My Sweet God-Daughter!

Our God-Daughter Aaliyah is 6 1/2 months old!
Check out her look as she is just about to crawl....any day now!

I love her so much. She is a HUGE and SPECIAL
part of our lives!

Jalen's Prom

Junior Prom for Miss Jalen

Jalen had her prom last weekend. She looked absolutely amazing! Thank you Auntie Stacy! Jalen and her date Chris met up the a group of friends and went to Claim Jumper for dinner. She said that they had a great time! The prom was held at the Oregon Zoo.

I can't believe how fast this year is going by. I only have 1 month of work left before 1 have 2 months off for summer!

Enjoy the prom pictures of Jalen!



Next up:

Matthew's graduation
Jeff and Francesca's Wedding
Advocare Success School in Dallas!

New Softball Pictures from my Sweet Twin Girlies!

1 word and only 1 word....

"WOW!"

PLAY BALL!!

Jalen & Courtney = Softball Super Stars!

We have really enjoyed going to the girls' softball games lately. The weather has been unpredictable..(hey, we live in Oregon), but we have managed to have some pretty nice days to play some softball. Jalen & Courtney's grandparents shared some wonderful pictures with us that they took at the last couple of games. "Thanks Donna, Dave and Bob!"

These pictures really capture how AWESOME our girls are.
We are so proud of them!

Courtney at bat...ready to knock one out of the park!

Courtney sliding into 2nd (Look at that form!)

Courtney pitching (I love this picture!!)


Now please allow me to brag about Jalen....

Jalen catching the ball from Courtney

Jalen sliding into 3rd (Time to get dirty!)

And SHE'S SAFE!!!

Easter 2010

Happy Easter 2010

Bill and I on Easter Sunday

We had a great day on Sunday. We went over to my in-laws house for brunch with the family. She made wonderful salmon, ham, salad, and I made funeral potatoes. It was fun hanging out with the family...I realized this year how strange it was that we don't have Easter eggs hunts anymore like we used to do with the kids when they were little. Time marches on.

After brunch, we hung out at home for a little bit and then headed out to church. The service was AWESOME!

Here are some pictures from our day!

God could not be everywhere, so he created Mothers

Happy Birthday to our Moms

My Mom's Birthday was yesterday (April 1st)
Bill's Mom's Birthday is tomorrow (April 3rd)

These two mothers have help mold Bill and I into the people that we are today. We want to let them know that they are loved and appreciated.

Thank you for loving us and supporting us!

Happy Birthday Mamas!

Happy Birthday Kaela

Happy Birthday Kae-Bella

We love you very much! 15 is going to be great! Keep up the good work, keep smiling and thanks for making us laugh. You are such a blessing to us and our family! Happy Birthday Sweetie!

Day 4 of the Ryan Spring Break

DAY 4

BOWLING AT BIG AL'S

Day 4 was AWESOME!

First stop...TACO BELL...That made the teenagers happy!
(Well, except for Matthew who must have been sucking on a sour patch kid)

Then it was off to bowling! Big Al's is a great place in Vancouver, WA. They have 2 bowling alleys and a fun arcade. We rented a couple of lanes on "Slider Alley" which is gorgeous! Nice couches, huge screens, soft lighting, fun music...
honestly it felt kinda ritzy! :o)

All good things must come to an end. This week has been so much fun...but I'm afraid that we are totally pooped!
Oh yeah, and broke :o)
We are going to take the next few days to relax, get rooms cleaned,
and get ready for a new week.

The good news is that there are only 56 days of school left until summer break!

Day 3 of the Ryan Spring Break

DAY 3

Seaside, Oregon

For day 3 of our extravaganza, we packed up the troops for a day at the beach. We went to Seaside which is a little over an hour away from our house. We brought along our huge OSU kite! It was a perfect day to fly the kite, but it was probably a little too windy. The water was freezing....typical for the Oregon Coast, but I still managed to put my toes in the water.

Bill and Jalen getting kite airborne

Hanging out on the windy beach

Seaside has a great arcade in the middle of the town. We played there for more than an hour and had a great time! They had the "Deal or No Deal" game and we spent most of our moolah on that game! Allie won the top prize of 200 tickets TWICE! Jalen won 200 tickets and so did Larissa!

After the arcade, we HAD to stop and get some salt water taffy. The seaside candy man is always out on the corner of the street singing "The Candy Man Can" and handing out taffy. Everyone can spin the wheel for a chance to win free prizes.
We didn't win. :o)

We walked around a little bit and stopped to get an elephant ear! They have the BEST elephant ears on the planet. My favorite is the one with bavarian cream and chocolate! Totally sinful and totally worth it!

It was a great day!! Now we are off to have fun with day 4!

Day 2 of the Ryan Spring Break

DAY 2

Day 2 of our Spring Break started off with some pancakes and a scary movie. I must say that it was a pretty unusual way to start a day, but it was really fun.

I just LOVE this picture of the girls!

They were so cute and scared...so adorable!

After the scary movie, we went out the batting cages to hit a few balls. It was a really fun activity for everyone, and the girls got some hitting practice too!

We ended the day with a trip to Coldstone for Ice Cream then home for Taco Salad and a movie. It was another wonderful day with the family.

I'm off to get some sleep because tomorrow is going to be blast!

Day 1 of the Ryan Spring Break!

Spring Break 2010

As I was planning Spring Break this year, we debated a couple of different options. Bill and I both have the week off, so we could have gone out of town to the beach for a couple of days with the kids with a couple of hotel rooms, OR we could have a staycation. We all voted for the stay-cation! I have 5 fun-filled days planned with our family. Not all the kids can go to each activity (because of work schedules), but we are so excited for our family time together! This is going to be a super fun, crazy, hectic, funny, exhausting, memorable and special week!

DAY 1

We all went to go see Alice in Wonderland in 3D. It was a great movie.
Johnny Depp is such an amazing actor!

Hmmm....I wonder what Day 2 of the

Ryan Spring Break will bring?
Stay Tuned!

March Birthdays 2010

March Madness!

Happy Birthday Matthew, Kaela & Allie

Sunday was spent celebrating 3 of our 6 teenager's birthday. We had brunch with family and friends at our house.

Oh, and we discovered our new favorite cake! It's an ice cream cake from Coldstone! It has red velvet cake and cake batter ice cream.
It was so amazing that I actually had a dream about it last night!!

Bill and Taylor...Silly boys!

A table full of teenagers....Ooooo Scary!