!
Rylan got to help hold the poster on how pumkins grow! This was exciting because their class had been learning all week about pumpkins! Aww, the things we learned in Kindergarten.

Halloween came early...

We got to have our fun neighbors Kennedy and Carter come play one night. I was pulling out the halloween decorations and ran across costumes. This kept them busy forever. Who says Halloween has to be only one day?

Good big brother

The nice addition to Rylan's head was achieved through very graceful moves.......he fell flat on his face on the sidewalk! He managed to do this on his way to the bus stop. Thanks goodness the Madsens live right by the bus stop and Buffy made it all better with a car Bandaid! All Alliya kept saying was "What happened to my brother's brain" She just loves her big brother!

We had movie night and Speed Racer was so good that Alliya fell right to sleep on her bestest big brother! AWWWWW

We love the unexpected!

Brandon decided that we needed to go see his Grandpa and Grandma Parke in Carey, ID. So we took them lunch and visited with them for the afternoon! We just love goin to see them. They always spoil the kids with treats! On the way home, we decided to stop at Craters of the Moon! I had never been there before! We really weren't prepared for the stop. We were all wearing flip-flops except Brandon. Meanwhile, Alliya fell asleep and wasn't so excited about wakin up!
We went into a cave called the Indian Tunnel. It was kinda scary for me but everyone else was fearless.
Brandon decided I needed to be in one of the pictures. Here it is.
The pictures don't really show how big this cave was until ya see Brandon on top of a bunch of rocks! This was a perfect day full of fun, laughter and great memories!

Campout!

Brandon set up the tent in the play room so the kids could go campin!!!! Well, its as close to campin as we got this year. They thought this was just as cool. We decided to catch them on their best behavior.....asleep!