She is 5!

This little lady turned 5!!! She is such a sweet girl and we are so lucky to have her in our family. She is such a peacemaker and amazing big sister. She knows what Lydia needs before I do and will help her with it. Ryan lights up when she come in the room and she can always get him to giggle!We are so proud of her and the beautiful little girl she is turning into! Now for the celebration! We started the morning off with her favorite happy face pancakes!We decorated the toy room with signs, streamers, and balloons. This is her first walking in:The birthday girl with her birthday crown and ready to eat her pancakeYummy! With the birthday box in the middle ready to be opened!In the first (biggest box) we put one present and I told her it was the best one. It was socks and she just looked at me and said "why is it socks?" It was pretty funny. The second box had a little present (a piggy bank) and all of the cards we made: The card dad made her: She then ran around the house and had to find all of her presents from the clues in the top box. She loved it and loved getting soo many presents. (Most of it is clothes since she grew out of all of her winter clothes. Some of the clothes are from my sister's girls so thank you Kristen!) She did get a little ice cream maker which we have used and loved. Abigale took this picture for me for some reason btu I thought I would document her present :) The birthday girl with her favorite people getting ready to go to church. I love this picture! After church the celebration continued when we went to Grandma and Grandpa Tanners house for dinner and cake. Abigale got so many presents. Look at this big bear Lindsey got for both girls! They love it! Grandma got Abigale a whole set of winter snow clothes. She especially loves this Hello Kitty hat! We call this the Abigale doll from Aunt Laurie because it looks just like her! More wrestling of the big bear! (Good thing we have a big toy room!) Blowing out the candles of the Tinker Bell Cake!Such a pretty cake and one happy birthday girl! Thank you everyone for making the day so special for our special girl! Stay tuned for pics of Lydia's b day and one big party!

Pics of Halloween!

We had a great Halloween and the girls had plenty of chances to dress up!
It started with the ward trunk or treat- our two little fairies! And our little monkey!

We also went to The Treehouse Museum's halloween "Walk in the Woods". They had characters dressed up throughout the museum and then got a gift bag at the end. The girls love that place and we are lucky to have a season pass so we got as often as we can!

The three little pigs helped Abigale build the arch Abigale at her preschool Halloween Party Abigale and her two buddies Ashlie and SerenaHalloween night! Daddy took the kids for the first part and then brought Ryan home and I took them out with some friends for the last 30 minutes or so. Abigale was so excited to get candy. Lydia barely got out of the stroller. I love this picture! After trick-or-treating the kids came home and we had homemade ice cream (which Abigale made with her new ice cream maker) and apples and carmel dip. We got out the air mattress and watched Shrek Halloween. Silly girls. The funny part was that the girls came home and forgot about their candy. I think they each had one or two pieces and the rest of it we gave away and used at their birthday party (pics on that soon). It was a great holiday and we are ready for Thanksgiving!

7 months!

Happy 7 months Ryan! He is still our happy cute guy!This is his serious face that he usually only makes when he is tired, otherwise he is smiling!

His hair goes curly when it is wet but is straight when it dries. One of these days I might try some gel in it to keep it curly. I love it! Putting up with his sisters. They are always trying to put hair things in his hair and dress him up! Poor thing but I better get used to it! We went to some friends house to watch the BYU game and had to dress him accordingly! Ryan is still not a very good sleeper. I keep saying if he slept better, he would be the perfect baby! We have started sleep training (which I hate) but he doesnt know how to put himself back to sleep when he wakes up. We have been doing it for over a week and he still cries at least an hour every night. It is hard but I think he is getting better. He also has had a hard time with naps lately. He will sleep in 20 minute spurts and wake up crying. Hopefully it is just a stage and he will figure it all out! The thing is that even though he is not sleeping great he still is a happy guy! He loves most baby food and has recently discovered cheerios- his new love. I love it too because I can feed him one and take a few bites of my own food while he works on chewing it.

Love him!

We love when Uncle Jeff comes to town!

Uncle Jeff decided to take a weekend break from his long days of being a lawyer in D.C. and head on a fishing trip with my dad in Driggs. He was nice enough to stop by on his way to Driggs and take the kids to Chuck E. Cheese! They were so excited to see him and of course to go to their favorite place. We had so much fun! Thanks again Jeff!

My mom also joined us and took turns holding Ryan. He is a heavy boy! Yummy Chuck E. Cheese pizza! (It actually wasnt as bad as I remembered) This was Abigale's favorite game. Never too early to teach your child how to play slots! Lydia was so brave to go on these rides. A year ago she wouldnt get near them!

Cute kids!

We love Uncle Jeff! Abigale showing off all of her winnings! I told her to get down by her toys and this was her model pose. Kind of gross she is laying on the floor but it was cute!

Classic Lydia pose