Christmas Treats

I've volunteered to bring treats to Delaney's school for her and her classmates to take home and I want them to be somewhat healthy for the kids. Does anyone have any ideas?

Delaney's School Pictures

I can't believe that I have a child old enough to have school pictures!! When did I get sooo old??
Delaney brought her pictures home from school today and they make me laugh!! She had to wear her favorite guitar shirt in the picture...I don't know how they got her to smile because she was not happy about having to get her picture taken!!

The Love Story of a Boy and Girl

Ryan and I shared our first kiss seven years ago today!! It's funny how I knew that Ryan was the one when we first met. The whole way home after meeting him I just kept saying, "Amy! He's the one!!!" We didn't start dating right away but here we are...7 years later!! I can't believe it!! We have definitely been through our ups and downs but there is no one else in the world that I would rather go through them with.

This picture is the day after our first kiss, we look so young! The picture was also taken on Stevie's birthday (Happy Birthday Stevie!!). We went snowboarding and I crashed into a SLOW sign at the bottom of the hill...what a great way to impress Ryan!!




There is more to the magic of November 29th......Four years ago today Delaney was conceived!! That sounds kind of strange to post for everyone to read but it's the truth!! Our beautiful daughter was created and we couldn't imagine our lives without her!!



Happy Anniversary Ryan!!

Thankful for Ryan

On Sunday night Ryan was coming home from work and craashed his car into a tree!! The horrible thing about it is that when he hit the tree and the airbag deployed it hit him so hard that it knocked him out. He got a concussion and now has no idea what happened or HOW it happened. Seeing his car like that when I pulled up to the accident was the scariest moment of my life. What in the world would I do without Ryan? He was so lucky that he didn't get hurt. I'm so thankful that there was no one else in the car or it could have been much worse. Thanksgiving really makes you think about what's important in your life and this accident really, really reinforced that to me. I love, love, love you Ryan!!! I may not be the best wife but I love you with all that I have and I'm so glad that you were not seriously injured because my world would stop without you in it. You are such a great dad, husband and friend and the world is truly a better place with you in it. So this Thanksgiving is a very special one honoring you. I love you!

Favorite Photo Friday

Here's an old pic of Ryan and I at what used to be the Riverside Brewing Company during the Orange Blossom Festival in 2003!! It's hard to believe that the Orange Bloosom Festival is no longer. We always enjoyed going and especially loved it when my cousin Jenn performed on the KFRG stage!!

Delaney's School Projects

Delaney has been making all these super cute crafts at school. I have no idea what to do with them. She's made paintings, drawings, collages, etc. Any ideas??

More pics from the summer

My cousin Jenn and her husband John came into town with her their baby Adelaide Colleen Nelson. She's so beautiful! She truly is a peanut (just like her mom describes her). We had a little girls night out to celebrate Jenn being home for a little over a week. We went to Citris City Grill and then to Killarney's. We had fun!! I love, love, love and miss, miss, miss you Jenn! My world isn't the same without you in it every day.

We went to a crazy mexican wrestling match and it was the funniest thing that I've ever been to! There were men and women dressed in the funniest costumes. It was a night of hilarious entertainment!!

dirty sanchez

chupacabra

midget chicken

this guy was one of the announcers... i can't remember his name

Many Summer Adventures

We were so busy this summer so instead of doing a bunch of seperate blogs I'm going to put some of my favorite pics from our summer into 1 post! So here goes!!

In the beginning of the summer Tiffany, Kodi Lynn, Delaney and I went to Disneyland for a couple of hours. It was a great time but bittersweet since it was our last Disneyland trip with Tiffany and Kodi Lynn. We miss you!! The girls got their faces painted and we went on a couple of rides.

in the tonka truck at Toys R Us

Delaney wearing a pair of Ryan's river sunglasses

Bryse with the same sunglasses

modeling the apron that Tiffany made for her..thanks Tiffany!

sticker face!!

hey princess!

The Bowler's came to town!! what didn't we do when they were here!! The kids played, we played in Vegas, we camped in Temecula, we threw a party! It was a jam packed trip!! We really miss the Bowlers!!

Tad, Gray and Bryse

Delaney kept chasing Gray all around the front yard

Bowler's In Town party

Vegas Baby!!

Ryan made the kids a playhouse out of the box that Delaney's jeep came in that my parents bought for her as her birthday present

i love leis and legos

maybe he'll be a drummer!

Battle for the saddest crying face

Father's Day at our house

Iron Girl 10K Race...Can't wait for the Mission Inn Run!

Fourth of July/7th Bday Party for my nephew Dane

We went to a park in Redlands with Ryan's parents before the party and a butterfly landed on Barb so Delaney had to get as close as she could

Jenn's Bday in Havasu

Newport Beach

See the ladybug on her arm?

What a great summer! There are so many more pics from things I didn't even mention but I think all these photos show how busy our summer was. What a way to live life!! Thank you to all of our family and friends who made our summer so wonderful. We love you all!