Sweet birthday present from grandma!

Ryder came home to a nice little surprise waiting at the door the other day. It was his birthday present from grandma and papa! The look on his face when he opened it was absolutely priceless!!Yes they are Dinosaur shoes!! Not only dinosaur shoes but the eyes on each side light up and the dinosaur head in the back lights up!
It was by far the sweetest gift he got this year.

making progress.

I have been working so hard to get his room complete. It's almost there! We still have a few things to do to it but over all it's coming together wonderfuly! I have some tracks to put up on each of the walls and Justin and I have to find a weekend when we are both home to start working on the cave! That will be on the bottom bunk. But anyways thought I would post some pictures of what we have done so far.

dino lamp in on order.

so easy to decorate when he has SO MUCH dinosaur stuff

his new bedding along with yes.. Little Foot! It was my brothers back in the day when the movie first came out!

The dinosaur tracks go with these guys.

some of his wonderful toys I have used in the decorating process. :)

panic.. BREATH... panic...

Yes... This is how I'm feeling about this up coming weekend! My little sister Brittney is getting married this year, she lives up in Oak Harbor WA, so the perfect place to meet to do a little wedding shopping and planning? SEATTLE! My sister Karri and I fly out Friday afternoon and will be enjoying a wonderful weekend with out kids or the husbands! I'm so excited BUT yes you just may need a drum roll for this..... I HAVE NEVER LEFT AVEREE FOR EVEN ONE NIGHT LET ALONE TWO NIGHTS AND I HAVE NEVER LEFT RYDER FOR TWO NIGHTS!! I know they will be fine with their daddy but it's still just the panic of leaving them. lol.. I'm not a mom that leaves my kids with anyone (but daddy) especially over night. Ryder is doing fine with the idea of staying with daddy all weekend but we all are dreading how Averee will react. She is a huge HUGE mama's girl. I actually feel bad for Justin cause I think the first night IS going to be HELL. But it has to start some time, right? I just keep telling myself she will be fine and it will be a good growing experience for her and me. RIGHT???

Happy Birthday Ryder!

Today 4 years ago my little man came in to this crazy world. He was such a wonderful addition to our family and one that took many years and many tears to get. The tears flowed like a massive river raging when he was finally born... The struggles we had getting pregnant we really didn't know if it would actually happen, and then we got this precious beautiful baby boy! He is a bundle of energy that explodes all day everyday and I wouldn't change that for anything! We love him to pieces and he's such a wonderful big brother. A lot of the time we are just catching our breath just to keep up with him but he keeps us on our toes and we need that (I guess). At 4 years old he tends to seem a little older then he really is, this we mark up to having older cousins. :) Ryder would play all day with Dinosaurs, Transformers, and his Ben 10 Alien toys. His imagination runs wild! Everyday is some thing new and some thing over the top! Most days we have some sort of Dinosaur roaming through our house and if you stop him and ask you will feel like your opening a book! And later ask your self how a 4 year old knows more about dinosaurs then an adult! Yes he knows that much! Any kind, their real name, nick name, what they ate, when they were extinct, what family they were part of, you will get it all! We keep saying he's destine to be a paleontologist when he grows up.
Here's to you my birthday boy!!
We love you more then you know!
Happy Birthday!

Busy....

Nothin like starting the new year off with a full busy busy week! Well I guess I have actually just brought it all on myself. I have started a few projects this week and it just happen to be the first of the year. But no better time then now to get it done and over with and have a wonderful time doing it!

For New Years we stayed in, just like we do every year, kids went to bed and the hubby and I stayed up and enjoyed a few drinks, laughs, and us both making fools of ourselves in front of each other along with a few card games, and we couldn't leave out the Yahtzee! Yes we live a very exciting life! But I wouldn't change a thing we had so much fun, and just reminds me why I love him so much, it's a great way to ring in the New Year. :)


Then the weekend came and it snuck up on me! Ryder's birthday is January 10th, but due to Justin having to work on that day this week we threw him a party this last Sunday the 3rd. He had a hand full of friends come (was his first party he actually invited his friends from school and Gavin his little fishing buddy, my baby is growing up!) any ways he wanted a Dinosaur party (this really shouldn't surprise anyone.) and mom set out to give him a wonderful Dino party. We had Dino decorations and a dino pee'esta this is what Ryder called his pinata' lol. It was at Pappy's which is our papa's, and I'm patting myself on the back I made his cake from scratch and it was the hit of the party! ;) Everything was wonderful even despite the fact that we drove around crazy Friday and Saturday looking for Dinosaur party things, no one had anything! I had to get creative and it all worked out in the end.

Monday has come and gone and I can't even tell you what has all gone on the past three days. I have been consumed with sanding and painting wood furniture in my house! Most of my time has been spent in the garage. But I have got so much done and only have one more book shelf to paint and hopefully that will get done tomorrow and I will be done! Well until I decide to tackle my dinning room table that is. For Ryder's birthday he asked me if we could redo his bedroom in to a Dino room. I took this and ran. His new bedding should be here Friday and I got his room painted yesterday and his bunk beds painted today. I have to make a run to Micheal's this weekend to get some Dinosaur decals and some other things to make his dino cave. That's right we're making his bottom bunk in to a dino cave!! It's going to be totally RAD!!! lol.. I think Justin and I are more excited then Ryder. haha. Some other projects was my living room I did get all my stuff painted so now I'm on the search for some cute bright fun fabric for new pillows, to spice it up a little. Still need to make a frame for my huge mirror out there but that will come, still throwing around some ideas for that. I'm thinking not a typical frame maybe some thing with the fun fabric and buttons? that is all my projects for now. In a couple months hoping to redo my room! It's next on the list for sure!

This should catch you up for at least the last week. It's been busy busy and I'm trying to get it done before next week, that is when I leave for my much much needed sisters weekend in Seattle!!