Rylee had a Dr visit

On Tuesday I took Rylee to the Dr for her two year old well child check up. She was a little nervous but once she realized the Dr was not going to hurt her she did really well. She weighed in at 25lbs 12oz which put her in the 40th percentile and her height was 35 1/2 which set her at the 90th percentile. I have really tall kids! She wasn't due to get any shots today so we all left happy.

Here she is at the Dr's with her sucker and sticker, what a happy girl!

Last night I brushed Rylee's teeth, gave her a Binky and then put her in her bed. I then went to brush Avynlea's teeth and after we were done we came back to her room to find this cute little monkey..
Oh so cool!

St. Patricks Day

So yesterday was St. Patricks Day and the kids and I decided that this year we wanted to catch a Leprechaun and demand him to turn over his gold to us. We then set about to build a trap the day before. We made it look like a Leprechaun hat and then put "gold" on top of the trap "hole". We then wondered how we would be able to get it to climb onto the trap so that he would fall in, hmmm quite the problem! Finally we remembered that Leprechauns like to break rules so Kenedy made little signs to attach saying, "don't climb on the top", "don't take the gold" and my favorite "don't leave treats or surprises". So our trap was set and we all went to bed with visions of little men in our heads!
You should have seen the excitement when we woke up the next morning! Ryker was out of bed and dressed ready to go down in what seemed like seconds. I made them all stay upstairs until everyone was ready for school and the day, poor Ryker had to wait a long time for all of us girls to get ready. They kept standing at the top of the stairs looking down trying to see something Leprechaunish. They all decided that the dark shapes they saw on the downstairs carpet had to be footprints.
Finally we were all ready to go and I went down first so I could get reaction pictures.

We were all so surprised to find lots of mischievous things happened while we were sleeping!

Lots of the furniture had been turned scaddywompus and what we all thought were footprints turned out to be chocolate gold coins that silly Leprechaun dropped on his way out!

The kids hurried to check the trap to see if we caught a Leprechaun, what we found was Ryker's spiderman action figure and a note that said.. "Nice try but I am too sneaky for the likes of you! Ha ha ha! Better luck next time! From Lucky the Leprechaun" The kids thought that was so funny!

Look what that crazy Leprechaun did to our toilet!

The kids had a lot of fun this day and all agree that next year we will try again to catch that Leprechaun!

Happy 2nd birthday Rylee!

Rylee turned two yesterday and what a day we had.

She got to open one present in the morning which was clothes from Grandma Alison.
What an adorable girl in her adorable new outfit!
After we took the kids to school Avynlea and I took Rylee to Target so she could pick out a birthday present and so we could also get party supplies. Not surprisingly Rylee found a baby doll that she would not leave alone. It is a cute doll that talks and moves and Rylee just sat in the cart and held it laughing and talking to it.

After shopping we stopped and got popcorn for a little treat.

See the baby? I was going to let her pick it out and then secretly buy it and hide it for her to open later but she would have none of that. This doll stuck by her side the entire day. She even took it to bed with her!

After her nap I let her put the sprinkles on her cupcakes. She loved that and really loved eating the frosting. She picked the purple frosting!

Rylee was doing weird things with her face. Notice the Disney "Special" plate? The kids get to use that on their birthdays and other special occasions. So since it was Rylees birthday she got to use it for dinner.

Me and my birthday girl. I sure do love this girl!

Present time! She knew just what to do with opening her presents.

Rylee's new stroller and baby.

Opening a present from Grandma Lutes!

She was very excited to open a gift from Grandma Lutes and find a cute ball.

Love it!

Rylee and her birthday gifts! See she finally got her quilt!

Kefford hadn't seen her do this lopsided smile before and he really got a kick out of it.

Blowing out her candles. Make a wish!

Yummy cupcake!

Celebration!

Rylee and her Daddy!

Rylee seemed to really enjoy her birthday and loved being the center of attention. We really love this girl and are so glad she is in our family!

Dress-up

My sister Emily has taken to giving Avynlea the clothes that don't fit her daughter Isabelle any more. Avynlea loves getting these fun clothes and has a closet stuffed with clothes because she also has older sister hand-me-downs. One of the items was this pretty dress that was made for Isabelle to wear in a wedding. Avynlea got a lot of wear out of it usually with her brothers old cowboy boots or her black boots. She always looked adorable and I am sad that I never got around to taking a picture with her in it. A couple months ago she pulled it from her closet wanting to wear it only to find after putting it on that it was too short. So it got handed down to Rylee. Rylee looked adorable and I remembered to pull out the camera and take her picture.

Isn't she so cute!

Once her picture was taken the rest of the kids wanted their turn in the spotlightHere is Avynlea in her Sunday Dress.

This was another dress from Isabelle and has since made it into Rylees possession as well.
Kenedy wearing her Baptism dress. This was made for her by Emily and has gotten a lot of wear this past year. We thought it needed a splash of color on this particular day so we added a flower to the sash.
Isn't Ryker so adorable? I love his little sports coat he wears!

When Kefford leaves...

This weekend Kefford was gone on a little trip to Chicago with his cousin so they could pick up his cousins car and drive it to Idaho. While he was gone I had to find some way to keep the kids occupied and happy so on Saturday we took a trip to the discovery center. The kids loved wandering around and experimenting with the displays, I loved watching them. They were really having fun when they got to play in the "veterinary clinic". This was one of the favorites!

Dr. Ryker with his patient.
Dr. Avynlea assembling a breathing mask.

Dr. Rylee with her cute lopsided smile is carrying around the food bowls.

Dr. Kenedy is helping my pet turtle to get better.

After they had their fill of taking care of animals we moved on.

Ryker thought this "how bones move" demonstration was cool. Unfortunately his legs were not quite long enough to get the full effect.

Tough girl Rylee laying on a bed of nails! Tough girl Avynlea taking her turn. I had her make the nervous face for the picture.
The kids then got to go shopping in the little interactive store. This was also a lot of fun and I was really impressed with the concentration they used and how they were willing to clean up and "re-stock" the shelves. They even re-stocked baskets full of items that were left by other kids.

Kenedy checking out her items.

Avynlea with TWO shopping carts. She must be shopping for the month.

Ryker re-stocking the shelves.

Rylee doing her shopping.

We had a really fun time and the kids all told me thank you and how much fun they had. That evening my friend Mary Howell and I took our kids over to Carl's Jr. to eat and play. We ended up staying 2 hours cause the kids were having so much fun. It was also nice to sit and have a friend to talk to.

This was a fun day for us all!

messy girl strikes again!

On Saturday Kenedy pulled out her easy bake oven and, along with her friend Maggie, proceeded to make a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. She kept getting frustrated with Rylee because, of course, Rylee wanted to be in on the action. So despite Kenedys protests Rylee sat on the table and watched her work. Once Kenedy was about finished Rylee took it upon herself to try the treats and then try to eat the flour Kenedy left out. This is Rylees face after she was done!

I love this one sided smile she is starting to sport!
Giving Avynlea kisses was fun!

We told her to do her "mad face". Loving it!

Now come on, how can you not love this little face!
Adorable!!

Ryker news

On Thursday I went to Wal-Mart to get some groceries and I picked up a couple pair of jeans for Ryker. He needed new ones because he has holes in his others. While there I also looked for a new belt because the one he has been using is really getting too small. I found this cool belt and was excited that it was only $6. I guess Wal-mart is good for some things:) Ryker was really excited to get his new Jeans and loves the belt. He put on his new items immediately and kept talking about how he wanted to wear his belt to school to show his friends. This morning Ryker got up early, like 6:45 early, and came in my room completely dressed. Now that is excitement!

He also had his fourth tooth pulled out by Kefford on Wed. so now he has a big hole in his mouth because the bottom teeth are only halfway in and the top ones are gone!

In other Ryker news, Kefford bought him these new shoes and decided it was time to teach him how to tie his own shoes. Kefford sat down with him on Saturday, showed him twice how to tie and Ryker has been doing it by himself ever since! Now that is fast!

These shoes were tied by Ryker all by himself!
I tried taking a picture of Rylee and Avynlea decided to jump in on it!
For Young Women's we took the Beehives over to Penny Keys house so she could teach them about photography. While we were there I let one of the girls, Courtney, use my camera and these are the pictures she took!
If you couldn't tell I am wearing my Top Model shirt because Wed night was the premier of Top Model cycle 12! It was appropriate that I wore it on the night we were learning about photography and taking pictures of each other. I swear I did not plan that on purpose, I did not remember what we were doing for Mutual until I got there and I didn't even know it was the premier night until Ashleigh texted me, so then I had to hurry and change into top model appropriate attire!
I thought this picture that Courtney took was pretty cool!