Ryan and Dawson get down!

Well this weekend was very fun filled for Ryan. Jason and Loni FINALLY brought over their nephew, Dawson. They usually only get to see each other on holiday's. And this past Easter was just a riot watching the two of them! Dawson is a very animated little boy. He brings tears to your eyes laughing so hard at him. He is just so stinking funny. And of course Ryan mocks everything Dawson does.

They came over Friday night and the boys played so hard Ryan was asleep within two minutes after they left. Ryan went and laid down in our bed, saying he wanted to watch a movie. We stepped out to lock things up, we walked back in and he was passed out!

So, on Sunday, since the guys were having a guys day at Six Flags, Loni and I decided to take Ryan and Dawson. (Thanks mom for watching Harrison ALL DAY) It was such a hoot. We even got Ryan to ride a big people roller coaster. ( I might just have scarred him for life) And we rode Thunder River 3X in a row! We were there for at least 7 hours. They boys were exhausted! Dawson even fell asleep on the table at Taco Bell!
putting their wrestling moves on Jason. I don't think Ryan has an idea of what he is doing. He is just following whatever Dawson does!










Two very tired little boys!

Bradley's party

Today was Bradley's (Lauren and Jonathon's son) 4th birthday party. Every year we go to each other's parties, and every year I just can't believe how much older they are. It is just so cool to see all the kids from year to year, many of them I don't know (like the little girl in the background) but I see them every year there, and it's just amazing.

I tried really hard to get a good pic of the three of them, but Bradley was the only one who wanted to work with me!

Happy 4th Bradley!

Hopefully we will see you before you guys turn 5!

RYAN...written with his own hand!

Look at this!

I am so excited, it made me blog...AGAIN!

Ryan is capable of many things, but drawing and writing is definitely not one of them. Until these last couple of days. I always knew which "art project" was Ryan's in his school's hallway. It was either the one with no name or scribbles!

He just gets way to excited/bored when I put a marker in his hand. Well on Sunday we went to Chloe's birthday party. And like usual we made a homemade card. I told him to write Chloe on it. I spelled it for him, I did not write it. And he wrote it. This is the first real word he has written. I teared up when he did it, then the realization of giving his masterpiece away broke my heart. But he was just so excited to give it to her, and after all, it was hers.

Well since then, he has been writing letters and numbers like crazy. Sure, they are not all legible, but he is doing it and having fun doing it!

THEN, today after a long wait. I told him to go sit at the table with his marker and "work" and today's project was to write his name 5 times. I totally expected to come back to lots of scribbles like I have in the past. NOPE!!!

This is what I got! I am a very proud mama!!!

...6 months later

Well a lot has changed, but a lot is still the same.

I will post changes later, but for now I want to record our snow fall for today, I measured 9 inches on our front step ( I know the bold is on, but I can't get it off and I don't have time to figure it out). And all on my dad's birthday, Happy birthday pops :)