time to say....

Goodbye, to our blog. At least this blog. After almost a year of not posting it just feels like a good time to close this out. My babies are both in school, so busy with life and now Momma just wants to sit back and watch as you two grow up, explore and learn about everything new in our lives. This blog seriously is an awesome journey we went through, it started as mikayla was so little, welcomed Ryan into this world and all the fun in between. I will probably start a fresh blog this new year, at least that's my goal to have a journal of our lives and it seems like a good time for a fresh chapter to begin. It has been an incredible journey.... and i can not wait to see whats next. Xo kiddos!

a day....

While we were up in Pinetop to visit grandma and grandpa we decided to head out in the fall weather and get some pumpkins, so we looked in the local newspaper and found a pumpkin patch about 45 min away and decided to head out. We planned our day around naps in the car, lunch, and getting home in time for dinner and it was all going according to plan until.... we get there and instead of the hours in the paper 10- 3, its 3- 10, ummmm ooops! So i drive around pretty bummed, crying kids, start speeding down the road back home and out my window i see just a beautiful place. We spun around and parked and decided to take a little hike around this awesome river bed/creek place and see what we could find. We ended up spending an hour checking out the trees, running in the grass, playing with sticks and just being. It actually saved our day.... we ended up wasting enough time to get to the pumpkin patch right when they opened and having a blast. a great lesson on going with the flow... enjoying what you have and being in the moment,. a beautiful day with my family.

where is your happy place?

this, is mine. white river on the white moutians, up north just 3 hours from home. This is where i camped, sometime 2 weeks at a time growing up, where my mom and dad got married, and now where i can bring my munchikes. We spent the day playing in the freeezing water, picking flowers, seeing butterflies, and checking out all the cool critters that live around there. Ryan somehow got the idea that he loved to fish, we wernt sure but he was so right! he fished like a champ with his daddy and couldnt get enough. no fish, but lots of smiles. this is a place i will come every july with my family, smell the wet dirt, feel the mud between my toes, dare everyone to get as far in as possible, and hopefully ( when my kids wont jump in alone) camp for as long as we can handle. i love that when im haveing a hot summer day i can close my eyes and feel this place.

have i told you latley

Crazy girl, don’t you know that I love you?

And I wouldn’t dream of goin’ nowhere

Silly woman, come here, let me hold you

Have I told you lately?I love you like crazy, girl

Wouldn’t miss a single day, I’d probably just fade away
Without you, I’d lose my mind

Before you ever came along, I was livin’ life all wrong

Smartest thing I ever did was make you all mine.

Crazy girl, don’t you know that I love you?

And I wouldn’t dream of goin’ nowhere

Silly woman, come here, let me hold you

Have I told you lately?

I Love you like crazy, girl

If you have spent any amount of time with MK lately, you know shes..... well, kinda crazy. Shes emotional, spastic, sweet, salty, all kinds of everything. She is a 0 to 60 kinda girl ( not that most 3year old girls are not.... ) and she is a LOT of work for her momma. Some days, she takes more work then others ( again, just like most kiddos ) and this song always makes me and her smile when we sing to each other. She is my crazy girl.... and i wouldn't dream of goin nowhere with out here. She is her mothers daughter... crazy and all.

Take 2.

Buggie, Your second graduation of preschool was adorable... and even made me cry a little.... who is this beautiful big smart and sassy girl walking with her friends to show off all shes learned off on her own in school. You have been talking about the solar system, weather cycle, counting, spelling, the continents, and all kind of big girl things. More importantly you have learned to be independent, be a better friend, be kind and caring, and have a life that is yours.... you are so awesome. Now we get summer, to swim and play and be just us... until next year.... one more year of preschool and then time must stop.... you are just to big.

two two....

YOU ARE TWO!! Whoo!!! baby boy, the time has gone so fast. When i first met you ryan, my heart melted... and you still have that effect on me today. You are a snuggle bunny. So so awesome at giving lots of love, hugs and kisses and are in general a sweet kid. You like to keep the peace and share, laugh constatnly and have the best tickle giggle i have EVER heard. You are looking for boys these days, You are surrounded by cute girls... i think it will help your game as you grow up.... but.... dad is worried you like it to much so we have sought out some awesome buff little dudes to be men with. You like swords, guns, dogs, food, sweets, lolly pops, swimming, tv, being loud, playing ball, swinging, dancing, BUZZ! really ry, theres nothing you dont like, you love brushing teeth, are a great sleeper... oh veggies, ya that not so much. you are so friendly, funny and cute i have such high hopes for the man you will become. i love getting to know you everyday, and i know when you are a man, you will still be mommas boy. xoxo beefy.

Seriously?!

My BABY is THIS BIG? What the heck.

Can you believe hes almost two? i get that question alot... and looking at this picture... umm ya, look at him hes like a full grown little toddler dude. it feels like five minutes ago we had people comming over to snuggle our newest ferris... oohing and ahhing how tiney and sweet he is and now look at him... holding a sweet new little girlie and talking about her toes and nose and kissing her... umm AWWW!! Little Dude, you are just so stinkin BIG. and guess what, i kinda love it!! i love that we have babies to go snuggle.... and then i get to take my awesome two big kids home!

and you my M, what a sweet big sister you have always been! you love love babies... and no. no more in mommies belly =).