Enough said. We're about through the first trimester. I have been a big slacker on the blogging, but I have plenty of posts/pictures waiting to be shared (mostly just recorded).
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Dun Da Dun
Enough said. We're about through the first trimester. I have been a big slacker on the blogging, but I have plenty of posts/pictures waiting to be shared (mostly just recorded).
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
We wanted to organize Alli's room more so we bought this shelf thing and crates at Ikea and while we were putting it in her room we came out to see the silly girl in the box. Then she wanted to be up with her stuffed animals "hiding."
She loved helping make and decorate Ryan's cake, and while it's pretty simple, it turned out decent.
Alli has a thing for sitting in small containers, one of our friends needed to borrow it for a class so we had it out and Alli thought it was the perfect seat. Alli still loves singing and dancing around. We'd been doing some work outside so she'd been wearing her "gardening hat" and I caught her just singing around the living room. At first she had no idea I was taping her.
* Annie I'll take a trip to the beach with you anytime you're wanting to, any excuse to go to the beach!!!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Cali Videos
I couldn't get these to upload, but I loved them so I wanted to put them up. Alli's on the beach-she LOVED it, and so did I!
In a pool, Ryan becomes a super acrobat, it's pretty entertaining. I do worry sometimes that he will break his neck, but he hasn't so far :)
In a pool, Ryan becomes a super acrobat, it's pretty entertaining. I do worry sometimes that he will break his neck, but he hasn't so far :)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
California-Part 2
I know this is long, but this is the only place I write things so maybe just skip to the pictures? Sunday we were able to go to 2 of the wards Ryan was in. He was only in 4 and It ended up we caught part of 2 Sacrament meetings which were his 2 favorite wards so he was able to see a lot of people he knew. It was fun meeting them because I've seen pictures are heard stories about them. After church we went over to a family's house and ate lunch with them. They had a gorgeous home and yard with a pool in the backyard with a water slide. Even though it was 70 degrees we didn't suit up, but Alli wanted to so badly so she played in the shallow area they had. She loved it and they were so fun to meet! Sadly I realized we didn't get pictures, but maybe next time we go visit we will. We stopped by and visited a family he taught and baptized and then headed down to San Clemente to visit one of his mission comps who lives there. We had a little bbq and then went down to the beach right by his house and went for a walk. It would be so fun to live that close to the beach! We were going to drive part of the way back Sunday and finish Monday, but we were wanting a little more of a break so we stayed Sunday night so we could play Monday.
Monday we went to the pool at our hotel.
Then we drove and took a ferry out to Balboa Park to eat lunch on the pier with one of the guys Ryan looked up to on his mission the very most. We played on the beach, Alli played on a fun play place there, and we walked around the area-went on the carousel, saw a bunch of seals-one jumping up onto a boat- and got a frozen banana :) It was such a fun day! Then we started the awesome drive back. We stopped outside Las Vegas to eat and shopped at some outlets (Alli and I ended up with two pairs of Nikes each!). Then we drove to Mesquite where we decided we were too tired to keep driving so we stopped and got a cheap room to sleep for a couple hours and then finished the drive Tuesday morning. It was such a busy, whirlwind trip, but we still had a lot of fun! Can't wait to go back for a more relaxed trip!
Monday we went to the pool at our hotel.
Then we drove and took a ferry out to Balboa Park to eat lunch on the pier with one of the guys Ryan looked up to on his mission the very most. We played on the beach, Alli played on a fun play place there, and we walked around the area-went on the carousel, saw a bunch of seals-one jumping up onto a boat- and got a frozen banana :) It was such a fun day! Then we started the awesome drive back. We stopped outside Las Vegas to eat and shopped at some outlets (Alli and I ended up with two pairs of Nikes each!). Then we drove to Mesquite where we decided we were too tired to keep driving so we stopped and got a cheap room to sleep for a couple hours and then finished the drive Tuesday morning. It was such a busy, whirlwind trip, but we still had a lot of fun! Can't wait to go back for a more relaxed trip!
California-Part 1
This was a random donkey we saw right as we were heading down. How random is that, just a van with a donkey in it???
Ryan served his mission in California and there was another expo we wanted to go to for work so the day after Alli's birthday we headed down that way. We stayed in Vegas with some family (one of my mom's cousins) Thursday night. It was fun visiting them and catching up, it's been a while since I've seen them. They have an English Bulldog (Ryan's favorite dog breed) and Alli loved playing with it! We all went down to have dinner on the strip. Sometime I want to go back down, there is so much to do down there, so many cool displays in the hotels, and amazing shopping! After we ate we drove down one street where they do movie/shows on the "ceiling".
We headed out early the next morning so we could be in Anaheim by 9:30 to get set for the expo so we went and got registered and after seeing how many vendors were there we decided that I would also go talk to people as well (awesome, I know-I was excited about all the fun stuff to take Alli and do, but it ended up being worth it). We met up with one of the suppliers for lunch at the Cheesecake Factory in downtown Anaheim and then Ryan went on a tour of the plant while Alli and I hung out at a cool little strip mall by the restaurant. It had a bunch of little waterfalls and some fun shops so we were plenty entertained!
We were walking up to the convention center and Ryan was pretty impressed with the line up of cars-this was pretty typical of the whole weekend, there were soo many incredible nice cars everywhere it seemed!
Friday night we were all exhausted after walking around and looking at the booths so we went to our hotel in Irvine (a total score, we got it online for 50.00 for hotel that is 2-300.00 per night!). Got some dinner at a Japanese place closeby and crashed at our hotel.
Saturday morning right after we started "working" Ryan called me to tell me that he'd just seen my "favorite" actor-Jim Carrey (he's probably one of my least faves actually) with his bodyguards walking through the expo. Kind of cool.
Saturday afternoon we had to take a break. We had learned our lesson with Alli on Friday-her naps need a little more priority! She did really well walking around the expo, but everyone has their limits and she reached hers (I think we all reached ours!). So we headed to the beach Saturday afternoon so she could nap when we came back and walked through the expo-it worked out much better. So we headed to Corona Del Mar-beautiful!!! When I "grow up" I want a house on that beach!
We drove past the Newport Beach temple on our way back to the convention center. They were building it while Ryan was on his mission, but he came home before it was completed so he hadn't seen it. It is a unique, but beautiful temple!
Then we went back to work to finish it all up. Ryan and I would each take a section, it was actually pretty fun-even more fun when I was working without a little helper :). My favorite little helper decided she was done after a couple more hours and she played in a VW bus converted to a play area for kids. After a bit I wanted to talk to 1-2 more companies so I took her from that, she wasn't super happy, but when the lady offered her a sample of chocolate milk she was okay. Well about half way through her sample she got bumped or something and spilled the rest all down my white capris-awesome! So we went and got the keys from Ryan and waited til he was done with his section and finishing my section since I now looked soo professional in chocolate milk splotched capris-she did a fabulous job covering me! I had another pair of pants in the car so I could change which was good because we met up with a family from Ryan's mission at Red Robin for dinner. Then we drove through some of his areas to see if people still lived in their same houses and meet people. It was so fun meeting the people he worked with and knew. He was such an excellent missionary and I'd known that all along, but hearing him talk to people and hearing what they had to say about him was really neat. Apparently he's become sort of a legend in the mission because of how he worked. I'm certainly glad it was not the other way around-I think I would have been slightly disappointed to only hear stories of how he just played the whole time etc etc. Anyway-a little tangent there, but it was cool to see him in his "element" even though it's been almost 6 years since he's been back.
Ryan served his mission in California and there was another expo we wanted to go to for work so the day after Alli's birthday we headed down that way. We stayed in Vegas with some family (one of my mom's cousins) Thursday night. It was fun visiting them and catching up, it's been a while since I've seen them. They have an English Bulldog (Ryan's favorite dog breed) and Alli loved playing with it! We all went down to have dinner on the strip. Sometime I want to go back down, there is so much to do down there, so many cool displays in the hotels, and amazing shopping! After we ate we drove down one street where they do movie/shows on the "ceiling".
We headed out early the next morning so we could be in Anaheim by 9:30 to get set for the expo so we went and got registered and after seeing how many vendors were there we decided that I would also go talk to people as well (awesome, I know-I was excited about all the fun stuff to take Alli and do, but it ended up being worth it). We met up with one of the suppliers for lunch at the Cheesecake Factory in downtown Anaheim and then Ryan went on a tour of the plant while Alli and I hung out at a cool little strip mall by the restaurant. It had a bunch of little waterfalls and some fun shops so we were plenty entertained! 
We were walking up to the convention center and Ryan was pretty impressed with the line up of cars-this was pretty typical of the whole weekend, there were soo many incredible nice cars everywhere it seemed!
Friday night we were all exhausted after walking around and looking at the booths so we went to our hotel in Irvine (a total score, we got it online for 50.00 for hotel that is 2-300.00 per night!). Got some dinner at a Japanese place closeby and crashed at our hotel.
Saturday morning right after we started "working" Ryan called me to tell me that he'd just seen my "favorite" actor-Jim Carrey (he's probably one of my least faves actually) with his bodyguards walking through the expo. Kind of cool.
Saturday afternoon we had to take a break. We had learned our lesson with Alli on Friday-her naps need a little more priority! She did really well walking around the expo, but everyone has their limits and she reached hers (I think we all reached ours!). So we headed to the beach Saturday afternoon so she could nap when we came back and walked through the expo-it worked out much better. So we headed to Corona Del Mar-beautiful!!! When I "grow up" I want a house on that beach!
We drove past the Newport Beach temple on our way back to the convention center. They were building it while Ryan was on his mission, but he came home before it was completed so he hadn't seen it. It is a unique, but beautiful temple!
Then we went back to work to finish it all up. Ryan and I would each take a section, it was actually pretty fun-even more fun when I was working without a little helper :). My favorite little helper decided she was done after a couple more hours and she played in a VW bus converted to a play area for kids. After a bit I wanted to talk to 1-2 more companies so I took her from that, she wasn't super happy, but when the lady offered her a sample of chocolate milk she was okay. Well about half way through her sample she got bumped or something and spilled the rest all down my white capris-awesome! So we went and got the keys from Ryan and waited til he was done with his section and finishing my section since I now looked soo professional in chocolate milk splotched capris-she did a fabulous job covering me! I had another pair of pants in the car so I could change which was good because we met up with a family from Ryan's mission at Red Robin for dinner. Then we drove through some of his areas to see if people still lived in their same houses and meet people. It was so fun meeting the people he worked with and knew. He was such an excellent missionary and I'd known that all along, but hearing him talk to people and hearing what they had to say about him was really neat. Apparently he's become sort of a legend in the mission because of how he worked. I'm certainly glad it was not the other way around-I think I would have been slightly disappointed to only hear stories of how he just played the whole time etc etc. Anyway-a little tangent there, but it was cool to see him in his "element" even though it's been almost 6 years since he's been back.
More Pics From Ohio
We got a new camera before we went to California and I was just going to put up pictures from that trip when I saw these so I wanted to put them up as well. We had a lot of fun visiting and playing! Here are the pics before our camera broke:
* We are all looking a little rough on the plane, but the nice part was there were extra seats on the flight so Alli had her own seat on the way out.
* We are all looking a little rough on the plane, but the nice part was there were extra seats on the flight so Alli had her own seat on the way out.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Disclaimer
Just wanted to note two things:
1-I'm glad I have a friend who will call me out on my "cheesiness", but yes in fact it should show how much I love my man, he's the best! Sorry for the cheese factor of that last post, but although most posts are too verbose, hopefully not many are that cheesy!
2-Alli's birthday cake, but NOT made by me. Between our two trips with two days home in between I knew that making the time to make her a cute cake was not happening. (And let's face it no matter how much time I would have had, I HIGHLY doubt that I could have made a cake as cute as she got!) Luckily a friend's mom was more than willing to make her a cake. We gave her a couple simple princess castle cake pics and she whipped out a masterpiece! She is absolutely amazing, some of her other cakes on different themes are even more incredible, I am completely in awe of her talent AND her willingness to share it just for fun!
1-I'm glad I have a friend who will call me out on my "cheesiness", but yes in fact it should show how much I love my man, he's the best! Sorry for the cheese factor of that last post, but although most posts are too verbose, hopefully not many are that cheesy!
2-Alli's birthday cake, but NOT made by me. Between our two trips with two days home in between I knew that making the time to make her a cute cake was not happening. (And let's face it no matter how much time I would have had, I HIGHLY doubt that I could have made a cake as cute as she got!) Luckily a friend's mom was more than willing to make her a cake. We gave her a couple simple princess castle cake pics and she whipped out a masterpiece! She is absolutely amazing, some of her other cakes on different themes are even more incredible, I am completely in awe of her talent AND her willingness to share it just for fun!
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