Double Birthday Bash

Addisyn's birthday is June 20th and Rylie's is July 20th so we celebrated both of their birthdays this past Sunday (July 5th). Rylie decided on a Princess Party for her 5th birthday and Addisyn wanted a Wizard of Oz Party to celebrate birthday #3..........so we split the cake in half and managed to fit both "themes" on one cake!!

All the kids were ready for ice cream cake.........yum :)

Rylie (5) and Addi Jo (3)

Addisyn's 3rd Birthday

Addisyn turned "3" on June 20, 2009 so we had a small celebration until we could fit in her official party! Addi is definitly my "Princess" She loves to play dress up and spin around in circles. She has an infectious laugh and makes me smile daily. She is a special little girl and I'm so lucky that I can call her my daughter.

Storybook Land 2009

This past weekend we headed up to Aberdeen, South Dakota to check out "Storybook Land". There were 7 campers and 17 kids in attendance! We ended up going early Friday morning which was a good thing since Saturday/Sunday ended up being so cold and rainy we couldn't do anything. This top picture is Rylie in her 3D glasses. Due to the rain on Saturday we ended up going to a movie in the afternoon just to escape the camper. Below are pictures from Friday. My girls love the Wizard of Oz among other characters so this was right up there alley. I just wish we could have spent more time enjoying it.

Addi and Rylie with Snow White

The whole family with the Wizard of Oz crew

Rylie and Addi with Dorothy and Toto

My girls favorite witch - Glinda. They think I should be Glinda for Halloween this year!

Rylie's Concert - 2009

Rylie's 4 & 5 year old preschool class had a concert at the end of the year. They sang songs which was entertaining for all. Each child also received an award for something special or unique about them. It came to no surprise to me that Rylie got an award for the "biggest animal lover" in the class. Teacher Tammy said Rylie would go so far as to hide certain toys or animals in the classroom so at play time she always knew right where her "favorites" could be located. What a hoot! Way to go Rylie.

Circus Field Trip

I went along as a chaperone with Rylie's preschool class to the Circus this past Thursday. She was so excited to get there. She ate an entire bag of cotton candy and she couldn't wait to see the clowns. Of course when she actually saw the clowns she was to shy to talk to them.

The kids had the opportunity to ride ponies and elephants while at the circus. Rylie only wanted to ride the ponies. She smiled the entire time!

I guess one of mom's favorite things was watching the elephants perform but Rylie enjoyed the princess ponies the most. It was a great day, beautiful weather and fun had by all.

Easter 2009

Easter 2009 ~ Lots of time spent with family and friends. Rylie and Addisyn got the "Wizard of Oz" and "Tinkerbell" this year from the easter bunny......they were very excited.

Texas

2009-Cook, Shawna, Mary and Myself all decided to go visit Grandma down in Texas this year. We flew out on February 27th and returned to Minnesota on March 3rd. Grandma knew Cook and Shawna were coming but my mom and I had to fly on a different flight so we decided to surprise her. Gary and Carol were nice enough to pick us up at the airport and take us to a restaurant called "Logans" so we could meet grandma, cook and shawna there. After the surprise took place we decided that we might not do that to her anymore as she was so shocked she could barely stand up and it took her about an hour to say more than one word at a time (love you grandma)!! We had a good time practicing "retirement" in her park. It was a pretty relaxed and low key trip with lots and lots of laughs. Memories I will cherish.