RILYN TURN'S 2 . . .

Wednesday, Rilyn turned 2 and even though we already had her party last weekend (post to follow) and daddy was out of town, me & the boys decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies and sing her Happy Birthday again on her actual birthday!!! Hahaaa she loved it and thought she was pretty big stuff!! At her party she got all shy and wouldn't blow out her candles, but this time she blew them out like a pro!! Happy Birthday to our beautiful, bossy 2 (going on 12) year old little girl!!!

Rilyn at 2:
* loves to read books, her own way making up the words as she goes!!
* obsessed with guns and going shooting ... "I wanna hoot" are her famous words!!!
* still loves her 3 b's (bear bear, blankey, & binky) ... only now she calls her binky "mimi"!!
* talking so so much, her favorite things to tell me are "no more" and "I got it"!!
* extremely independant, wants and pretty much does everything herself!!
* the snackin queen ... always asking for a snack!!
* thinks she is the boss of everyone & everything ... literally!!
* loves her legos, baby's, music & dancing, puzzles and anything her brothers have!!!

GREEN BELT'S . . .

Last week the boys had their awards ceremony for Karate and both received their green belts!! They are both doing such an awesome job and learning so much, we are excited to see them moving up the ranks! They cant wait for the next semester to start in September so they can "start learning green belt stuff"!!!

A NEW ADDITION . . .

I am proud to announce that we have a new additon to the family ... a new nephew!!! Lacey & Cody got a puppy and he is the cutest little guy in the whole wide world!! Look at this little cutie patootie, love him love him puppy breath and all!!

A PUMP IT UP PARTY!!

Rhett wanted to have his birthday party at Pump It Up this year and all the kids had so much fun!! We had an hour and a half of jump & play time and then 30 minutes in the party room for cake & presents!!

Here is Uncle Bradley with some of the kiddos coming down the big slide ... hahaaaa ... I don't know who had more fun the kids or Brad!!!

Rhett wanted donuts instead of cake this year so we made a donut cake out of the donuts which turned out super cute!!!

Here is the birthday boy in his King chair!!

Rhett got HOOKED UP in the present department this year and got some super cool stuff!!

Me & Daddy got him a fish tank with a gift card to pick out his own fish, so we stopped at Petco on our way home from his party and he picked out some fish for his new tank!!

Aunt Lacey & Cody got him a new amp and a strap for his guitar so later that night Rhett put on a little concert for us!!

Thank you everyone for making his big day so special and joining us for all the fun!!

THE JOYS OF RAISING BOYS . . .

As I started making dinner the other night I opened my fridge to find this, 2 old dirty gatorade bottles with a bunch of ants crawling around in them!! It didn't take me long to figure out who they belonged to ... Rhett ... who had collected them for his ant farm which he informed me that "daddy said we have to put them in the fwidge so they wont be so fast to put them in my ant fawm"!!! Hahahaaa ... if there is one thing true about raising boys its the fact that you never ever know what you may find and where!!!

A QUOTE TO LIVE BY . . .

"You are not going to be the only voice in your kid's ears so you better be the best voice" - Dr. Phil

AN ISR GRADUATE!!

Rilyn officially finished ISR, passing her final 3 tests with flying colors. One day she had to swim in her pajamas, then the next day summer clothes including flip flops and the last day was jeans, long sleeves, a hooded jacket, socks & shoes. As you can see in these pictures, she did an awesome job and is now an ISR graduate and water safe!! We are very very proud of her!!