My New Plants!!

As part of trying to make my new house my new home, and with the help of my bishop who is an owner of a nursery, I got new plants in my front yard!! I worked so hard almost all by myself. Thanks to Troy and Andy for their hard work!!

Here are the plants that are outside right by my front door. We left a big open space in the middle for a fountain that will be coming soon so stay tuned!


Here are the plants that are outside my 2 window wells...

Here are close ups of the plants. If you want to see them bigger, just click on them!

Ryan's 1st T-Ball Game!

I wanted to post some videos of Ryan playing in his first game! Ryan did pretty well but towards the end of the game, he had enough. I apologize in advance for the poor quality of the videos. Also, it was really windy so you get to hear that too.

Here is Ryan before his first game!


Here is Ryan going after the ball after someone hit it...



Here is Ryan up to bat...



Ryan was getting the ball and running after it...



This one made me laugh. He didn't want to share ball and someone else got it.



This was only his first game and hopefully he will get better!!

My Kindergarten Graduate!!

(Nice face Ryan)

I can't believe that Ryan has finished his first year of school!! He has grown so much and has improved beyond measure!! Here is a cute video of his graduation ceremony. His teacher, Mrs. Smith, wrote some memorable things about Ryan. (I messed up the beginning of her speech about Ryan. She first said, "Get his autograph now, because you're looking at the next Bill Gates.")




EDIT:: I can't believe that I totally forgot to add this wonderful picture of Ryan and his outstanding teacher, Mrs. Smith...

(Again Ryan? What's with the faces??)

I can't believe that it's time for summer. I'm kind of worried about how I'm going to deal with him being home all day. I just got adjusted with Ryan being gone all day from 9 to 4! Since we've moved into our new home though, Ryan and Ben have found some fun, new friends next door and across the street. Yesterday, those kids played ALL DAY long!! I couldn't believe it. They had a blast in our great weather and they got some farmer's tans to prove it.

I did sign Ryan up this summer for his first sport, T-Ball, next week! His first game is coming up so more pictures and videos soon!! HAPPY SUMMER!!

Ben's End of Year Program!

After we moved, I placed Benjamin in another preschool! I looooove it!! I love his teacher and the kids look so cute. At the end of the year program, Ben was assigned to be the spider for Little Miss Muffit. Here is a short clip we took of him. Thanks Sara for making Ben's shirt!! He loves it!!



In the next 2 videos, Ben is just singing the other songs he'd learned. One of them I got scared because I thought he was pulling his pants down!! That would have been interesting!!

Yay for Daddy!!

Growing up, my dad would tell us kids a story. This was his original story that he made up. It's called Johnny Airplane.

My mom made dad sit down and put it write it all out. Dad got a wonderful illustrator and with her help, they published it! We kids had no idea that he did this until last month. He surprised us as a late Christmas present. Here is what it looks like.

I think this book would be a great addition to anyone's family with small children. I am biased though... because a great man wrote it.

Easter 2011

I think this year, Easter came at a bad time. I had to plan an Easter egg hunt plus 2 birthdays all in 1 week. It was pretty tough.

On Easter morning, Troy took pictures of the boys. I love them.

New Posts Coming!

Yes... Yes. I know! I haven't blogged in a very long time and there is so much to share!! From moving in to birthdays to Mother's Day, I have a lot of blogging to do!

I'm working on it! The reason why I'm posting about me posting is because I was on Blogger helping my dad start a new blog! Welcome Dad to the blogging world!!

Details to follow!

Finally moved in!!

It's official! We are home owners again!! Wahoo!!!

Troy and I signed our lives away on March 25, 2011! The closing only took 45 minutes and after we were done, we moved all our of stuff out of storage into the house! We are so happy and excited!

As soon as I get things around here settled, I was going to have a housewarming party for anyone who would like to come see my new digs! More information to follow....

Also, here is a picture of my new bedroom set!!!

House almost Complete

Here is a video of a quick walk through of our home!