My Little Girl is Almost 2..........ahhhhh

Ry will be 2 in less than a week and its crazy to think its
been 2 years already since I had her!!!

Shane was gone last year for Army training as well but we were able to sneak him home for a couple days so he was here for her 1st B-day, so that was nice!! But this year we don't have any tricks up our sleeve to get him home!!! She keeps asking me where her "daddy" is and I tell her that he's working at the Army......She obviously doesn't understand what Army means yet but it suits her and she replies back to me "Daddy, Army"....I just smile and shake my head yes!!! At night she's used to him coming in the door and she'd always get up on the couch and look out the window waiting for her dad to come home and she still climbs up there thinking he is coming home at night!!! Ahhhh it breaks my heart, but what can ya do other than give her a big hug and say "I love you".... So we've been doing lots of fun things, like going swimming, playing outside and of course going to fun parks as seen above....She's growing up fast and with that comes a girly attitude and of course always wanting her way!!!!! Gotta love it!!!

Draper Temple

My mom lives in Draper and there is temple being built up on South Mountain and its almost done!! We decided to drive up and take a look and it has the most beautiful view of the Salt Lake Valley!! My Grandma lives right across the street and she's so lucky to have something so beautiful right out her door!!

And of course Ry thinks she's old enough to drive...oh boy!!!


Rylee sticking her head out of her LIMO....hehehe

Alright my mom was helping her a little bit, but she thought it was pretty fun
to stick her head out of the top of the car!!!

There's No Place Like The Sunsets in Cache Valley

We were driving home one night and just happened to catch all three stages of this beautiful sunset!! I thought it was gorgeous!! God truly has amazing creations!!

KuNg Fu PaNdA

Alright so Shane really wanted to go and see this before he leaves on Thursday and he wanted to take Rylee really bad!! We have never taken her to a movie before because I didnt think she would sit there the whole time!! Well we got her all excited about Pandas and told her that we were going to watch a fun movie on a really big TV and she got excited!!
It turns out I was wrong about her not sitting the whole time because she did really well, she sat in the chair (that almost gobbled her up) :) and she laughed and thought the Panda bear was pretty funny!!! So for Rylee's first movie adventure it went really well!!!


Rylee and her daddy

Just waiting for the movie to start

And of course we couldn't leave home without that darn binky

A Day in the Mountains

Shaner, Me, Brett, Annie, Jason walking along

Rylee crusin around the meadows


Shaner and Rylee on a walk


Brett teaching Rylee how to roast a marshmellow


My Grandma, Amy, Brett, Breanne & Matt


My Grandma and Rylee walking across the bridge


Brett, my mom, Jason, Annie posin on the bridge

The ZOO

We went to the Zoo this past weekend and had a great time!! Ry loved all the animals and especially the train!!
Shane wanted to do something fun with Ry before he leaves in a couple weeks, since he'll miss her birthday :(

We Missed Our Ry Bug

Alright so when we were gone on our trip we got reports that Rylee never whined, cried or acted out or anything, which I was super excited about...Thinking that maybe she wouldn't whine so much at me when we we got home... Well news flash!!! That isn't the case. She whines and cries about the most absurd things and its driving me bonkers. Maybe it's just what they do with their mom's because they know the can or else she is just paying me back for leaving her for 8 days... She was Happy with me in the pics above because we were getting ready to go outside and swing on the swings :)

Shaner and Rylee playing at Willow Park in the sprinklers. Ry loves the water and she had a ball running around in it with her dad!!

Alright so I felt way guilty for having to leave Rylee for 8 days. Since I'd never left her before not even for a night, I just felt bad....So I gave in and got her a new little ride!! As you can tell from her expression she thought it was pretty cool!!!

Me and Ry getting ready to go down the slide and Willow Park. If there is a slide and swings anywhere near by Rylee is in Heaven!!!

This is my beautiful Sister-in-Law JaCee, and her adorable little girl Bailey. Bailey turned 1 on saturday and we celebrated her birthday at the park with family and friends!! It was a fun night and Bay got a lot of fun and cute stuff!!!

Trip back to Washington DC

Shane had a Military History Seminar back in Washington DC with his ROTC group and I was able to go along. I have never been back there so it was fun to be able to see that part of the country. The war sights and memorials were the basis of the trip but we were able to spend time in Washington DC and do all the sightseeing there as well as visiting Gettysburg, Antietam, Petersburg and other sites. My favorite places were Arlington National Cemetary and Gettysburg. We were gone for 8 days and it was the first time I'd left Rylee...After the first day I was fine, she stayed with Liz for 4 days and with my mom for 4 days. She had a ball and probably didn't realize we were even gone!! Thanks Liz and Mom for taking such good care of her!! We had a lot of fun on our trip and we had a lot of fun people that we hung out with and did everything with.