Fathers day Fishing

We decided to go fishing the day before fathers day to help Riley and my dad celebrate. We had better luck catching a sunburn than fish. Riley and dad both got burned pretty bad while sitting on the boat. We eventually did catch a couple little fish . We had a fun day anyway.

Rhylan and Luke

This little boy is Luke Allen, Ty and Rachel's baby boy. We of course already have their lives planned out. He is 1 month older than Rhylan and will be perfect age for her later on down the road. Of course he doesn't really know what a cool girl she is yet but it will come. In fact I think he finds her a little too clingy. You can see she is already trying to hold his hand.

New Favorite Thing

Rhylan discovered her new favorite thing. The riding lawnmower. Grandpa was mowing the lawn the other day and Rhylan started waving her arms and smiling at him. We decided to let her try riding it and wow she was so happy. We let her ride it again last night and she had just the same enthusiasm!

Swimming....almost

Rhylan got this swimming pool for her birthday and it was finally warm enough to go outside and swim yesterday. She was kind of afraid to try it out but she got in anyway. I filled it with all of her bath toys... she kept saying "ba" meaning bathtime!

What a good "DA"

Rhylan loves spending time with her "da" as she calls him. He has become such a good father. He takes her for piggy back rides, reads her stories, plays with baby dolls and blocks, gets her ready for bedtime, feeds her breakfast before he goes to work, changes diapers, and entertains our little girl. He is so loving and gentile. Rhylan and I can't wait to celebrate fathers day!!!

Music Lessons gone bad

Well Rhylan has decided to take some music lessons from Carly and Zak. They enjoy playing songs together with the piano and electric drum set but this time they had a third member of the band... she is not an easy student.

SNOW!!!!!

This is not a joke! There was a freak storm here over Memorial Day weekend. There was over a foot of snow on the ground. Just a couple of days before this we were about ready to get out the kiddy swimming pool but we spoke too soon. Its warming back up now.

We just moved from Provo in April after Riley graduated BYU. We are living here in Pinetop AZ with my parents for the summer. They really love hanging out with Rhylan. And we really love all the extra help.

Riley got accepted into optometry school in Memphis. We are getting ready to move to the south for the next four years! Its going to be a big adventure for sure.

Rhylan is ONE

We just celebrated Rhylan's first birthday. She now knows that she loves chocolate cake. She ate more cake than Riley. She celebrated by using her new wagon to take a walk around the park. she loved seeing the ducks and trying out the swing and slide. She is growing up so fast. We now have a toddler not a baby. She has also mastered walking and has moved on to running. She has many bumps and bruises to prove it! She sure is keeping our lives busy and exciting.